Poll: Bachmann surges to primary lead

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Granted, it's from the notoriously inaccurate Zogby - but still, it's good for a laugh. If only we could be so lucky...


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Fresh off her well-received performance in last week's GOP presidential debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann now tops the field of candidates in a new Zogby poll of Republican primary voters.

The poll found Mrs. Bachmann garnering 24 percent of the vote, well-ahead of businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who each received 15 percent support.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who officially announced his candidacy on Tuesday, scored just 2 percent support.

more:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2011/jun/21/bachmann-surges-primary-lead/

[JoePhilly]

1. Awesome.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. She's going to win the Republican nomination

I'm 99% sure of it.

[RBInMaine]

7. Hope you're right. Man, this would be sooooooooo wonderful. Now watch the R's start eating each

other BIGTIME.

[INdemo]

48. No one thought the idiot Bush could win either..and he didn't but

Republican's had everything in place to steal that election.And now for 2012 all the Republicans need is an election and they could steal another one..As many right wing electronic hackers there are out there anything is possible and Democrats are just too damn naive to see the possibility exists that 2000 and 2004 could easily happen all over again.

[fugop]

10. Fantastic news!

Seriously, nothing would make me happier. Bachman the candidate would be the most entertaining thing to watch since ... since ... well, since EVER!!!

[golfguru]

22. 100% sure unless Palin runs then it will be

the Mittster.

[flamingdem]

41. Yes, Bachman just fills in dead air until Mitten gets the nod

magic underwear for the win!

[Brianboru]

26. My bet is for a Perry - Bachman ticket

[customerserviceguy]

28. On the McLaughlin Group

they were actually talking about a Bachmann-Huntsman ticket. Something for the fundies to go wild about, yet still something for Mitt's Mormon supporters to rally around.

[Cosmocat]

39. Perry takes his position atop the wingnuts

if he comes in, and gets a lot of the support of the business and neocon types.

Perry is a MAJOR player in the primary if he comes in.

If not, it looks like it is Mittens to lose to Bachman ...

[onenote]

32. No she isn't

I'm 100 percent sure of it.

[krabigirl]

35. What the hell do people see in that woman?

[Cosmocat]

38. She is a much refined Palin ...

She has a tick more intellectual horsepower, to the point of not being a complete dunce, but she is much more refined.

Same basic mindset and same underlying meanness, and of course the same milfyness.

[Hawkowl]

53. I second that

I'm voting for her. In the primary.

[MilesColtrane]

54. She's got a lot of ground to cover, if that's going to happen.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html


I don't think it will, because the more people see of her, the more they won't like her.

Romney doesn't excite anybody, but at least most GOP voters don't question his mental stability.

This will be moot once Perry enters the race.

[liberal N proud]

3. That is exciting news

I might even have to vote in the republican primary to help her win.


:rofl:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. oh man...you just made me think of that for the first time. We sway

their primary the way we want...brilliant

[marmar]

4. She's driving the clown car.....

[DCBob]

5. unbelievable... conservatives/republicans ignorance and stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

Having said that I doubt she will win the nomination. There is still a powerful main stream component of the Repub party that will not allow this to happen... imo.

update: fixed typo

[Cali_Democrat]

6. Your analysis is based on a false assumption. n/t

[DCBob]

9. The same bunch who are supporting Bachman is the same bunch who did not like McCain in 2008..

They lost that battle then and they will likely lose this one as well.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. That's where you're wrong

The extremist portion of the Republican party is much more powerful today than they were in 2008. They view Romney and McCain as establishment candidates and they don't like them one bit.

This is why you see Bachman gaining momentum. She will ride it all the way to the Republican nomination. Romney may not even finish 2nd.

[DCBob]

18. I agree things have changed since then but probably not enough to elect a loon like Bachman..

If that happens the Republicans will have indeed go off the deep end.

[Cali_Democrat]

21. We'll see what happens

Should be interesting to say the least.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. OK, not mainstream.

A CORPORATE branch who will not let her ascend to the throne.

When was the last time the Rs nominated someone who hadn't been anointed by Oil?

[AlinPA]

17. IMO, the mainstream of the republican party is the teabagger fundamentalist-intolerant

of the party.

[bluestateguy]

8. Beautiful

I'll go vote for her myself in my state's primary to help her out.

[aaaaaa5a]

12. Wow… if only this weren't a Zogby poll!

Then I would be dancing in the streets over such numbers.

[AlinPA]

14. I look for Palin to enter the race and the media/republicans will build a "contest" with it

focused only on those two, a totally celebrity oriented race. All the others will be blanked out and one of then will win their nomination.

[lunasun]

23. yep big$$$ for MSM -but lets hope the media loving zombies do not vote them IN! 2010 all I'm sayin

[NorthCarolina]

50. I hope so. SNL can use an infusion of actual "comedy" via Tina Fey. nt

[Gregorian]

15. If Madison, Franklin, Jeffferson were alive they'd TOTALLY give her their support.

Man I can hardly wait for the first White House press conference........dude.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. She probably thinks they ARE still alive

If she thinks they 'worked tirelessly to end slavery', I don't see why she can't accept endorsements from them as well. Maybe it's just a timewarp inside her head.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Oh please let it be so!

