Romney leads

[Mr. Morden]

Btw, the poll is from Newsweek.

I guess it's time to add a "2012 presidential election primary polls" sub-board. 

[Mr. Morden]

Haha, a 2012 Republican primary poll.

35% Mitt Romney
26% Mike Huckabee
20% Sarah Palin
10% Other
9% Don't Know

Romney's momentum appears to be unstoppable.  No way can Huckabee make up that 9 point deficit in just three years.

Then again, perhaps if Huckabee were to increase his ad spending in Iowa from $0 to some non-zero number, he could make a strong enough showing there to at least be competitive with Romney by Super Tuesday.  The other question I have is, why hasn't Palin gone negative against Romney yet?  She hasn't even mentioned his name for as long as I can remember.  She's down by double digits, so she's got nothing to lose.  Oh well, maybe she should just start work on debate prep, as the first 2012 primary debate is coming up in just about two and a half years.

[Mr. Morden]

If John McCain loses this election I doubt Sarah Palin will go anywhere beyond Alaska except maybe the Senate. The last failed Veep candidate to get the nomination was Bob Dole 20 years later and he had been around the political campfire awhile. Walter Mondale also got it but he was actually Veep for 4 years so his case is special. Even so both these people lost the General elections by wide margins.

Meh, I really think using historical analogies like that is flawed.  So much so, that it actually inspired me to start a new thread on why I think arguments like this are bogus:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?board=2.0

[Mr. Morden]

If John McCain loses this election I doubt Sarah Palin will go anywhere beyond Alaska except maybe the Senate. The last failed Veep candidate to get the nomination was Bob Dole 20 years later and he had been around the political campfire awhile. Walter Mondale also got it but he was actually Veep for 4 years so his case is special. Even so both these people lost the General elections by wide margins.

Meh, I really think using historical analogies like that is flawed.  So much so, that it actually inspired me to start a new thread on why I think arguments like this are bogus:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?board=2.0

Wrong link.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=86580.0

Oops, yeah.