[cripplecreek]

Personally I think its a good thing. An early frontrunner tends to mean the media has already chosen the candidate they want us to vote for.

[Kimberly GG]

I agree. However it looks to me like they’ve limited our choices already....

“a three-way tie among Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Mitt Romney”

thanks, but no thanks. Seems like deja vu 2008. The media and the GOP will determine the outcome, not our vote, IMHO.

[TomGuy]

An early frontrunner tends to mean the media has already chosen the candidate they want us to vote for.

Some are going to have to start jumping into the race. Debates are scheduled to be May 2, 2011. That is less than 2 months from now.

[r9etb]

I think what it really shows, is a serious lack of enthusiasm for any of the three who are generally thought to be running.

A link to the Gallup report is here.

The internals are fairly interesting, though ... it appears that in most cases, Palin and Romney tend to draw from the same demographic groups (education and income being a couple of significant exceptions).

Huckabee's internals are a bit surprising..... Surprising enough, in fact, to make me wonder about the reliability of the poll.

It's a phone-based poll, and the pollsters have long been lamenting the difficulties they're having getting good samples. There's a built-in bias toward those who want to participate in the poll.

[LS]

Agree. Also, I still have this sneakin’ suspicion that it’s neither Romney nor Huck nor Palin. Don’t know who it might be, but I just sense none of them can get the large mass of the right behind them.

[dforest]

I might also add tht one of the greatest fears of these candidates is overexposure. The campaigns go on too long and people get burnt out on them.

[fwdude]

Personally I think its a good thing. An early frontrunner tends to mean the media has already chosen the candidate they want us to vote for.

I strongly agree.