Posted on 04/07/2011 4:05:02 AM PDT by Scanian
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the early front-runner in the largely unformed race for the Republican nomination for president, but real estate magnate Donald Trump may be a surprise contender, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Among Republican primary voters, Mr. Romney captured the support of 21% in a broad, nine-candidate field. Mr. Trump was tied for second with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, with 17%. House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 11%, just ahead of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s 10%. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered a strong contender by political handicappers, remains largely unknown, with just 6% support. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota had 5%, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 3%, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour with just 1%.
Mr. Trump “may be a punch line but when he talks about the way to solve our problems, he makes a lot of sense to the average guy out there,” said Todd Mauney, a conservative Republican in Weatherford, Texas. “I don’t know if people can get over him being the butt of every joke but for me, he can be serious when it’s time to make real decisions.“
In a narrower field of five candidates, excluding Mr. Trump but including Messrs. Gingrich, Pawlenty and Barbour and Ms. Bachmann, Mr. Romney comes out with a comfortable 20-point lead, 40% to Mr. Gingrich’s second-place 20%. Mr. Pawlenty had 12% and Ms. Bachmann 11%. Mr. Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chief and chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has a powerful fund-raising network and a vast Rolodex of contacts, but he has yet to catch on with primary voers. He garnered 3% of the support of those polled.
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Gov. Mitt Romney vs Donald Trump?
Donald Trump would get my vote.
What Obama hopes for.
The GOP field is so weak and the supporters are so desperate that any body will do.
This is another case of the media trying to stick the Pubs with an unwinnable candidate. Trump is chummy with Kerry and the libs and would be only too happy to play a part in assuring that “the One” slips into a second term. The media is trying to “John McCain” us again.
Perot was right.
That “giant sucking sound” is the reason we’re in such an economic mess: America cannot continue to be great without jobs, and without an industrial base.
He’s the only candidate willing to look at the Obama nativity story.
Go Donald!!
Weisman and Greenberg. Two liberal Obama-loving Jews touting a Mormon! Media stooges for the RINO GOP and the commies. Nice touch! America will NEVER elect a Mormon, period, let alone RINO Romney!
Ross Perot! PLEASE don’t remind us!
How convenient for Beck that he will be gone from FNC before he would be forced to choose between Romney and Huntsman.
Perot would have been better than clinton or papa nwo bush.
Given the unlimited media support Obama has, it is difficult to see how he is not reelected. Afraid we must get used to this guy. Very powerful people in this country see him as the only way to take the black power types out of the political equation while they remake the country around European socialist institutions.
We will get another look in 2016.
I would never vote for Mormon Mitt. Way too much brain-washing damage there to ever be in any political office. If Donald can keep poking his stick in 0bama's BC eye more power to him.
Since there is no standout candidate, I’d like to see a whole wide range of participants during the debate season. Trump. Ron Paul. All comers welcome.
Then, competent moderators who will ask tough questions to permit the cream to rise to the top.
Michelle Bachman
One “l” for Michele Bachmann. (the mutt in the WH uses two)
The Congresswoman would be welcome in the debate field.
You are soooooo right. I was thinking the same thing.
Well gosh.
Keep up the good fight. Not.
Sheesh.
born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Married January 1936. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
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