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Huckabee, Romney, Palin See Most Republican Support for '12
Huckabee, Romney, Palin See Most Republican Support for '12
PRINCETON, NJ -- Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee. This gives Huckabee a slight edge over Mitt Romney (65%) and Sarah Palin (65%) in this early test of the strength of several potential Republican ...
Huckabee says he's 'very serious'
Huckabee says he's 'very serious'
politico.com — The underlying question remains whether Huckabee really wants to go through it all again for 2012. (more) Huckabee says he's 'very serious'
The Palin Fantasy
frumforum.com — Matthew Continetti has a piece in this weekend’s Weekly Standard hailing Sarah Palin as the ideal leader of a new populist uprising. One obvious objection to his thesis: The populist Sarah is in fact one of the most unpopular figures in American life. ... (more) The Palin Fantasy
Huckabee hearts no one in N.Y. 23rd
Huckabee hearts no one in N.Y. 23rd
politico.com — Huckabee conspicuously declines to officially support Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman. (more) Huckabee hearts no one in N.Y. 23rd
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Handicapping the Race for the 2012 GOP presidential Nomination
Politics Daily — ... Mike Huckabee leads the GOP pack for the party's presidential nomination in 2012 when Repubicans were asked who they would "seriously consider," with 71 percent, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Oct. 31 - Nov. 1. ...

Gallup/USA Today: Huckabee Leads Republican Contenders For 2012
Below The Beltway — ... A new Gallup/USA Today poll shows Mike Huckabee leading among both Republicans and national voters as a whole for the GOP nomination in 2012: ...

USAT/Gallup: Huckabee Has Most GOP Support for 2012
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows potential Republican voters in 2012 rating Mike Huckabee highest among a list of candidates they woud "seriously consider" supporting in 2012. Romney and Palin finish a close second, with Newt coming in fourth: Next I'm going to read you a list of possible Republican candidates in the 2012 presidential election. Please tell me whether you would, or would not, seriously consider supporting each for president. Huckabee: 71% would, 25% would not Romney: 65/31 Palin: 65/33 Gingrich: 60/35 Pawlenty: 32/38 Barbour: 26/52 Huckabee also tops the ...

Gallup Takes GOP 2012 Temperature
The Page by Mark Halperin — Getty Among Republicans, 71% "seriously consider" supporting Huckabee, 65% for Romney and Palin. Conducted Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, error margin 4 points.

Huckabee Most Excites Republicans for 2012
Taegan Goddard's Political WireGallup: "Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee. This gives Huckabee a slight edge over Mitt Romney (65%) and Sarah Palin (65%) in this early test of the strength of several potential Republican contenders. A majority of Republicans also say they would seriously consider voting for Newt Gingrich, but far fewer say they are currently ready to support the lesser-known Tim Pawlenty or Haley Barbour."

Latest Gallup Poll for ‘12 shows Barbour on the radar
Yall PoliticsLatest Gallup Poll for '12 shows Barbour on the radar PRINCETON, NJ -- Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee. This gives Huckabee a slight edge over Mitt Romney (65%) and Sarah Palin (65%) in this early test of the strength of several potential Republican contenders. A majority of Republicans also say they would seriously consider voting for Newt Gingrich, but far fewer say they are currently ready to support the ...

Poll Watch: Huckabee, Romney and Palin Lead GOP Presidential Field for 2012
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Of course, it is way too early but here are the numbers from Gallup. But, beating an incumbent President in Barack Obama is an entirely different matter. Flap says that Sarah Palin will NOT run in 2012 if Obama looks remotely good for re-election which will leave Huckabee and Romney to duke it out to be the sacrificial GOP lamb. ...

