Gallup poll: majorities of GOP voters want Palin, Romney, & Huckabee to run

[Mr. Morden]

link:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/112252/GOP-Faithful-Like-Palin-Romney-Huckabee-2012.aspx



Palin and Huckabee are the favorites of self-described conservatives, while Romney and Giuliani are the favorites of self-described moderates:

[Nixon in '80]

God I hate my party.

[Lunar]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

This list will look funny in 2011. I'm all for Rudy running again. I already know Huckabee and Romney will run. Lord I hope Palin doesn't.

[Nixon in '80]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

In that case, it's terribly, terribly sad Gingrich is so low.

[Mr. Morden]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

In that case, it's terribly, terribly sad Gingrich is so low.

His numbers aren't nearly as bad as those of Jeb Bush.  Wow, I guess the Bush name has even become toxic among Republicans.  Or else, Republicans simply don't think he should run because he'd be bad on electability grounds.

[Nixon in '80]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

In that case, it's terribly, terribly sad Gingrich is so low.

I mean, it's not officially, but as far as people like Palin, Huckabee, and Romney go it is just a measure of their maintained public relevance.  And it tests to see if people know Jindal, Crist, Petraeus, and Graham.  And the Bush name is officially dead.

Like the dream sequence in W.: "...for Jeb"

[Lunar]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

In that case, it's terribly, terribly sad Gingrich is so low.

Not really.  I mean, Speaker of the House during some of the 90's isn't even remotely comparable to someone who was the #2 Republican guy during an election that just finished two weeks ago.

It all lines up very strongly with name recognition, not actual approval of a guy's candidacy.

[Nixon in '80]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

In that case, it's terribly, terribly sad Gingrich is so low.

Not really.  I mean, Speaker of the House during some of the 90's isn't even remotely comparable to someone who was the #2 Republican guy during an election that just finished two weeks ago.

It all lines up very strongly with name recognition, not actual approval of a guy's candidacy.

Every American born before 1990 should know who Newt Gingrich is.

I'm not saying this like "bawww everybody else is stupid," I'm saying the vast majority of the Republican electorate should be fairly familiar with Newt Gingrich. While he hasn't been in the headlines the in the last year like all the others, I feel he should have comparable name recognition.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

In that case, it's terribly, terribly sad Gingrich is so low.

Not really.  I mean, Speaker of the House during some of the 90's isn't even remotely comparable to someone who was the #2 Republican guy during an election that just finished two weeks ago.

It all lines up very strongly with name recognition, not actual approval of a guy's candidacy.

Every American born before 1990 should know who Newt Gingrich is.

I'm not saying this like "bawww everybody else is stupid," I'm saying the vast majority of the Republican electorate should be fairly familiar with Newt Gingrich. While he hasn't been in the headlines the in the last year like all the others, I feel he should have comparable name recognition.

Some people don't even know who the Vice President is, much less who the speaker of the house in the 1990s was. You give people too much credit. The general population are idiots.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Is Petraeus even interested in running?

[Workers' Friend]

I guess I'll still support Huckabee, he is my best choice of all of these.

[12th Doctor]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

Not really.  There isn't anyone on that list who isn't familiar to most serious Republicans who will vote in the primaries.

[paul718]

God I hate my party.

[Erc]

Isn't this just a name-recognition thing?

Yes.

Not really.  There isn't anyone on that list who isn't familiar to most serious Republicans who will vote in the primaries.

False.  Most primary voters, though they are certainly more familiar with the bench than the average citizen, still aren't up on every possibility.  You really think most people have actually heard of Charlie Crist?  The "No Opinion" category is so large for those guys not because people are ambivalent, it's because they've never heard of them.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Who has strong numbers among both groups Conservative and Moderates? Mitt Romney. What did I say about unity.

[big bad fab]

Many may think Jeb is a nickname for George Walker....

And Pawlenty ? And Thune ? And Pence ? And Sanford ? Do they stink ?

Yeah, really name recognition... and just that.

[Psychic Octopus]

It's a sad day, I would have voted Rudy, vs. Obama, and I was going to vote McCain until he picked Sarah of Wasilla.

[paul718]

It's a sad day, I would have voted Rudy, vs. Obama, and I was going to vote McCain until he picked Sarah of Wasilla.

So you went from the inexperieced person at the bottom of the ticket to the inexperienced person at the top of the ticket??

[Nixon in '80]

It's a sad day, I would have voted Rudy, vs. Obama, and I was going to vote McCain until he picked Sarah of Wasilla.

So you went from the inexperieced person at the bottom of the ticket to the inexperienced person at the top of the ticket??

That and the imbecile thing.