[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL- New CNN Poll Palin/Huckabee Tied

[Herb Parsons]

My first thought is that obviously, a lot of you left-wingers don't 
understand the Republicans (or conservatives) nearly as well as you 
thought you did.


Ben Cittadino wrote:
> FYI Troops;
> Huckabee and Palin top early 2012 list
> Posted: 04:12 PM ET
>
> From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
>
>  
> Poll suggests Gov. Sarah Palin is a 2012 presidential hopeful.
> WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama is still more than six weeks from White
> House, and the next Iowa caucuses are more than three years away — so
> naturally, it’s time to start talking 2012, as a new national poll suggests
> that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee top the list of potential 2012 Republican
> presidential hopefuls.
>
> In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Friday that serves as an
> early measure of potential support for the next GOP presidential nomination,
> Huckabee tops the list. Thirty-four percent of Republicans and independent
> voters who lean towards the GOP say they are very likely to support the
> former Arkansas governor if he were to become their party’s nominee in 2012.
> Huckabee surprised many by winning this year's Republican caucuses in Iowa
> and seven other contests before ending his run in March.
>
> Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate in this year's election,
> draws nearly as much support: 32 percent of those polled said they would get
> behind a Palin nomination. And with the survey's sampling error of plus or
> minus 4.5 points, Palin and Huckabee are statistically tied.
>
> The survey is an early measure of possible support, not a horse race
> snapshot.
>
> “It might come as a surprise to some that Palin does better than Huckabee
> among GOP men but that Huckabee beats Palin among Republican women,” says
> CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Palin's strength is also concentrated
> among older Republicans, but Huckabee may have a slight edge among
> conservative Republicans."
>
> Among voters who consider themselves born again or evangelical, Huckabee
> draws more support than Palin, with a 9 point edge. Meanwhile, Palin holds a
> 7-point advantage among non-born again or evangelical voters.
>
>
> Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is in third place in the poll, with 28
> percent of those questioned saying they are very likely to suport him as the
> GOP nominee in 2012.
>
> Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich draws roughly the same level of
> support as Romney, at 27 percent. In 2007, Gingrich flirted with making a
> run for the Republican presidential nomination, but decided against jumping
> into the race.
>
> Twenty-three percent of those polled say they would be very likely to
> support Rudy Giuliani if he decides to run again. The former New York City
> mayor was the national frontrunner in many polls in late 2007, before
> performing poorly in the early primaries and caucuses. He dropped out of the
> race for the White House in late January.
>
> Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who's considered a rising star in the GOP, draws
> support from 19 percent of those surveyed, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist 7
> percent.
>
> “Jindal and Crist are relative unknowns. The fact that they get much less
> support than the others is likely a function of name recognition rather than
> a true measure of their potential base of support," says Holland.
>
> The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Monday and Tuesday,
> with 460 Republicans and independent voters who lean Republican questioned
> by telephone."
>
> Thoughts???
>
> Ben  C.
>   

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Herb Parsons