Early ’12 favorite is Romney

Houston Chronicle / mySA.com ^ | 2010-02-28 | R.G. Ratcliffe

[rabscuttle385]

In the category of it’s never too early to start looking, a new poll found Mitt Romney is the early favorite in Texas for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

The survey by Public Policy Polling of North Carolina found Romney leading with 32 percent support, followed by Mike Huckabee at 29 percent and 23 percent for Sarah Palin.

[big'ol_freeper]

[6SJ7]

The MSM is sure starting early pimping Romney.

[Nik Naym]

The left is picking the Republican candidates again.

[trumandogz]

SARAH or Nobody!

[Jim Robinson]

Piss on Romney.

[Kartographer]

"Piss on Romney."

Not if he is on fire please. ;-)

[b4its2late]

[chris37]

[newfreep]

“Piss be upon him”

[50mm]

[cripplecreek]

Pimp my RINO.

[highlander_UW]

The MSM is sure starting early pimping Romney.

I think they know they have a long road to sell Romney...he's not the favorite amongst anyone I know.

[Clyde5445]

That say it all. LOL

[samtheman]

If Huckabee had a single patriotic bone in his body he’d proclaim that he’s out of it.

That would leave RINO Romney alone against the conservatives and we could take him out.

But just like last time, Huckabee’s going to stay in to confuse the situation.

And I have to say, any conservative who thinks Huckabee is one of us is extremely and utterly confused.

Thanks, Huckabee. Thanks for letting your ego help wreck the conservative movement.

[A. Morgan]

BINGO!!

[SandRat]

Travel back to Romney’s position to an FR Thread of yore at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870092/posts Romney on Boy Scouts Position.

[Sarah-bot]

If Romney really wins Texas I will puke. I have my doubts about the accuracy of this poll. Texas for Romney?

[ImpBill]

Yes, but the "Left" you are talking about is the Establishment GOP, both at the national and state levels that have made the primary process more a coronation that a real nominating process.

Screw the GOP!!!!!!!

[yongin]

Romney Plan - Dominate the RINO vote and hope Palin and Huckabee divide the conservative vote.

[capt. norm]

The very liberal Houston Chron. wants us to nominate the guy with the plastic (disposable) smile.

[SevenMinusOne]

Nothing more than the MSM trying to spin for a terrible weak GOP candiate in 12 - Huckabee and Romney are possibly the only two candidates that could actually be worse than John McCain......Both are the worst type for the GOP on a national level.

John Thune, is going to be the man. Or NJ Governor.

[big'ol_freeper]

[AuntB]

“Romney Plan - Dominate the RINO vote and hope Palin and Huckabee divide the conservative vote.”

It worked before...sounds like the McCain plan.

....Dominate the rino vote while Thompson and Huckabee divide the conservative vote.

[JDoutrider]

NO... WAY... IN... HELL!!!

[Night Hides Not]

That's a really nasty picture of Hugh Hewitt.

[DannyTN]

"The MSM is sure starting early pimping Romney."

They've never stopped pimping him since the last election. Romney is their pick because of his pro-gay actions as Mass governor.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*Slick Willard barf alert*

[stars & stripes forever]

If Huckabee had a single patriotic bone in his body he’d proclaim that he’s out of it.

He may very well keep his gig on Fox News.

[DannyTN]

Exactly.

[Al B.]

If Romney really wins Texas I will puke. I have my doubts about the accuracy of this poll. Texas for Romney?

Guess that explains why Kay Bailey Hutchison has been begging Romney to come campaign for her. /s

[onyx]

Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American, Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina. PPP was founded in 2001 by businessman and Democratic pollster Dean Debnam.

It polled a whole 400 likely Republican primary voters.

I didn’t bother to open the pdf to check the details.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

LOLOLOLOL

[bwc2221]

Romney’s book is released Wednesday. It’s 3663 on the Amazon best seller list. I better head on down to the local bookstore and get in line.

[byteback]

Democrat polling firm but since they got the Scott Brown race right (even by 5) I’ll read them until they pull a Zogby.

[Al B.]

I’ll give you a detail. PPP says 74% or respondents agreed with the Tea Party goals and ideals. 33% of those supported Romney. LOLOL.

[big'ol_freeper]

NO MORE!!

[Tennessee Nana]

a new poll found Mitt Romney is the early favorite in Texas
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Yeppers them illegallaliens down there sure love RINO Romney...

He wanted the AMNESTY Bill to pass...

“a path to citizenship”..

“we cant sent them all back”

He knowingly hired illegal aliens in MASS...

had sanctuary cities in MASS..

[Al B.]

They also called Hoffman the winner in NY-23 by 18.

[yongin]

Rick Klein;s Twitter: Just got new Romney book. Sarah Palin not in index. And Pelosi’s name spelled “Peolosi.”

http://twitter.com/thenote

[onyx]

Thanks! LOL.

[Venturer]

It’s too early for this anyway.

But ,if we can get Republicans in the majority in both houses the President will not matter so much.
I can write in whomsoever I like and romney and the cowardly middle road republicans can KMA.

[Squantos]

Yep....agree !

[GenXteacher]

ROFL!!!

[Clyde5445]

This just proves Sarah point about indexes.

[dforest]

I just knew it.

[The Pack Knight]

Here's a link to the original release by Public Policy Polling (PDF file):

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NMTX_226.pdf

It also includes a New Mexico poll, which went Romney 33%, Palin 32%, Huckabee 18%.

The only other choice in either poll was "Undecided". The Texas poll did, however, include a favorability question for Ron Paul, which was 38% Favorable, 30% Unfavorable, and 32% Not Sure.

For whoever's interested, the Texas poll also included a question on the Senate candidates: Perry 40%, Hutchinson 31%, and Medina 20%.

It should be noted that Public Policy Polling is a North Carolina firm whose clientele almost exclusively consists of Democrat candidates, Democrat-leaning interest groups, and the NC Democrat Party itself. While I don't think they fudged the results, I do think their bias might have contributed to the fact that they only included three potential candidates who (at least in their eyes) have almost no chance of beating Obama.

[Carley]

Sure he is.

not

[Al B.]

4 or 5 months ago, UT/Austin did a poll of Romney vs. Obama. Obama was ahead by 2 points with a large number undecided (about 30%).

If Romney is the nominee, Texas is in play for Obama IMO. Hundreds of thousands of conservatives will stay home or vote 3rd party.

[yongin]

If you go to Public Policy Polling’s blog spot, the pollster talks about ways to beat Richard Burr and spins any good polling news for Burr as meaningless. I suspect they do let their liberal bias get in the way of its polling methods.