Poll shows good news for a certain governor who might run for president
The word “trounce” makes an appearance.
In the survey of nearly 1,000 likely Republican primary voters, New Jersey Gov. Christie gets a resounding 62 percent of the vote to Romney’s 19 percent, with the remaining 19 percent not sure.
Texas Gov. Perry gets 55 percent of the vote when matched against former Massachusetts Gov. Romney, who receives 22 percent, with 23 percent not sure.
“No matter which way you look at this, Romney’s candidacy has holes within the core Republican base,” pollster John Zogby tells Newsmax. “In simple head-to-head matchups against the two non-candidates, he gets drubbed.”
You know who this helps? Well, not Mitt Romney. And with Christie threatening suicide to prove that he’s not going to run…
This plus Bachmann’s surge to the lead in another poll suggests that Romney is anything but inevitable. One debate performance, or even the thought of other candidates jumping in, sets things to a spin. The GOP field is volatile, to say the least.
(h/t Weasel Zippers)
Well we do have a few months to decide. Perry, Bachmann, Pawlenty are my ponies thus far.
And we need to pay attn to the Senate & House races.
Perry is a mandater, the vaccines, Pawlenty is the “small government era is over” and gee I have no sense when it comes to global warming scam and he’s a Romney lover. I think Christie closed a coal plant didn’t he? Bachmann will not survive the medias colonoscopy and she worked for Jimmy freakin Carter, nuff said.
And Palin is a quitter, Cain has no foreign policy experience, Ron Paul is a doctrinaire idiot, Gingrinch is establishment GOP, Romney is about as manly a Shirley Temple…
Every candidate has a trite reason to not support them. If you have an argument against someone flesh it out. Throwing out one-liners is childish.
Just a slight quibble with what you wrote, Jeff. Why did you use the unnecessary qualifier “doctrinaire” when referring to Ron Paul? Paul has only a slightly better chance of being elected President than my grandfathers — both of whom died in the 1950s.
NOBODY BEATS ØBAMA BUT PALIN.
None of the Republican candidates/potential candidates is perfect – but none is in the same galaxy of imperfection as President Barry Freaking Obama. Governor Christie is a Catholic and did not threaten suicide; he said he didn’t know what he could do short of suicide to convince people he wasn’t running for President in 2011. I like many of the candidates but was particularly impressed with Governor Perry’s speech last week in New Orleans. Whomever the Republican candidate is, let’s hope the party will rally round him or her so we can show BHO the door.
Chris Christie likely won’t toss his hat in the ring, but, mercy, who wouldn’t pay good money to see him debate Obama next year? Christie have His Majesty on the ropes within minutes–a political replay of the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston fight. Jeez, it wouldn’t even be close.
“Romney is anything but inevitable. ”
Well, yes, of course. That is why the establishment Pubs were rallying around him early, trying to close the sale.
Of course, this chump lost to McCain… and Huckabee. Pathetic.
Here is a consideration for people:
Bachmann would likely carry her home State of MN in the general election, right? Can the same be said of Romney carrying his home State of MA? Not a chance.
When did a candidate fail to carry his home State and win the general election? Never. Al Gore lost in 2000, not because he lost FL, but because he lost his home State of TN! What a loser.
You can be a national candidate, but you need to have a base of support. You have to bring something to the table, a natural constituency.
If you look at the Republican candidates, most can carry their home States. Romney can’t. Santorum got wiped out in his Statewide RE-ELECTION bid in ’06, so I doubt he could either.
If Bachmann or Pawlenty are the candidates, they likely can turn MN from Blue to Red. That’s -10 electoral votes from the Blue column and +10 for the Red column… a 20-pt swing. That is huge!
These two could also likely carry IA, which went Blue for Obama last time. McCain failed to carry IA, because the huge percentage of Conservatives in IA were not enthused about him. Romney would likely lose IA, too.
Romney looks good to folks right now, but wait until the opposition goes to work on him. He will not look so good come November of 2012. His record does not withstand intense scrutiny.