Huck excites, Palin worries
GOP 12 — ... That's the take-away from a new Gallup poll measuring enthusiasm for and perceived competence of 2012 Republican candidates. Q: Which Republican would you most seriously consider supporting in 2012? 1. Mike Huckabee 71%/25% 2. Mitt Romney 65%/31% 3. Sarah Palin 65%/33% Q: Which 2012 candidate do you view as qualified to be POTUS? Among Republicans: 1. Mike Huckabee 72% 2. Mitt Romney 71% 3. Newt Gingrich 68% 4. Sarah Palin 58% Among Indies: 1. Mike Huckabee 48% 2. Mitt Romney 45% 3. Newt Gingrich 39% 4. Sarah Palin 28% Among Dems: 1. Mike Huckabee 38% 2. Mitt Romney 37% 3. ...

Huckabee leads 2012 GOP hopefuls in latest poll
News — ... Huckabee, ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), and ex-Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) were selected as the top three GOPers that Republican respondents would "seriously consider supporting" in the next presidential contest. 71 percent of people polled selected Huckabee, 65 percent selected both Romney and Palin. ...

Poll: Huckabee leads 2012 GOP hopefuls
Home/News — ... Huckabee, ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), and ex-Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) were selected as the top three GOPers that Republican respondents would "seriously consider supporting" in the next presidential contest. 71 percent of people polled selected Huckabee, 65 percent selected both Romney and Palin. ...

In News from GOP HQ
Shakesville — ... Republican voters currently view Mike Huckabee as their best chance for regaining the White House in 2012, with 71% saying they would "seriously consider" voting for him. ...

Early 2012 Polling
Matthew Yglesias — ... Gallup takes an early look at potential Republican contenders for 2012. Mike Huckabee, who doesn’t get the press coverage of a Sarah Palin, seems to be in the best shape: ...

Remainders: Maine
Ben Smith's Blog — The White House will nationalize 2010. Huckabee leads the 2012 field, and fewer than a third think Palin is qualified. Her biographers suggest she makes things up. Gaspard huddles in Wisconsin. TNR blasts Gration. Kerik pleads out. Tea Partiers take DC.   The left finds extremely bad taste. Gibbs is sure there's a Jon Voight joke there somewhere. Hillary bundler Reshma Saujani challenges Maloney. Clinton's inevitability strategy worked...for Bloomberg. Dinkins takes Obama to task. Mixner rallies the gay ...

The Invisible Primary, 11/6
The Atlantic Politics Channel — Tracking the GOP race to 2012 Mike Huckabee leads the foremost 2012 contenders, according to a new Gallup poll, as 71 percent of Republicans said they'd "seriously consider" supporting him for president, while Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin both collected 65 percent, and Newt Gingrich collected 60; Tim Pawlenty said he was "inartful" in suggesting this week that there might be problems with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) being a member of the Republican Party; he's also proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution that would cap state spending; discussing his non-endorsement in NY-23 with OneNewsNow, Mike Huckabee said he was asked by party officials ...

The Political Future of Mike Huckabee
Blake's Think Tank — A new Gallup poll shows that fifty percent of adults believe that former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is qualified to be president. Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post wonders if Mr. Huckabee has the ability to win the GOP nomination in 2012. But, it’s clear that Huckabee’s 2008 race had a far different impact on the average American. Huckabee’s run for president seems not only have left most Americans with a generally positive feeling about the former governor but also changed the perception of him from something of an entertaining oddity into someone who could be president one day. It’s a ...

Hock a Bee -- By: John J. Miller
The Corner on National Review Online — E-mail, in response to this: I always find it humorous that The Corner only posts the polls that Mitt Romney wins-I have yet to see the latest Rasmussen polls posted on the corner where Huckabee does best against Obama, Huckabee does best against Romney.  Then there are the PPP polls for seven months showing Huckabee doing best against Obama.  And now even Gallup and CNN have Huckabee in first. Why is The Corner afraid to show those polls where Huckabee is winning? Afraid? Hardly. Here you go, Huck fans: PRINCETON, NJ -- Looking ahead to the 2012 presidential election, 71% of Republicans say they would seriously ...

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