Iowa: Cain 1st, Gingrich 2nd, Romney 3rd

Public Policy Polling, the same Democrat polling agency mentioned in the previous post also has this Iowa-specific information:

Herman Cain 20%
Newt Gingrich 19%
Mitt Romney 14%
Michele Bachmann 10%
Ron Paul 10%
Rick Perry 5%
Rick Santorum 4%
Jon Huntsman 2%
Gary Johnson 1%

Democrat Polling Firm Has Gingrich 1st, Cain 2nd, Romney 3rd

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Herman Cain 25%
Mitt Romney 18%
Rick Perry 6%
Ron Paul 5%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Jon Huntsman 3%
Rick Santorum 1%
Gary Johnson 1%

Source: Public Policy Polling

Romney Leads Obama by 3

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According to Rasmussen Reports:

Obama	40%	Romney	43%	Sep 10-11, 2011
Obama	43%	Romney	39%	Aug 25-26, 2011
Obama	46%	Romney	38%	Aug 17-18, 2011
Obama	42%	Romney	43%	Jul 14-15, 2011

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Sarah Palin Still Favorite for IA Endorsement, Michele Bachmann & Rick Perry Move Up

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Who is in the Running for the Interested American GOP Endorsement? At this point in time, the answer is:

1. Sarah Palin
2. Michele Bachmann
3. Rick Perry
4. Rick Santorum
5. Mitt Romney
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Goodbye Socialist: Obama Losing to Generic Republican by 5 pts

 

Notice the large 18 percent undecided vote and remember that the undecided usually break against the incumbent. This means Obama would probably lose the 2012 election by more than he won the 2008 election.

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Sarah Palin Would Gain IA Endorsement if She Runs, Rick Santorum if She Doesn't

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Everybody Hates Bloomberg

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With Mike Bloomberg thrown in for a three-way race with Romney, Mayor Mike gets only 11%, with more of it apparently taken from the Republican column. As a result, Obama's lead grows to 44%-38%, plus Bloomberg's 11%.

In addition, Bloomberg's national favorable rating is only 19%, only half of his unfavorable rating of 38%. Republicans view him negatively at 12%-48%, Democrats at 24%-30%, and independents at 19%-37%.

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Poll Shows that Americans Don't Think Obama Deserves Re-election

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Almost half of voters say President Barack Obama doesn’t deserve a second term, and he is in a statistical tie with two top possible Republican challengers, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.

By 49 percent to 43 percent, poll respondents say Obama shouldn’t be re-elected in 2012. If a contest were held today with Republican rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, Obama is supported by 44 percent of those surveyed and Romney by 45 percent.

In a race with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Obama garners 46 percent to Huckabee’s 44 percent. Obama does the best in a race against former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, winning 48 percent to 40 percent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. 

Bloomberg

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Massachusetts: Will Romney Seek Kennedy Senate Seat

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Surprisingly enough, this brings things back full circle to Romney, who up to now has been busy laying the groundwork for another presidential bid in 2012. It would be an intriguing thing if, after waiting a day or two out of respect for the late senator, Romney were to downshift and announce he will be a candidate in the upcoming election to fill Kennedy's vacant Senate seat.

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2012: Romney Tied With Obama, Palin Behind by 6

2012 Presidential Race
Mitt Romney (R)	45%
Barack Obama (D)	45%
Some Other Candidate	7%
Not Sure	3%

2012 Presidential Race
Barack Obama (D)	48%
Sarah Palin (R)	42%
Some Other Candidate	7%
Not Sure	3%

Rasmussen Reports

Palin Doing Well in 2012 Primary Poll

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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is the top choice for those Republicans who put national security first and ties Romney for first among voters who list economic issues alone as the priority. She runs second in nearly every other case with voters from all camps.

Rasmussen Reports

Palin Leads Primary Poll, Huckabee 2nd

Twenty-nine percent of Republicans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday say they are most likely to support Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for the next GOP presidential nomination.

