A newly published CNN/Opinion Research Poll shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holding a narrow lead (21% to 18%) over former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the quietly-started-but-nobody-wants-to-admit-it-yet race for the Republican nomination of 2012.The 10% of the vote for Ron Paul is completely wasted. He'll be 78 on election day and hasn't a prayer of winning the nomination. Nobody really stands out yet from the rest of the crowd and I think the fear of every GOP member who's been paying attention is that the party will just nominate "whoever's next", which is how we got John McCain in '08 and Bob Dole in '96. Right now that would mean Mitt Romney and I'm just not convinced that's our best option.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (15%), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (14%), Texas Rep. Ron Paul (10%) and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, about-to-be-former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence (all at 3%) finish up the hypothetical poll field. …
But perhaps more interesting than the individual standings is that disappointed, frustrated, angry registered voters also told pollsters that at this point in time, less than halfway through the term of No. 44, they’d actually be good with anyone labeled Republican for No. 45 against anyone named Barack Obama — 50% to 45%. (The GOP’s 50% is up from 48% in March and Obama’s 45% is down from 47% back then.)
I don't have a candidate yet. I'm still hoping we'll have a bigger field to choose from.
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Romney is the pioneer of the precursor to ObamaCare in Massachusetts when he was the governor there. He is a RINO, a non-conservative. This is what the GOP offers. Nothing new to see here.
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