Poll: Huckabee leads in Iowa

[Yelnoc]

I really want to see that poll without Huckabee.  People, he is not going to run in 2012.

[Yelnoc]

I really want to see that poll without Huckabee.  People, he is not going to run in 2012.

I agree that Huckabee won't run. He is old news and why bother straining your health on another campaign if you're unlikely to win anyway? I figure that most of his supporters would go to Palin if Huck wasn't running, and that thus she would be leading in IA right now.

I don't know.  Palin's favorability ratingd do not reflect the percentage of people that think she is fit for the office of President.  I can see Gingrich, who for some reason is a Republican rockstar, doing well and Pawlenty (the polling will better reflect him once he gets his name out).  The same goes for Thune, in fact Thune could realistically surpass both Gingrich and Pawlenty if he chooses to run.

[Yelnoc]

Looks like they also released results for the scenario where neither Huckabee nor Palin run:

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Romney – 26
Gingrich – 18
Paul – 7
Pawlenty – 3
Thune – 1
Perry – 1
Santorum – 1
Barbour – 0

undecided - 39

That's awesome.  Now I wonder what happens when you replace Paul with Johnson, take out Perry, and give Thune and Pawlenty popularity boosts.  And if you want toss in Daniels.