Right behind the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, and well within the poll's margin of error, is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Twenty-six percent of those questioned say they are most likely backing Huckabee, the surprise winner of the 2008 Iowa GOP caucuses.

Twenty-one percent of Republicans polled say they most likely would support former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, another GOP hopeful from the last campaign who may run again.

Nine percent say they would probably back Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is considered a rising star in the GOP.

Source: CNN

Obama's Sputtering Start Has Republicans Already Thinking About 2012

Potential challengers, according to World Net Daily:

Sarah Palin
Bobby Jindal
Mark Sanford
Tim Pawlenty
Mitt Romney
Mike Huckabee
Rudy Giuliani
David Patraeus
Newt Gingrich
Jeb Bush
Charlie Crist
Lindsey Graham
Rick Perry
Jon Huntsman

The ones in bold are my favorite on the list.

2012: Palin & Romney Favored

Candidate	Republicans	All Voters
Palin	24.4%	13.4%
Romney	18.1%	13.7%
Jindal	15.6%	12.5%
Huckabee	9.7%	8.0%
Giuliani	4.9%	5.0%
Paul	2.9%	7.4%
Someone Else	8.2%	20.3%
Not Sure	16.2%	19.7%

Source: Zogby International

Polls Show Romney Would Clinch Michigan for McCain

Private polls show Romney could make all the difference in Michigan. A McCain-Romney ticket carries the state by a moderately comfortable margin. With any other running mate, McCain loses Michigan.
—Chicago Sun-Times

Romney and Supporters Helping McCain

"It's disappointing when your own candidate doesn't win, particularly when it's your brother," said Scott Romney, an attorney with a prominent Detroit law firm. "We got close and had a real good shot at it, but on the other hand, we looked very carefully at the situation in the world and we thought it was very important that we rally around Sen. McCain."
—Detroit Free Press

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Massachusetts: Romney Crushing McCain & Huck

Massachusetts

	Huckabee	McCain	Paul	Romney
(3) Survey USA	3%	37%	1%	58%
(2) Suffolk Univ.	4%	37%	3%	50%
(1) SurveyUSA	3%	34%	3%	57%

(3) Survey USA (275 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 6.0 MofE)
(2) Suffolk University (400 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 1-3, 2008, 4.9 MofE)
(1) Survey USA (297 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 30, 2008, 5.7 MofE)

Latest Missouri Polls

U.S. Presidential Election 2008 - Missouri Primary

Republican Party

	Huckabee	McCain	Paul	Romney
(7) Survey USA	31%	33%	6%	28%
(6) Zogby International	27%	35%	5%	24%
(5) Zogby International	27%	36%	4%	22%
(4) American Research Group	31%	29%	4%	27%
(3) Mason-Dixon	27%	37%	1%	24%
(2) Rasmussen Reports	29%	32%	5%	28%
(1) SurveyUSA	28%	34%	5%	30%

(7) Survey USA (542 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 4.3 MofE)
(6) Zogby International (868 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 1-3 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(5) Zogby International (868 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(4) American Research Group (600 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(3) Mason-Dixon (400 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.1,, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(2) Rasmussen Reports (593 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(1) SurveyUSA (505 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 30-31, 2008, 4.5 MofE)

Democratic Party

	Clinton	Obama
(6) Survey USA	54%	43%
(5) Zogby International	42%	47%
(4) Zogby International	44%	43%
(4) American Research Group	42%	44%
(3) Mason-Dixon	47%	41%
(2) Rasmussen Reports	47%	39%
(1) SurveyUSA	48%	44%

(7) Survey USA (671 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 3.9 MofE)
(6) Zogby International (851 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 1-3, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(5) Zogby International (877 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(4) American Research Group (600 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(3) Mason-Dixon (400 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.1,, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(2) Rasmussen Reports (507 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(1) SurveyUSA (664 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 30-31, 2008, 3.9 MofE)