Posted on 10/19/2009 7:48:35 AM PDT by DanZanRyu
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s forthcoming autobiography has been at the top of the Amazon book charts for weeks, and it hasn’t even been released yet. At least in the eyes of the political Left, she is now perhaps America’s most visible national Republican.
But new Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveying finds Palin losing handily in face-to-face march-ups with her two likeliest challengers for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Among likely Republican primary voters, Palin now trails former Arkansas governor-turned-Fox-TV-host Mike Huckabee by 20 points – 55% to 35%.
When her opponent is ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Palin loses by 15 – 52% to 37%.
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When given a list of five candidates and asked who they would vote for in 2012, 29% of Republican voters nationwide say Huckabee, while 24% prefer Romney and 18% Palin.
In July, it was close to a three-way tie: 25% said Romney, 24% Palin and 22% Huckabee.
It’s noteworthy that Huckabee’s gains since July are matched almost precisely by Palin’s decline. That suggests a large pool of voters are committed to choosing between two candidates routinely dismissed as unacceptable in the eyes of Republicans in Washington, DC. At the moment, 47% prefer either Huckabee or Palin while 42% prefer a candidate more acceptable to Republican political leaders. That divide is also reflected, with similar results, in a Huckabee-Romney head to head match-up.
Twenty-one percent (21%) of primary voters also say Palin is the GOP candidate they would least like to see win the party’s presidential nomination. Just nine percent (9%) say the same of Romney, and eight percent (8%) feel that way about Huckabee.
Support for Huckabee and Romney against Palin is nearly the same among both men and women. Suggesting that Romney’s Mormon faith may still be a problem among some Christian conservatives, Palin leads him by 14 points – 52% to 38% - among GOP primary voters who describe themselves as Evangelical Christians. But Romney beats Palin by 26 points among other Protestants – 58% to 32% - and holds similar winning margins among Catholic voters and those of other faiths.
On the other hand, Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, beats Palin by 17 points among Evangelical Christians and 29 points among other Protestants. A similar spread is evident among Republican voters of other faiths, but Huckabee has just an eight-point edge over Palin among Catholic voters.
Earlier polling showed that Palin trails Hillary Clinton in a general election match-up.
In early July, 40% of Republican voters nationwide said Palin’s decision to resign as governor of Alaska hurt her chances of winning the party’s presidential nomination in 2012.
Huckabee is fit to be the Christian President of America.
You demonstrate a breathtaking ignorance Created beings do not save other created beings ! Salvation only happens when one calls on the NAME of Yah'shua !
Joe 2:32 "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of YHvH Will be delivered; Jhn 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; One needs to start by reading the Holy Word of G-d. That is how you will become a follower of Yah'shua. All are sinners and fall short of the mark. welcome to FR.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
of YHvH and one needs to seek the face of Elohim. Rom 10:13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF YHvH WILL BE SAVED."
Then if You love YHvH then you follow His Commandments. Jhn 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Do you really think Huckabee is obeying YHvH when he steals
money from people only to give it to criminals ? Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Seek YHvH in His Holy Word.
You do know that a weak, squishy, moderate GOP was the only thing that made Perot possible, do you not?
“Huckabee is an accomplished conservative”
Two points, Huckabee is not a conservative.
America will never elect a Pastor... An Imam, maybe, but never a pastor.
I know I know, GOD has chosen him, just like he did last time. I will not vote for Huckabee.
Huckabee is a RINO.
He sure does.
When the primaries roll around it will be Snow White and the seven bitter ‘ol white men.
You gotta be kidding me. That has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH Palins "electabilty".
Also Palin failed to win Levi’s soul for Christ
Few fries short of a happy meal? Honestly ...
Palin would be a way better choice.
Huckabee, Romney ... We already ran these people last election cycle without ANY positive results ...
Huckabee is fit to be the Christian President of America.
Huckabee is a member of the media at this point, his place is on TV, NOT running for political office.
Oh, you want a theocracy. What a load.
I don’t care if the candidate stands on his/her head and worships snails as long as they are a strong candidate fighting for the Constitution and the american people. If they support and restore the Constitution then they will be promoting those values, Christian and otherwise that were and are the basis of our country and its greatness. If we don’t elect someone who will save the country and the Constitution first then saving souls will cease to be very possible.
I don’t want a “Christian” president; I want a president who will bring us back to the Constitutional Republic that allows any citizen to be a Christian, non-Christian or hold any other religious belief they choose.
I might remind you that Rev. Wright and Rev. Jackson are also ordained pastors.
One more point on the stellar Christian Huckabee.
We are all FAILED CHRISTIANS, interesting that you would attack a Christian with such a comment, then claim your
candidate was a stellar Christian....
I think that comment tells me a lot about YOU! I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that Huckabee would NEVER use FAILED christian to describe another cristian or stellar Christian to describe himself. He is a very fine pastor in my opinion.
Soon, the standard will be... at Inauguration, new Pres speech will be ... I can't attend any of the inaugural balls, as I have to attend a fundraiser for reelection. Campaign starts again NEXT WEEK.
"According to polls, Hillary Clinton holds an early and significant lead among Democratic voters (43%, compared with 22% for Barack Obama in a Fox News poll 10 days ago)
The only reason that question is raised is because it is seen as a way to attack Obama. However, winning elections, not pushing esoteric legal theories, is the way to do that.
If the Supreme Court ever takes the question, they will rule that NBC == citizen at birth. Which Bobby unquestionably was. Thus, it will be up to the voters whether he gets to be president.
You got to be kidding me.
What are you, nuts?
That's fine. Then he should be starting the "Christian Party" and run for it's nomination.
DeMint has been elevating his profile of late. I don’t know of any complaints i’d have with him.
Not too far from the truth. People who want to be president will have to make their intentions know about 15 - 18 months from now, and start their primary campaigns, and get ready for the primary debates.
I seem to recall that gluttony is a sin.
By that analogy, I guess you believe that Clinton (having served 3 TERMS as Governor) would've been a better choice than the HUCKSTER.
People as judgemental as you are might also be seen as failed Christians.
Remember that as you look your nose down at that noble woman.
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