Poll: Mike Huckabee leads 2016 GOP hopefuls

[Beacool]

Source: Politico



By TAL KOPAN | 1/29/14

In the wake of his “Uncle Sugar” comments at the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has taken the lead in a hypothetical 2016 Republican primary, according to a new poll.

Huckabee gained 3 points in the past month to top the GOP field at 16 percent, according to a left-leaning Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday.

Behind him were former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, at 14 percent; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, at 13 percent; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, at 11 percent; and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tied at 8 percent.

Both Christie and Cruz suffered major falls in support in the past month, each losing 6 points since December.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/poll-mike-huckabee-leads-2016-gop-hopefuls-102813.html?hp=r6

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This is why Republicans will lose, they are clueless. Huckabee is their current front runner because he questioned whether women could control their libidos??????

Here's the exact quote:

“If the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or reproductive system without the help of the government, so be it.”

[Auggie]

1. Good news

Eminently beatable

[asjr]

14. I hope beatable. Huckleberry is liked in my

neck of the woods. People here are "good Christian" people and think he is such a good man. They like what he says. He never tells them what he would take away from them if he was elected to the presidency.

[Thinkingabout]

56. Good christian man has gone on record wih a lie, but then when the republicans tells

Lies, there are plenty of followers who wants to believe him, like cognitive dissonance, keep telling them enough then they rewrite history books for themselves.
The part Huckabee did not talk about is during rape women don't get pregnant, vaginal probes and the list goes on and on. It's the Taliban plain and simply.

[yeoman6987]

29. 2016

We have the Presidency in 2016. I am convinced.

[davidthegnome]

2. Yes, please nominate this idiot.

I can't think of anything more likely to unite the left and scare away moderates and independents. Heck, go with Santorum. Maybe a Huckabee/Santorum ticket!

[VWolf]

13. Yes. The Faith/Froth ticket n/t

[MynameisBlarney]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

They are in worse shape than I thought if that's the case.

[olddad56]

4. The GOP must not be too hopeful.

[Journeyman]

5. . . . and the clown car gets a new temporary driver . . .

[Mike Daniels]

9. Recent statement of idiocy is the reason he's top of the heap right now

I guarantee if Cruz said something in the next day or two that put him in front of the news cycle the next survey would show him in the pole postion.

[Beacool]

17. The GOP got more clowns than Barnum & Bailey

[Gore1FL]

6. What a list!

Huckabee
Bush
Christie
Paul
Cruz
Ryan
Rubio


The top three have more baggage than LAX.

[stillwaiting]

7. Truly sad that so many Republican voters viewed that unfortunate comment as a positive thing.

They are truly heartless and soulless.

Jesus wept.
** Isn't that what Huckabee wrote not too long ago? **

[yuiyoshida]

8. HE is all

We need running this country... DRIVE us back into the dark ages!! Lets Hear it for Medieval Chasity Belts!!!

[Beacool]

16. Oh my, how could a woman walk with that on???

Look at the teeth around the large hole.

(two because one is not scary enough).

[beachbum bob]

10. nice!!!!!

Uncle Sugarman Huck to the rescue of the GOP.

As long as women, blacks, latinos and college educated don't vote, he stands a chance


LOL

[Beacool]

21. The Republicans will win if the only voters are white men in the Bible belt.

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. Sweet. n/t

[Iliyah]

12. Inquisition number two

[HappyMe]

15. I don't think he's going to run.

Polls don't mean much this far out.

[Beacool]

19. I know, but it's fun to speculate.

It says a lot about the mindset of Republicans that they could propel Huck to the front of the line after his sexist speech.

[QuestForSense]

33. Maybe he should pick Jimmy Swaggert as his running mate.

He was quite popular with a certain type of lady those Republicans seem to favor.

[1StrongBlackMan]

18. And so it begins ...

Wait! Wasn't Huckabee the republican front-runner in 2008?

[Beacool]

20. Yeah, that clown car has more drivers than NASCAR.

[1StrongBlackMan]

22. I see it more as ...

a Crazy Relay Race, where the front-runner hands the baton to the next more crazy candidate.

[Beacool]

27. The question is who is the craziest person they got that will win the race?

Unless they end up with a mainstream candidate like Jeb (Christie is toast).

[TRoN33]

23. If it's true then...

It's going to go south for Republicans, real fast. How ironic, a term of south sure fits the republicans real well!

[AtheistCrusader]

24. EXCELLENT

[PADemD]

25. 2008 Race

In 2008, Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses and six additional states on Super Tuesday. IMO, he would have won South Carolina if Fred Thompson had dropped out of the race and gone on to be the nominee.

[calimary]

26. I think they're gonna start hauling out that "Uncle Sugar" meme a LOT more often now.

I believe I heard some other knuckleddragger use it either yesterday or last night, too.

