Category Archives: Tim Pawlenty

Iowa Caucus: Bachmann, Romney and Paul on Top

    In the Iowa caucus race for the Republican presidential nomination, five candidates are in double digits, and many voters are open to changing their mind before caucus day arrives. The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Iowa’s Likely Caucus Participants shows that Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann attracts 22% support, while former Massachusetts Governor [...]

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TexMessage: Mitt Romney raises more in Texas than any other presidential candidate (including Barack Obama)

  Texans, do you know which presidential candidate you’ll support in 2012? Though Rick Perry is still on the sidelines, Texas donors sent more than $3 million to already-announced presidential candidates in the second quarter of 2011. The front-runner by a narrow margin is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with $1,376,220. Following closely behind is [...]

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Straw Poll is Anyone’s Game

Read Complete Article at the desmoinesregister.com  Toss out a lot of the normal rules when sizing up the potential impact of this year’s Ames straw poll. Curveballs have reshaped typical expectations: the Republican presidential race’s late start, unrest within the party, the national front-runner sitting it out, and a large bloc of undecided Iowa voters who [...]

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Romney ahead in Michigan poll

‘Undecided’ a close 2nd for GOP primary; Dems lead slightly in state House races Paul Egan/ Detroit News Lansing Bureau Lansing — Support in Michigan for native son Mitt Romney is far ahead of the backing for any other GOP presidential hopefuls, according to a new statewide poll. The poll was taken after Romney’s June [...]

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“Mitt Romney versus the many”

By ALEXANDER BURNS The fight for the Republican presidential nomination may not be a heavyweight slugfest after all. A primary campaign that was expected to pit an eggshell frontrunner, Mitt Romney, against one or more powerful, well established opponents has suddenly been flipped. The former Massachusetts governor has built up a solid early lead and [...]

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The First Real GOP 2012 Primary Debate

By Kathryn Jean Lopez Mitt Romney came across like a frontrunner, taking the debate directly to the president — serious, steady, generous, and respectful of the rest of the Republican field. For the most part, it was an overwhelmingly serious and sober debate. (Save for a few moments — and the Palin or Biden question?!?) [...]

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49% See Romney As Qualified to Be President, Less Confident of Other GOP Candidates

Mitt Romney is the only Republican 2012 hopeful that a sizable number of voters considers qualified to be president. Sarah Palin is the one they view as least qualified, but, at this early stage, many voters are still in the dark about all the possible candidates. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that [...]

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Poll: Mitt Romney has broadest issue support

By DAN HIRSCHHORN | 5/26/11 6:20 PM EDT Updated: 5/26/11 6:27 PM EDT Mitt Romney is the candidate who’ll be able to build a Republican coalition, but no one does better than Sarah Palin on connecting with GOP voters on social issues, according to a new Gallup poll. Romney wins support from a wide swath [...]

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Romney Is Strongest GOP Contender

Creators Syndicate Susan Estrich newsmax.com I must admit that it took me at least a minute to figure out the Drudge Report headline: “Paw In.” Had there been some gruesome animal attack somewhere, alligators eating little girls’ arms in Florida, a train accident in Eastern Europe or something else I could worry about as my [...]

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Mitt Romney New Hampshire Bound in March

Mitt Romney will visit New Hampshire on March 5, a sure sign the former Massachusetts governor is preparing to announce his candidacy for presidency in 2012. He won’t be alone. Read Complete Article at gather.com Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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