RSS Feed MenuIt seems that a man called “Nobody” is leading the pack for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination amongst independents.
Over half of Republican-leaning independent adults say that they either dislike the entire crop of 2012 wannabes or would rather just run John McCain again. Miss Media Blitz can’t even rack up a fifth of their support, and Mitt Romney lags in the single-digits.
I would have to concur: I look forward to nobody’s acceptance speech if it’s between Palin, Romney, and Mike Huckabee.
Here’s the poll:
16. (ASKED OF LEANED REPUBLICANS) If the 2012 Republican presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, for whom would you vote?
Sarah Palin
17
Mike Huckabee
10
Mitt Romney
9
John McCain
7
Newt Gingrich
2
Bobby Jindal
1
Ron Paul
1
Rudy Giuliani
1
Tim Pawlenty
1
Charlie Crist
*
Haley Barbour
*
Jeb Bush
*
Other
8
None/Nobody
12
Would not vote
2
No opinion
28
BarryS // Nov 30, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Huckabee just tanked even further with the cop killer fiasco.
dragonlady // Nov 30, 2009 at 9:25 pm
2012 is a long way off….if the economy or jobs don’t come back, voters are going to get Obama fatigue pretty fast. I’d expect those numbers to change depending on the economy, and how contenders fair in the media environment.
Toddtheconservative // Dec 1, 2009 at 6:36 am
We hate the party because it went off the rails. This link says it the best:
http://americaspeaksink.com/2009/12/americas-decade-from-hell-indeed/
advocatusdiaboli // Dec 1, 2009 at 9:09 am
+1 to Toddtheconservative on his essay selection.
I am an independent because I agree with some in the platform of both parties and disagree with a lot in the platforms of both parties. I am fiscally conservative, socially liberal, and I think religion is a private matter not a public and certainly not a government one. I think the government should stay small, bark loud, and bite even harder regarding banking, healthcare, energy, education, and communications (phone/mobile/internet/cable) because I view all of those too vital to a modern industrialized nation to be left alone in the hands greedy privateers without strong limits on their choices and behavior. The EU thinks so and they have better healthcare, mobile/cable/internet than the US and the financial crisis is centered here not there. I think the government should stay out of people’s lives and personal choices. I believe in the separation of church and state so Palin, Romney, and Huckabee are out–none of them can keep their religious views out of our laws and that’s wrong. I like the Republican stand on bailouts, over-spending, and illegal immigration but not the two wars we are fighting. The Democrats, while they have a few good ideas, the price tag falls on the middle class because the wealthy and corporations, who should pay the most, pay fewer taxes than working people as a percentage–as Warren Buffet pointed out–he pays less in tax than his secretary and that’s wrong. I blame republicans more for that but Democrats take lobby money too. I reluctantly voted for Obama after McCain made up my mind with “Bomb, Bomb Iran” and picking Palin. I see no one worth my vote.
Carney // Dec 1, 2009 at 11:42 am
Junk. Garbage poll. No poll story is worth mentioning, citing, linking to, etc. unless it is only of LIKELY VOTERS.
Less exclusive (and expensive) polls of registered voters are less relevant.
Even less relevant than that are polls of mere “adults”. And that’s what this worthless Post poll was, with some oversampling of Republicans to give it a fig leaf.
Delete from buzz, move on.
And shame on Knepper for being so politically clueless as to have fallen for this junk poll, and for Frum and/or other forum editors for letting him post this waste of everyone’s time.
My opinion of Knepper has taken a nosedive, and I will mention this credibility-damaging embarrassment in all further comments on his posts.
LFC // Dec 1, 2009 at 2:42 pm
advocatusdiaboli said… I like the Republican stand on bailouts, over-spending, and illegal immigration but not the two wars we are fighting.
Just out of interest, what do you think the Republican stand is on over-spending? From Carter to Bush, Republican administrations have spent more and grown spending faster than Democratic administrations. The Republicans are now screaming that there can be no cuts of any kind to Medicare, not even for efficiency. They also refused to even consider paying for two wars and Medicare Part D.
The Republicans have been “borrow and spend” for nearly 30 years. I think their track record on over-spending is crystal clear.
Jewels // Dec 2, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Um… no.
“Nobody” got 12
Sarah Palin got 17.
That would mean that Sarah Palin is leading the pack… not that anyone here would want to acknowledge that. So we’ll just pretend we didn’t see it.
“No Opinion” has 28. Of course, as there is a “Nobody” and “Would Not Vote” option (which got 2 points), we can pretty safely conclude that “No Opinion” means that those people have… no opinion.
Which makes sense. You know, since the 2012 election is quite some time away.
handworn // Dec 24, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Not even close, LFC. The Reagan-G.H.W. Bush years were the Cold War, and we actually got something for our money. We didn’t occupy any of the countries we beat, and the Cold War had an actual end. We won, democracy won, end of story. The Bush II years were the only other example in the time frame you mention. A single, divisive moron took advantage of the “Republicans don’t criticize other Republicans” idiocy and the “Happy endings are more important than deficits” idiocy that the left had gotten the country used to. How representative. And Democrats can cool their heels that way– it would take an amazing amount of Republican spending to equal the black hole in the budget opened up by the New Deal and the Great Society.