Maybe this is a good thing. I can't see how huckabee can possibly be a successful standard-bearer. There's no way he'll be able to carry the football to the goalposts. Hell, I doubt he'd even be able to get into the freakin' stadium.

[gwheezie]

28. Every night I pray to liberal Jesus

Please let the gop nominate Hucklebuckle, thank you God in Heaven, amen.

[Beacool]

59. Amen............

[Ezlivin]

30. Custer Leads 7th Cavalry to Little Bighorn

I'm sure that Huckabee will do as well as Custer.

[Auggie]

37. ROFL!!!!

Brilliant

[DonCoquixote]

31. a lot of people laugh at this

I have one word to say : stadium churches.

The churches will lie, cheat , steal, and most importantly, make sure the good Xtians VOTE early and often.

[corkhead]

42. That could aid in his success in the primaries

But he wouldn't stand a chance in the general. There just aren't enough of those crazies. We have more voters on our side that Obama gives free cell phones and birth control to.

[warrant46]

68. Don't forget the RCC and their hatred of women

Who want to have the freedom to choose what happens to their bodies

The Bishops will be out in force again

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-becker/green-bay-catholic-bishop-implies-that-voting-for-democrats-puts-ones-soul-in-jeopardy_b_2028493.html

Green Bay Catholic Bishop Implies That Voting for Democrats Puts One's 'Soul in Jeopardy'

Last week Bishop David Laurin Ricken became the latest member of the Catholic hierarchy to enter the political arena when he informed the 300,000-plus members of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., that voting for candidates whose positions contradict any so-called "non-negotiables" of Catholic teaching "could put [one's] soul in jeopardy."

Bishop Ricken's admonition came in the form of a letter posted on the diocesan website and emailed to the offices of every parish. The diocese is also ordering churches to include the letter in their bulletins.

Ricken writes These are areas that are "intrinsically evil" and cannot be supported by anyone who is a believer in God or the common good or the dignity of the human person.

They are:

abortion
euthanasia
embryonic stem cell research
human cloning
homosexual "marriage"

These are intrinsically evil. "A well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program that contradicts fundamental contents of faith and morals." Intrinsically evil actions are those which have an evil object. In other words, an act is evil by its very nature and to choose an action of this type puts one in grave moral danger.

[Drunken Irishman]

32. The scary thing is that he is within striking distance of Hillary Clinton...

She only leads him by three. Clinton, who is at the peak of her popularity, struggles to shake off a guy like Huckabee. I can only assume most every other Democrat loses to him.

[Beacool]

60. Yeah, that's pretty depressing and worrisome.

Although I worry more about 2014, the economy and the glitches with the ACA are dragging down every Democrat.

[Drunken Irishman]

65. I think it shows Clinton still carries a lot of baggage with voters.

[NastyRiffraff]

34. WAY to early for polls to be meaningful

That said, I hope "Uncle Sugar" does win the nomination. Just for laughs.

[catbyte]

35. Maybe he would win. After all, all of us weak minded, weak willed, over-sexed women

could be too busy screwing and waiting for Uncle Sugar to bother to vote.

[rocktivity]

36. Well, that explains the Mitt Romney documentary

I couldn't believe that R-Money might be trying to make one more trip to the well even without Christie stumbling -- but what do I know?


rocktivity

[Gothmog]

48. I have been thinking that Mitt may make another run for a while now

With Christie out, Mitt may be the only viable national candidate

[another_liberal]

51. A viable candidate?

Do you really think Mitt is a viable candidate?

[Gothmog]

53. Mitt may be more viable than Rand Paul or Huckabee

Mitt evidently looks almost human in the NetFlix documentary and he has a battle tested organization. Mitt has some weaknesses such as the 47% comment but Mitt is far brighter than Huckabee or Rand Paul. The GOP contributors may not want to throw money away on Rand Paul or Huckabee.

[another_liberal]

54. He'll have to release his full tax returns this time.

And that will get him laughed off of the stage.

[Gothmog]

57. I doubt that Mitt will ever release the tax returns

This issue hurt him in 2012 and would still be an issue in 2016. However, Mitt was able to keep the 2012 race somewhat close and may think that this issue would be old news in 2016.

Just because the GOP may have to turn to Mitt as the nominee does not mean that I think that Mitt will win. Mitt has issues that will still be raised in 2016 if he runs. However, Mitt is a better bet for the big money contributions than either Rand Paul or Huckabee. I personally believe that Hillary Clinton would beat Mitt.

[another_liberal]

64. His avoiding payment of taxes on tens of millions of income will never stop being an issue.

He will have to release his tax returns or forget about the nomination. After what we already learned about how little he paid, the other GOP contenders will hammer him over the issue until he does release them, or decides to drop out instead.

[totodeinhere]

38. Bring it on Huck. Any Democrat would beat you in a landslide. n/t

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[Deny and Shred]

39. Jeb is the only one who can win.

Wow, that is one ugly list of candidates.

