Perry the GOP frontrunner in Ga., and nationally as well
Via Jim Galloway, a poll of Georgia Republicans by Channel Two Action News and InsiderAdvantage:
Rick Perry: 24 percent;
Herman Cain: 15 percent;
Newt Gingrich: 9 percent;
Michele Bachmann: 8 percent;
Mitt Romney: 6 percent;
Ron Paul: 5 percent;
Jon Huntsman: 1 percent;
Undecided, 20 percent.
It’s no surprise that Perry’s doing well in Georgia, but the size of his lead is a little startling so soon after his entry into the race. The fact that Romney, the longtime frontrunner who has been in the race for months, draws just 6 percent here in the Peach State is a stark reminder of his problems with the party’s conservative base.
In a similar poll taken in Florida earlier this month, before Perry’s official entry, Romney pulled 25 percent, with Perry drawing support from 16 percent and Bachmann getting 10 percent. I doubt those numbers would be duplicated today, with Perry now an official candidate.
The most recent numbers out of South Carolina, another important primary state, date back to mid-July, when Perry was just beginning to make noises about a serious run. Romney drew 25 percent, with Sarah Palin at 16 percent, Bachmann at 15 percent and Cain at 13 percent. But again, Perry’s entry into the race has no doubt altered that landscape.
That’s certainly what has happened nationally. Here’s Rasmussen from earlier this week:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, finds Perry with 29% support. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, earns 18% of the vote, while Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who won the high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday, picks up 13%.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who was a close second to Bachmann on Saturday, has the support of nine percent (9%) of Likely Primary Voters, followed by Georgia businessman Herman Cain at six percent (6%) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with five percent (5%). Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and ex-Utah Governor Jon Huntsman each get one percent (1%) support, while Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter comes in statistically at zero.
At this point, Perry is probably the frontrunner in the race, with the important proviso that like Bachmann, he has the potential to self-destruct at any moment.
– Jay Bookman
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Paul
August 22nd, 2011
8:35 am
Adam
Saw a spot on the news about new regulations for airlines compensating people for delayed flights and getting bumped. Also said they had to disclose how much they made from certain fees.
Every one of the people interviewed said it was wonderful but probably didn’t go far enough.
And I’d bet most of those interviewed, if asked next week in a poll, would agree “The Obama Administration’s unprecedented imposition of regulations is harming business and is bad for America.”
USinUK
Sure, but I was getting more at //our// national security interests. Considering how much oil Europe gets compared to the fraction we get from Libya, I think it entirely appropriate that Europe took lead on this.
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
8:35 am
Mighty Righty: Can’t help but notice you are putting a lot of what Obama’s policies are into the future. The guy has been in office for two and a half years, and in two of those, you guys CLAIM he alone had FULL CONTROL of everything, so let me ask you this: Why hasn’t he already done all of those things? Hmm?
Paul
August 22nd, 2011
8:37 am
Mighty Righty
“Napolitano will issue rules and warnings on the terrorist threats posed by lemon ade stands. ”
The “Yellow Menace” is so 1950s…..
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
8:37 am
Paul: I could see airlines jacking up their prices to respond to that, just like they did when the FAA wasn’t in service for a while.
Normal
August 22nd, 2011
8:40 am
Well, back at work…again. After spending the whole weekend here, it seems like home…but, as I said Sunday…time and a half for Saturday and double time for Sunday…simply gotta love me some Unions for that!
BTW, I like Getalife. Has the same passion as Dusty, just going in different directions. Passion gets in the way sometimes. Uncle Jed, Thulsa, and Dave R, are for the most part politically opposite of me, but I find them more respectful in general than some, so good on them.
