NBC/WSJ poll: Huckabee fav. +1%; Romney -9%; Gingrich -11%; Palin -18%

[Mr. Morden]

link:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJNBCPoll09282010.pdf

Fav/unfav ratings:

1. Mike Huckabee 26%/25% for +1%.

2. Mitt Romney 21%/30% for -9%.

3. Newt Gingrich 24%/35% for -11%.

4. Sarah Palin 30%/48% for -18%.

First Read compares Romney's numbers unfavorably to those of past GOP establishment frontrunners:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/30/5207131-first-thoughts-the-gops-weak-2012-front-runner

You must be logged in to read this quote.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

link:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJNBCPoll09282010.pdf

Fav/unfav ratings:

1. Mike Huckabee 26%/25% for +1%.

2. Mitt Romney 21%/30% for -9%.

3. Newt Gingrich 24%/35% for -11%.

4. Sarah Palin 30%/48% for -18%.

First Read compares Romney's numbers unfavorably to those of past GOP establishment frontrunners:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/30/5207131-first-thoughts-the-gops-weak-2012-front-runner

You must be logged in to read this quote.

This is why I think Romney will never be president.  Even many on the right are pissed off at him, possibly because of his heealth care stances as governor.

[Bull Moose Base]

link:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJNBCPoll09282010.pdf

Fav/unfav ratings:

1. Mike Huckabee 26%/25% for +1%.

2. Mitt Romney 21%/30% for -9%.

3. Newt Gingrich 24%/35% for -11%.

4. Sarah Palin 30%/48% for -18%.

First Read compares Romney's numbers unfavorably to those of past GOP establishment frontrunners:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/30/5207131-first-thoughts-the-gops-weak-2012-front-runner

You must be logged in to read this quote.

This is why I think Romney will never be president.  Even many on the right are pissed off at him, possibly because of his heealth care stances as governor.

Weird that McCain's overall favorables were almost the same in the population at large as they were among just conservatives.

I'd bet so few people know about Romney's healthplan bearing similarities to Obama's that it's not a factor (which would make it even more ominous for him because eventually some opponent(s) will be letting people know).  More likely it's a function of his being Mormon or maybe that in combination with the fact that there are well-known potential competitors (Palin, Huckabee) who appeal to a whole different segment of conservatives.  Maybe it's creating a bit of a "our kind of candidate vs. theirs" mentality in those polled.  While in McCain's case, his only known competitor in 2006 was Giuliani who appealed to a the same kind of conservatives McCain.

[Mr. Morden]

Weird that McCain's overall favorables were almost the same in the population at large as they were among just conservatives.

Before the 2008 campaign, McCain was about as popular among Dems and Independents as he was Republicans.....presumably because he spent so much of his time in the early 2000s on issues where he sided more with the Dems than the GOP (Bush tax cuts, patients' "bill of rights", campaign finance reform, climate change, immigration....).  Here's a March 2006 poll in which McCain has majority favorable ratings from across the ideological spectrum:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/PollVault/story?id=1694406