Latest POLL-Palin 67% Romney 62% Huckabee 61%

[underpants]

November 21, 2008
GOP Faithful Like Palin, Romney, Huckabee in 2012
Palin leading contender among conservative Republicans



http://www.gallup.com/poll/112252/GOP-Faithful-Like-Palin-Romney-Huckabee-2012.aspx

[Lerkfish]

1. wow, what a sorry-ass list of people

I hope none of them ever even come close , for the country's sake

[livetohike]

3. My thoughts too

The 2008 list of Repub candidates was pitiful - probably the worst in history and now this? How sad for them.

[bdamomma]

34. what a sad list of people.

they have no one.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Good God, they're hopeless. Hopeless. Look at that roster. They really don't

understand why they lost, do they?

[Colobo]

4. Palin! Palin! Palin!

We'll whoop that ass again!

[msongs]

5. onward christian soldiers, having whacked the glbts in CA, the entire nation is next nt

[KansDem]

6. Why the **** should we be interested with what the GOP faithful wants?

It because of them we're in the mess we're in today. Fuck 'em! They lost and are marginalized.

But leave it to Gallup to dredge this up and so soon after the GOP lost--big time!

[high density]

7. Name recognition poll

They did the same thing to us with Clinton.

[Alter Ego]

8. I guess we have our frontrunners.

[Enrique]

9. i almost feel sorry for them

not really. :evilgrin:

[ClarkUSA]

10. My GOP dream ticket: Palin/Romney 2012

:rofl:

[lutefisk]

15. I can't believe Mittens would want to be under Palin

That's a pretty dumb bunch of people, but I'll bet they all think they're smarter than Palin. Of course a Republican trait is doing what it takes to win, so who knows...

[galaxy21]

17. "Of course a Republican trait is doing what it takes to win, so who knows..."

That's why I don't think Palin will be the nominee.


Look, we know she's unelectable, and I'm willing to be the higher ups in the republican party do as well. A lot of Palin supporters complained the RNC was trying to ruin her political career after the election, and for once, I agree with them.

[ClarkUSA]

18. Romney is a political whore of the first order. He'd do anything, say anything, to be on a ticket.

Look at his suck-up support of McCain. The two men detested one another. Romney knows that if he can only get on the 2012 ticket,
he'll be the natural frontrunner for 2016.

[galaxy21]

19. Romney will be nearing 70 by then

The guy is actually a lot older than people think he is. He won't have that many oppertunities. I think he might think 2012 might be his best bet.

[ClarkUSA]

37. True, but Republicans won't have a problem with that. They elected Reagan, right?

Don't forget, Hillary will be close to 70 in 2016, and I'll bet my house that she runs, too.

[IDemo]

11. I like the Turkabee ticket in 2012 n/t

[Morning Dew]

12. How'd they manage to skip Tim Pawlenty?

I thought he was one of the rising stars of the Rethuglican party.

[galaxy21]

13. 36% don't want to see Jindal run?

That's a bit surprising considering he's such a rising star and ticks all the right fundie boxes. It can't be an inexperience thing, they all want Palin to run.

I think its pretty telling that 61% don't want to see Jeb Bush run. I have to laugh at Jeb's political future getting screwed over by his brother's performance.

[AspenRose]

25. It might not be an "inexperience" thing

It COULD be a "racism" thing....and Jindal doesn't make the GOP's sexist, misogynist, male-dominated legs tingle with MILF affection.

Sad but true

[galaxy21]

14. Romney has a Mormon problem and that's not going to change

I don't think a Mormom could ever get elected. And yeah I know people used to say 'well a black guy can nevere get elected' but that's a different thing entirely.

I think Mormomisn is still seen as a cult by a lot of people and a lot of people are going to have issues with that. Democrats probably wouldn't be that bothered by it, because they tend to be less religious but considering how religious many on the right are...he'd have a difficult time getting the nomination, quite franky. A lot of republicans complained about him flip flopping, but I think that was probably just an excuse because they couldn't vote for a Mormon.

[SidneyCarton]

22. As a Mormon, I agree.

There will never be a Mormon in the White House.

[underpants]

39. I had an interesting conversation a few weeks ago with my doctor

he told me that he almost ran against an incumbent here in Va but his wife didn't want to go through it

Anyway-he told me that the conventional wisdom (this is from the money side of the Dem party) that Romney was McCain's best chance. The Chamber of Commerce and the business world would have thrown money towards getting Romney in there.

I personally don't think that having a second generation CEO on the ticket now would have been a great idea but that was what he said was the insider opinion of Romney.

:shrug:

[Blackhatjack]

16. This is Great News! Go Palin Go! -- We Need Her To Stay At Top For Dems To Hold Onto Power...

She exemplifies everything that is wrong with the current Repub Party, and as long as she is the top choice there won't be any 'coming together' within the Repub Party nor any reaching out to independents/unaffiliated moderates which would be needed to win an election.

Let's keep our fingers crossed that she stays on top...

