Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Newt Gingrich New Republican 2012 Presidential Nomination Front-Runner
There’s a new (once again) front-runner for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. And former front-runner, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain’s support is crumbling faster than a month-old dried out pizza from Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan:
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has roared into the lead of the Republican nominating race, brushing off concerns about his work for a troubled housing company, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.
Twenty-four percent of registered Republican voters would support the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives if the contest were held now, an increase of 8 percentage points from roughly a week ago, according to the poll, which was conducted on November 18-19.
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who has stayed near the top of most polls, garnered support from 22 percent of Republicans, slumping 6 percentage points from the last survey conducted on November 10-11 and ending up essentially tied with Gingrich.
Romney is finding it virtual impossible to expand his existing constituency.
Despite allegations of questionable business ties, Gingrich is the latest favorite of conservative Republicans eager for an alternative to Romney, whom they see as too moderate.
Support for Herman Cain, a previous frontrunner, is crumbling after sexual harassment allegations. The former pizza executive dropped 8 percentage points in the poll from last week and fell back into third place. Support for him has halved since late October.In a sign of further relief for Gingrich, 46 percent of Republicans said the revelations that he had received up to $1.8 million in consulting fees from mortgage giant Freddie Mac had no impact on their view of the candidate.
So Gingrich is in effect inoculated, Romney is in remission — and Cain is infected.
3 Responses to “Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Newt Gingrich New Republican 2012 Presidential Nomination Front-Runner”
I will be shocked, shocked I tell you, if Newt actually gets the nod. I was almost 100% sure that the GOP goofball nomination had its last spasm with Cain and were going to finally swallow Romney. But no, it appears there are further depths of stupidity to plumb in the GOP electorate. I look forward to seeing the debates if Newt wins it. I made a claim that Obama would wipe the floor with him in one and someone said no way, and I’d like to see it happen now.
Newt is solid enough in a controlled setting, not unlike Rush Limbaugh. But put him out in an open forum and have to defend his views and policies, he’ll get eaten alive. But to be honest, whatever the polls say now, Newt can’t last, he was already booted out of this process. Not even the GOP can forget that right? Or am I underestimating their foolishness?
We still have most of a year to go, Slamfu. The longer it takes the GOP to “Find their guy” the less prepared their opponents will be to destroy him outright. not a matter of will, mind-but ability. The quicker a ‘front runner’ is separated from the pack, the easier it is to design an election package to not only destroy his or her campaign, but his or her personal life, relationships, credit rating, etc. etc.
Not saying it’s going to be easy, mind you-but it’s a time vs. money thing-the less time the Democratic Party has to direct their martial energy at whoever the eventual nominee is, the more it’s going to cost in dollars to close the deal.
it appears there are further depths of stupidity to plumb in the GOP electorate.