Jeb only, not because of ideas, popularity, nor because he has more votes, but because those votes are counted "properly." His brother lost twice and was President for 8 years. Those with the ability to alter these results allowed the Maverick and the Guy-On-Top-of-the-Wedding-Cake to take the inevitable lumps of W's 8 year consequence-free fiesta. They get much of their core agenda as it stands, but when TPTB need their guy in the top seat, they will flip a swing state or two to get it.

I'd rejoice if Huck made the top of the ticket because, as previously stated, he IS eminently beatable. It would signal GOP surrender.

[rocktivity]

40. I think we're still at least one more generation away from another Bush entering office

-- as president, at least.

Another Bush versus another Clinton for 2016? Sheesh.


rocktivity

[Deny and Shred]

43. Yikes - Bush III vs Clinton II?

That ought to be the 7th sequel to a monster movie!

Since when are dynastic families and nouveau-riche royalty a regular thing in the Land of the Free? I thought a noble class was a thing of Old World Europe that was deliberately left behind by the founders of the New World. Between the never-ending Bush Tax Cuts and lack of an Estate Tax, looks like we now have an established American nobility.

I guess when we allow trickle-down to progress unabated for 30+ years, we shouldn't be surprised that power and human nature overcome poorly-financed idealism.

Then again, if not for the quasi-dynastic Roosevelts - TR/FDR - this all would have been in place a hundred-plus ago.

There is a great line in Bob Roberts, the 20 year-old movie based on Tim Robbin's Conservative folk-singer turned politician :

We don't have any more visionaries in Washington, just dealmakers.

Pretty prophetic.

[ThoughtCriminal]

41. Cat Fud!

[bobclark86]

44. NOOOO!!!!

It HAS to be RICK SANTORUM!!!!! The laws of the GOP, that the runner-up HAS to be the nominee the NEXT time, SAYS SO!!!!!!

Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, GWB, John McCain and Mitt Romney SAID SO!!!!

WHHHAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

[Gothmog]

47. I hope that you are right

I am still thinking that it may be Mitt. The field is so weak without Christie that the GOP leadership may have to call on Mitt to run

[Gothmog]

45. The GOP lacks good candidates

Christie was going to be the nominee because the 2016 field of candidates was so weak. Now that Christie is out, we are back to a flavor of the week candidate.

Huckabee is not going to run because he likes his Fox News pay check too much. I hear that Herman Cain is still available or Newt

[NancyDL]

46. This makes my day. 8-)

May many other bozos be blessed with the same idea.

[PSPS]

49. He can't run. See: Maurice Clemmons

[another_liberal]

50. Run him, Republicans, run him!

Oh please, please, please run him!

Hillary will smack him down so bad we'll all feel sorry for the narrow-minded, Bible belt doofus.

[frwrfpos]

52. recommend

Put the Huckster up any day.. he is a laughing stock

[El Shaman]

55. 'Reverend Squirrely' !!!

[workinclasszero]

58. Hillary won't even break a sweat beating

this loser/snake oil salesman

[SoapBox]

61. Run, Goober, Run!

Because the FAIL is going to be spectacular!

[Little_Wing]

62. I hate to get my hopes up, but a tentative yessssss

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on uh...

[JDPriestly]

63. A right-wing religious fanatic.

That will not appeal to mainstream Americans.

[Enthusiast]

66. Huckabee lacks a fundamental understanding of the nature of oral birth control.

Huckabee, Limbaugh and the rest appear to believe that a woman takes an individual birth control pill only when they have sex. Dummies. They shouldn't be making any decisions on women's issues that is for damned sure.

[Beacool]

67. We are all laughing, but in all seriousness, I don't understand these men.

Don't they have wives, girlfriends, daughters or other women around them that can set them straight? There seems to be an astounding level of ignorance about basic reproductive knowledge. Stuff that they should have learned in school decades ago.

How can Huckabee conflate using birth control with not being able to control one's libido? How can Akin think that a woman's body shuts down during a sexual attack and speaks of "legitimate rape"? That is just plain ignorant and goes beyond politics.

Then there's the constant sexism. Are they that obtuse not to realize how offensive they are? Many women have been cheated on, does Rand think that it's a good strategy to attack a female politician based on her husband's almost 20 year old infidelity? She was the victim in this, not the aggressor. Women hear this level of crap and they want to punch out someone.

A Republican commentator on TV (I didn't get who he was) said on TV last week that the women in his family are so fed up with their party's attack on women that they threated to vote Democratic next time around.

How STUPID are these men???????

[Enthusiast]

69. They're rude, crude and wrong.

It's a stunted sexual maturity. Or something.

[Beacool]

71. Must be..........

[Coyotl]

70. And the 2016 National Attention Whore competition is on. Who will be the next Atrocious Loud Mouth?

“If the Republicans want to insult the women of America, so be it.”