[phleshdef]

20. Chris Matthews called it.

[Whisp]

24. I can see that - white woman against scarey black man

they will work on that, believe it.

awwww, don't be so mean to the nice crazy lady, Obama!

Obama wants to 'beat' that woman!

:puke:

[CakeGrrl]

34. I agree. Beware that dynamic, because you KNOW the MSM will help Bachmann all they can. -nt

[jmowreader]

27. Be careful of what you wish for

Remember, kids, we're looking at the first post-Citizens United presidential election. Given enough of the Koch Brothers' money, a nation full of hackable voting machines and a compliant press, it is quite conceivable they could put Bachmann in office. Just imagine the first presidential debate:

Congresswoman Bachmann, are kittens cute?
President Obama, why did you violate the Constitution by launching an unprovoked attack against Libya that killed thousands of children without the approval of Congress?

[customerserviceguy]

29. We have got to support this

We need to pack every online poll for this crazy, let the clueless Republicons think she's unbeatable!

[Hutzpa]

30. So how many Republicans running again

I seem to be loosing count?

[Azathoth]

31. This pretty much guarantees her the VP nom n/t

[onenote]

33. No it doesn't

Polling numbers have little to do with getting the VP nod, particularly at this stage. In July 2003, John Edwards was getting 4 percent and Joe Leiberman 25 percent and John Kerry 14 percent. Kerry ended up getting the nomination, Edwards the VP slot and Leiberman was, for all intents and purposes, on his way out the door as an influential member of the Democratic party.

In 2007, at a comparable point in time, Giuliani was leading the repub field in the polls with 31 percent, followed by McCain and Thompson each with 18 percent. Palin didn't even register a blip. In fact, she never registered on the repub primary polls. But she got the vp nomination.

I don't know who it will be. I do know it won't be Bachmann.

[Azathoth]

45. Actually, it does

The polling for Bachmann highlights the deep divide between the GOP establishment and the ultra-nuts social conservatives they depend on for votes. Bachmann is surging in the polls because those people absolutely despise Romney and Pawlenty. If Romney gets on the ballot, it will be essential, just as it was for McCain in 2008, for him to pick a running mate that will drive turnout among the ultra-conservatives, and Bachmann is very astutely positioning herself for that role. These numbers demonstrate that she is successfully filling the Palin gap, making her the de facto choice. After all, if you have to pick an insane running mate in order to appease your base, you might as well pick someone who has already proved that she can make it through a debate and a campaign (which was McCain's mistake).

[onenote]

46. I guess we'll have to wait and see

But I think its far more likely that the repubs try to appease their base by picking as their VP candidate someone with fundie cred who is less polarizing (and less crazy) than Bachmann.

[Skip Intro]

36. Waaay early, but I foresee a political bloodbath for repubs over this election cycle.

They are going to savage each other, and we might even see an independent run by Paul or Gingrich. Fun fun fun.

[quaker bill]

37. It is very early

But she is a solid enough religious conservative Christian type and teabagger to do very well and perhaps win in Iowa and S. Carolina. If she takes consecutive early primaries her campaign could gain the momentum needed to make this either a short contest or a long battle to the nomination for the likes of Romney. In the current dynamic, it is possible that she could take it. The dynamic could well change before the votes are cast. Only time will tell. I hope for a long drawn out battle where the repugs spend tons of money picking the next loser.

[Splinter Cell]

40. Don't get excited.

People seem to be happy about the possible nomination of candidates like Palin or Bachmann, but you should be worried. If they were nominated, and I don't see it happening but still, the right has stolen elections before and could do it again. We all better hope that they nominate the least moronic person in the race, because with their history of election fraud you don't know what will happen in the end.

[Baclava]

42. Palin / Bachmann 2012

If that doesn't drive the aliens out of hiding - nothing will.

[Vinca]

43. I can't wait for the New Hampshire primary.

I'm definitely going to cross over and vote for Bachmann.:silly:

[Pab Sungenis]

44. The best thing?

If she wins enough primaries, she'll probably have to step down from her re-election campaign, so it will get her out of the House.

[slackmaster]

47. Has anyone done a poll matching Palin/Bachmann with Weiner/Holder?

:shrug:

[The Wizard]

49. She should be

giving lap dances at redneck truck stops, but in these times that's a qualification for a Republican presidential candidate. Remember, Bush's strongest asset was fund raising, and Bachmann does that better than anyone in the House. The Citizens United Not Timid decision could be the deciding factor that brings the United States into the Third World.
Most Americans better get used to just scraping by. The Roman Empire gave us the blueprint for failure. Of course Bachmann thinks The Roman Empire is a gay S&M club.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

51. they seem to be promoting her - that's funny!!!

[treestar]

52. that photo of her

should be her "Dean scream." It just makes her look so nutso.

[Politicalboi]

55. Let's hope it's

Bachmann/Palin or Palin/Bachmann. Then they could mud wrestle and see who is going to be on the top of the ticket.