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2012 Republican Primary Poll Analysis: Which Republican are you most likely to support in 2012?
It might be hard to imagine but after Tuesday’s midterm elections, the 2012 presidential election will start to gear up. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if several candidates announce the formation of exploratory committees as early as December of this year, though most will try to wait until at least January. Remember: disgraced Democratic Senator John Edwards announced his plans to seek the nomination in December 2006. Other major candidates from both parties announced plans to run in January 2007.
We had a total of 284 respondents answer the following question–Which Republican are you most likely to support in 2012? There were seventeen potential candidates on the ballot–some obvious Republican choices and some less obvious choices. Sarah Palin won by…
New Poll – Which Republican are you most likely to support in 2012?
I know it’s early, but the reality is that after the November 2010 mid-term elections the 2012 presidential campaign will start to gear up. It will definitely be a wide-open field in 2012 for the Republican nomination. Here’s a poll with lots of potential candidates. I’m interested to see how it shakes out.
[poll id="4"]Krauthammer on Afghanistan: “Why Is He Sending Them?”
Charles Krauthammer has a very important piece in National Review on our involvement in Afghanistan and the shortcomings of Barack Obama as a wartime president. Krauthammer writes:
What kind of commander in chief sends tens of thousands of troops to war while announcing in advance a fixed date for beginning their withdrawal? One who doesn’t have his heart in it. One who doesn’t really want to win but is making some kind of political gesture. One who thinks he has to be seen as trying but is preparing the ground — meaning, the political cover — for failure.
We need to either go “all in” in Afghanistan or withdraw the majority of our land forces and conduct more limited operations relying primarily on special operations forces…
More on Mitch Daniels
Interesting article from Politico about Governor Mitch Daniels and his presidential candidate-like activities. Governor Daniels has been meeting with some heavy hitters in the Republican Party. In terms of foreign policy, Ian Brzezinski, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in George W. Bush administration, went to visit Daniels in Indiana. In the coming months, it will be interesting to see who Governor Daniels looks to for foreign policy advice. During a Q&A session with some conservative journalists, the governor told Jennifer Rubin of Commentary that we must reassess some of our foreign commitments–he told Rubin that we need to “ask questions about the extent of our [presumably military] commitments. If we go broke, no one will follow a…