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| Huckabee leads 2012 GOP hopefuls |
| 2009-11-06 |
| Television personality and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee led a batch of 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls in the latest poll from Gallup. Huckabee, ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), and ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) were selected as the top three GOPers whom Republican respondents would "seriously consider supporting" in the next presidential contest. Seventy-one percent of people polled selected Huckabee; 65 percent selected both Romney and Palin. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 What swksvolFF said. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-06 22:18 |
| #16 Just to be clear, not a Huckster fan here. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-11-06 21:57 |
| #15 Baptist Preacher. need i say more? Huck can go copulate himself. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-11-06 21:48 |
| #14 Huck is a snake-oil-selling populist tool. I don't like or trust him |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-06 20:54 |
| #13 Ya know, as far as I'm concerned we have an ignorant creationist in the white house right now, so spare the crap. I don't give a damn if the next president believes giant ducks inhabit another planet so long as: lower taxes, balance the budget, national defense, stop or reverse federal growth, can provide leadership. After we get the present and future taken care of, then we can pick our collective navels about that kind of stuff. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-11-06 20:36 |
| #12 Gomer fuking Pyle for president? Get your ass off my obstacle Huckabee! |
| Posted by: GunnerySergeantHartman 2009-11-06 19:15 |
| #11 Kiss of death for Huck. Next he'll be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-06 19:00 |
| #10 My Two-Cents Worth: If it's basically winable in 2012, Bobby Jindal will run, and he has my vote. If it isn't winable, he won't run, and it doesn't really matter who I vote for. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2009-11-06 17:05 |
| #9 You've got to be shitting me! He's the best we can come up with? |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2009-11-06 16:28 |
| #8 Run a retired general. Draft. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-06 16:02 |
| #7 Run a retired general. ALL the political class is tainted. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-06 13:42 |
| #6 Huckabee would be a disaster. Surely we can find someone who is not an ignorant creationist? |
| Posted by: Cheang Peacock3599 2009-11-06 13:25 |
| #5 Romney would have had a beeter chance to beat him then McCain. Romney would have been demolished. He would have lost 60-40. I voted for Romney in the primary. I liked him. But he was saddled with his performance in Massachusetts. He wasn't liked by the social cons. And he never, ever would have picked Sarah Palin who was the one who brought votes to McCain. Maybe Romney has a chance in 2012, maybe not, but 2008 would have seen him flattened. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-11-06 13:22 |
| #4 At this point, it's as much a name recognition thing as anything. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-11-06 11:19 |
| #3 Yes, and I remember when Rudy and Hillary were locks to run in the 2008 election. It's way too early for speculation. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Ebberens7700 2009-11-06 10:30 |
| #2 We REALLY need an Edit Button. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-11-06 09:39 |
| #1 Huck, but refusing to leave the primary process after he had zero chane at the nomination accomplished nothing other than costing Romney the nomination over McLame. This led to President obama. Romney would have had a beeter chance to beat him then McCain. Because of this Huck will never get my vote. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-11-06 09:38 |