Posted on 11/21/2011 1:50:35 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans are most likely to name Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as their first choice for their party's 2012 presidential nomination, with Herman Cain close behind. Among all Republicans nationwide, Romney is the choice of 20% and Gingrich 19%. Among Republican registered voters, Gingrich is at 22% and Romney at 21%.
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....Implications
With the first official nominating contest, the Iowa caucuses, now just six weeks away, there is no clear national front-runner for the Republican nomination....
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We don't? It sounds like conservatives have been waiting since 1988. So we need another 23 years to find a "true" conservative who measures up? This is why we go through these tantrums every 4 years.
Conservatives weren’t enthusiastic about McCain. And they despise Romney. The people who matter, the party has a difficult time attracting them to a candidate they can’t see themselves voting for. The comfort level isn’t there.
Conservatives despised McCain and even turned to Romney in the end in 2008 to try and stop McCain (at least on FR). There's never a "comfort level" with anybody. Face it, we're all a bunch of stray cats and no attempt to "herd us" is going to bring about any "comfort level" with anyone. ;-)
I'm serious, why are you selective in how you condemn a candidate, while over looking not only Cains very questionable past, including his gross inexperience and poor understanding of fundamental Government?
Iowa and NH will weed out all but the top four.
Then we in SC will,as usual,pick the one who will win the nomination—AND IT AIN”T GONNA BE ROMNEY!!!
nor that kook Paul.
Baloney. I’ve written umpteen responses to you and the RINO pimps and apologists. Seriously, what part of “We’re fed up with liberal RINOs” do you fail to comprehend ? Hmm ?
You attack Cain in almost every post while mindlessly pimping Newtie, so you’ve scarcely any credibility on calling out others for condemning candidates.
Cincinatus, unless you're ready and willing to go pick up your own thrown rocks, you shouldn't accuse someone else of throwing stones.
Actually, all of the current candidates are "acceptable". But, being "acceptable" should not be the standard. We need to raise the bar way above that!
Thank you. Let us not forget CW’s merry group of Perrywinkles threw such gems as: “You want girls to get cancer !”, all because we opposed their idol. Their moral superiority sunk faster than La Raza Rick’s standing in the polls.
Newt ping!
That’s makes pretty much every major poll now (and a few minor ones) showing Newt in first place!!!!!!!
I’m amazed by the number of folks who, on any given day will rightly trash and bash Obama, but on the next announce they’re sitting home if any GOP candidate besides their preference gets the nomination.
Are we forgetting what the ramifications are for 2012? JOB ONE should be defeating Obama! Let’s defeat that POS!
If they are the best we can come up with, we won't win...But then, maybe that's the intention...
If it's Nute or Snit, we still lose...And I'm not embarrassed to say so...
Look who is calling the kettle black?
Herman Cain has enthusiastically embraced the Koch brothers, who have funded his campaign. According to Cain, “Just so I can clarify this for the media, this may be a breaking news announcement for the media: I am the Koch brothers’ brother from another mother; yes. I’m their brother from another mother! And proud of it!” Cain has been accused of violating campaign finance laws by accepting money from a nonprofit affiliated with the Koch brothers and Mark Block. Nonprofits are not allowed to spend money on presidential campaigns.[65]
2008 presidential election
In 2008, Cain initially praised Democratic candidate Barack Obama, saying of Obama that “His gift is the gift of oratory. That’s not just the ability to speak, but the ability to connect with people.” He also said that he would consider supporting Obama “under the right circumstances” but only if he made a serious attempt to “reach across the aisle”. Eventually, Cain instead endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican primary. [71]
Bank bailouts, and “too big to fail”
Cain supported the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bank bailouts as a way to revive the economy, viewing it as an investment opportunity for the taxpayers. In a 2008 editorial, Cain wrote, “Owning a part of the major banks in America is not a bad thing. We could make a profit while solving a problem.”[1]
In May 2011, regarding his TARP support, Cain said, “I don’t have any regrets . . . I studied the situation. I didn’t have trouble with the idea; I had trouble with its implementation, picking winners and losers.”[2]
In October 2011, Cain said he does not believe in the concept of “too big to fail” and has stated that he did not agree with the bailouts of “JP Morgan and the big banks on Wall Street”.[3]
ie. do they call the same voters time after time so that the age demographics are the same or is it robo-dialing and their sampling could be askew - say 60% of all callers are over 65, retired and at home?
I thought it was interesting to see the demographics and was curious how the pollsters work in determining whose on top of the pack.
I’m not turning on Newt, I was never with him.
The demographics show Newt is ahead with the over 50 crowd.
Cain is ahead with the 18-49 year old crowd.
Interesting how the younger folks are more conservative than those of us who have been around a while - and smarter too!
Makes me believe there is hope for our Country and Herman Cain is the man who can inspire and make a difference!
GO HERMAN!
Thank you. It's official. You're a liberal nut.
It is laughable that with multiple candidates hovering around 20% they keep claiming they have found the one. Headlines should be saying things like it is a long race with multiple candidates in the hunt. Someone needs to watch a 10K or similar race where it is not until 1/3 of the way into the race that things start to shake out and it is not until the last 1/3 that you have any degree of confidence of who is the front runners. We are about 1/3 into this election cycle and it is clear that Romney, Cain, Newt and Perry are well positioned. However two weeks ago Newt was lumped with Ron Paul and Bachmann...plenty of time for things to still change...Romney has been running a steady pace, Bachman sprinted to the lead at the beginning of a long race and is now trailing the pack, Cain got out of the gate slow and was way back of the pack and finally broke free in a sprint of excitement and then stumbled and slowed over rough pavement and is struggling to get into a steady rhythm now, Perry...well Perry just keeps sprinting, tripping and walking...to early to tell whether one of these trips will put him out of the race or if he will recover, settle down, break into a nice stride and make it through this middle third of the race. Newt is out clear and running on the outside, can he keep up this pace or will the past catch up to him and bring him to uneven ground that will cause him to break stride.
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