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

[Herb Parsons]

Brad said:

"Anyone with half a brain will look at Palin's accomplishments by then 
and not who her daughter may be banging."

I'm assuming you deliberately worded that so that the loony left and the 
media would be able to concern themselves about who the daughter is 
banging, and you'd still be right in your assumption.




Brad Haslett wrote:
> Ben,
>
> Watch Huckabee's show on Fox News Saturday nights.  He's a smart and
> entertaining guy and the show is good.  That said, Huckabee is waaay
> to much a populist and social spending advocate for my tastes.
> Thoughts?  Keep your eyes on Jindal.  If Obama is still popular in
> 2012 Jindal will sit it out - he's only 36.  If the O is Jimma Part
> Deux, Bobbie may be a 2012 player.  People vote their pocketbooks
> (it's the economy stupid - B. Clinton 1992).  Let's hope the economy
> is back on its feet by 2012 regardless of politics. Anyone with half a
> brain will look at Palin's accomplishments by then and not who her
> daughter may be banging.
>
> Brad
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> 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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