A new Rasmussen Reports poll conducted 12 Oct 11 has been released concerning the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) nominating circus; there are no big surprises except it validates Cain is a real contender – for now – and everyone (Gingrich, Perry, Paul, Bachmann, Santorum and Huntsman) except Romney is out of the contest.
The current Rasmussen Reports poll results are:
Herman “Pizza Man” Cain 29; Mittens Romney 29; Newter Gingrich 10; Reverend Rick Perry 9; Ronny Paul 5; Michele “Krazy” Bachmann 4; Jon “I can’t believe it’s not butter” Huntsman and Ricky “The Ric” Santorum 2
What’s really interesting with this poll from Rasmussen (which notoriously slants to the far right) is who does Rasmussen want to win it all? The Pizza Man is still riding high at the end of the week tied with Crown Prince Mittens perhaps still proving he’s more than just Palin’s “flavor of the week”; Perry’s plummeted off the scope, along with Newter (who was never a serious contender); Paul and Krazy continue sharing a rubber room in political purgatory; while Huntsman and Santorum are still consistently bringing up the rear.
In Iowa, there’s no change; the PPP (D) poll conducted from 07 – 10 Oct 11: Cain 30; Romney 22; Paul 10; Perry 9; Bachmann and Gingrich both 8; Santorum 5 and Huntsman 1…
A new Magellan Strategies (R) poll conducted 12 – 13 Oct 11 shows Mittens pulling a little further in the lead in New Hampshire (news is NH primary may move up to as early as 3 December to counter Florida’s attempt to become the first primary); the Magellan Strategies (R) poll results: Mittens 41; Cain 20; Paul 10; Gingrich and Huntsman 6; Bachmann 4; Perry and Santorum 2 while Gary Johnson trails with 1.
No change since adding South Carolina Primary this week – a poll conducted by Winthrop from 11 – 18 Sep 11 shows a very tight race up front: Perry 31; Romney 27; Cain 8; Gingrich 5; Bachmann and Paul 4; Huntsman and Santorum both 2.
According to a new Time poll conducted 9 – 10 Oct 11, if the general election were held today:
President Obama 48/Romney 44
President Obama 50/Cain 38
President Obama 51/Perry 40
The PPP (D) poll conducted 7 – 10 Oct 11
President Obama 50/Gingrich 39
President Obama 47/Paul 39
President Obama 50/Bachmann 38
Still can’t fathom why Rasmussen Reports conducted a poll 2 – 3 Oct 11 to see how Santorum was doing:
President Obama 45/Santorum 34
No new results concerning Huntsman
President Obama/Huntsman
It’s still appears that where a match up with the President is concerned pollsters appear to have decided Huntsman’s done (was he ever in it?); of course, truth be told, so are Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, Paul and Gingrich. Sometime soon we’ll begin to see these “candidates” begin to drop out as they simply won’t have the funding necessary to continue. There’s a chance Bachmann is egotistical and “Krazy” enough to try for a third party run, but the others will pack it in and support whoever wins.
Pizza Man continues to annoy Mittens by being anywhere close to the top, much less tied for first – look for Mittens and the others to really go after Cain in the next debate as none of them want to see him as the nominee.
So, if the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Pizza Man or Mittens would now be the GOTP candidate, and would have lost to President Obama.
The Liberty Tree 