[ladjf]

20. Could the rank and file Republicans possibly be that dumb? nt

[galaxy21]

21. Bush/Palin 2012!!!!!!

[AspenRose]

23. ROFL!!!

OMG :rofl:

It's gonna be Palin/Huckabee, you watch

The final nail in the GOP coffin

[Blue_In_AK]

24. They are certainly delusional.

We'll keep working up here to illuminate the lovely Sarah's many faults. :evilgrin:

[Ozma]

27. How soon can she be indicted for that house-building thing?

She's probably done a dozen other things while in office that could get her jailed like Stevens.

Hoping!

[Blue_In_AK]

28. We're doing what we can.

Please see my post here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4526765 for how you can help.

[galaxy21]

26. Sarah Palin just isn't funny to me anymore

I'll be honest, I did feel a little sorry for her when I heard the RNC were sending someone to get back all the clothes and she had to sort through all her clothes and the kids clothes to figure out which were thers. How embaressing.

This woman seems to have a constant need for attention that needs to be fufilled. Its like she spend 8 weeks being told she was the greatest thing ever and being built up and now she has to go back to Alaska as a national joke. I don't know if I blame her or the people that put her in that position. I mean, she was probably too dumb to know better and genuinely thought she was ready to be president.


From a humane point of view: I really would love it if she just accepted she didn't have a future in national politics and stuck to being governer of Alaska and being there for her kids more.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. She's not going to accept it.

I read last night that she has received over 800 requests from all over the country for personal appearances through the end of next year. It doesn't leave her much time for governing her "beloved" state. It's left to Alaskans to continue to point out her many weaknesses, and hopefully it will sink in on the national level that she is not now and never has been ready for national consideration for anything.

[galaxy21]

31. Ambition without intelligence is a dangerous thing

Bush taught us that. Palin has Tracy Flick levels of ambition, but can't/won't accept she's not suited for anything beyond being governor (and I question whether she's even qualified for that.)

[PresidentObama]

29. Palin 2012!! Because I know victory would be that much easier ;) n/t

[galaxy21]

33. Do you really want to force Barack to debate that woman?

[skeewee08]

32. Are there any

African, Latinos, Native or Asian Americans? (joke)

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

35. Could we be so lucky?

Palin/Anyone, 2012!

[anonymous171]

36. Wow. The fundies have certainly taken over that party.

I would have thought candidates with economic credentials like Newt Gringich (LESS SPENDING LESS WELFARE LESS BLAH BLAH BLAH) would be closer to the top.

[dazzlerazzle]

38. Petraeus

If he comes out of the military and makes it known that he want's to run, that poll will change in a hurry...they are mostly boring losers...If anyone really had hopes that Sarah Palin could emerge, the Turkey thing had to create a lot of conversation from Karl Rove and others.

[blue_onyx]

40. I think they'll go with Huckabee

Palin is too dumb and I think more Republicans will have second thoughts about picking her. Huckabee appeals to the religious part of the party and is likable enough to appeal to moderate Republicans and independents.

[galaxy21]

41. Huckabee does very badly with independents

I'm not sure about the official figures, but he didn't do well at all with them in the primaries.


I think they'll talk about appointing a fundie, but in they end they'll play it safe and nominate a moderate. Which is probablyt worse for Barack's re-election chances. Although he's probably going to win regardless.

[blue_onyx]

42. Well, I know he won't do GREAT with independents

I just don't think he'll turn them off as much as Palin did this year.

I don't see them going with a moderate. Mitt Romney is the only candidate that could pass for a moderate and I don't think he'll do well. His comments that we should let the US auto companies go bankrupt will hurt his chances in Michigan and other rust belt states. These are the states where his "economic strength" may have worked for him in the primaries.

[Orsino]

43. Won't happen. Palin, that is.

If the GOP ever finds the courage to run another woman, it won't be Miss Wasilla. I think they'll go for a deeply-religious white man in a suit. When in doubt, run for Daddy.

[galaxy21]

44. If Palin does get the nomination in 2012

What are the chances she'll do another interview with Couric?


Everyone loves a sequel!

[TahitiNut]

45. Watch the GOP run over the edge of the Palin Cliffs. Enjoy the splats.

She's the gift that just keeps on giving. :rofl:

[mwei924]

46. If Obama is good, they won't even need a nominee.

[FLAprogressive]

47. The two closet cases rank at the bottom....lol

[ObamaKerryDem]

48. Ohh please, Fundies, pick Palin! LMAO

Way to make our job in 4 years that much easier :evilgrin: I guess my second choice on that note would be Huckabee, though he is more likeable than her, IMHO anyway (on the surface, of course. Once you get into his agenda, that quickly changes..) Or better yet...Jeb, though I doubt they'd be dumb enough to run another Bush so relatively soon (I think it'll be decades before anyone with that name or directly associated with him will be able to be taken seriously in politics again. You saw what it did to McCain, so just imagine..).