Then there’s GLL
being busy being GLL 
’nuff said… 
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
8:41 am
Granny: No, but at the time they did and it was an important thing to note. The reason he got drummed out is because he didn’t get coached before speaking. Sometimes he actually had good, common sense ideas, but the “lamestream” media drew attention to how obvious it was that he was flip flopping. So the Republicans had to find some others from the crop who were less obvious about their zealotry. I can’t say they succeeded, but getting behind some others was smart because most never even allow themselves to be ASKED about hypocrisy. If they ARE asked, they pretend they heard a different question:
Question: “On Thursday you said _______, do you have any comment?”
Republican Drone: “The problem with America is that the Democrats haven’t passed a budget….”
WHAT? That’s not an answer!
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:41 am
“I know you lefties are opposed to free enterprise.”
and we know you righties don’t seem to understand the concept of local jurisdiction (despite the fact that you supposedly support it)
this is a DC matter, not a federal one.
keep flailing.
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
8:42 am
Normal: It’s sad when you have to lower the bar of who you respect because of the overall availability. Sounds a bit like a steep grading curve to me.
ShazamVet
August 22nd, 2011
8:43 am
“good-bye, Mo … and good riddance”
Reminds me of the line, “Hey Moe, where’s Larry?”
It seems that somebody desperately want’s to be on j(never capitalized!)ay’s team.
Kinda like always being the kid selected dead last when it was time to choose sporting event teammates in grade school.
Hope Doom and others note that their buddy, Dave R, is bleating to Jay to silence getalife. Ex-pat, you’re not the only one getting irony for breakfast!
Great funnies this morning, Normal. As always, thanks…
Normal
August 22nd, 2011
8:43 am
BTW Gale,
It doesn’t look like we’re cousins, just neighbors, so…howdy neighbor!
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
8:43 am
I think Jay had to wash the sheets twice this time….
Bosch
August 22nd, 2011
8:44 am
“I know you lefties are opposed to free enterprise.”
I actually had a poster one time, in all seriousness, ask me if I “liked” businesses and corporations.
The unreasonable generalizations of some here are truly astounding sometimes.
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:45 am
criminey, even your own FOX news says that they weren’t charged with selling lemonade:
“Selling lemonade — that’s not a charge,” U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider told Fox News in an email. “Three people were arrested by USCP for failure to obey a police officer, unlawful conduct, vending without a permit.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/21/three-arrested-on-capitol-grounds-for-illegal-lemonade-stand/#ixzz1VlGkNePk
flail flail flail
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:47 am
Bosch – 8:44 – I saw the Jon Stewart commentary about Warren Buffet’s column from last week … if you haven’t seen it yet, RUN, don’t walk to Youtube.
one of the idiots asked “is warren buffet a socialist” (further proof that the people who use that word the most don’t have the slightest idea what it means)
Stewart’s reply was a classic
Granny Godzilla
August 22nd, 2011
8:48 am
Lemonaid?
Isn’t that a fruit entitlement?
Those lemons need to pull them selves up by their own peel-straps.
Mighty Righty
August 22nd, 2011
8:48 am
You guys are funny. I know you by your blogs. Whether you state you favor capitalism and free enterprise is apparent by your actions.
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:49 am
GG – they’re trying to achieve orange parity
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 22nd, 2011
8:50 am
I am sure I heard someone in the crowd mutter “When life hands you entitlements, make lemonade”
Paul
August 22nd, 2011
8:50 am
USinUK
Did you see Normal and Gale are neighbors? Add that to your post “DAMMIT!!!
one of my coworkers has “I know something about love (tell him)” as her ringtone …
now, I have the danged song stuck in my head”
and it really seems like It’ a Small World After All” doesn’t it?
I mean, sometimes life just gives rise to saying that almost beg to be put to music. Like the realization “It’s a Small. Small World.” And if you can think of one, it can get stuck in your head all day long!
BTW, seen Bosch?
He’ll probably show up after a while. After all, it’s a small world, after all.
Granny Godzilla
August 22nd, 2011
8:52 am
USinUK
It’ll get out of hand…mark my words.
Fruits will demand aid all over the world.
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:52 am
Paul – you are truly an evil man.
actually, I have a friend who says the best cure for an ear worm is a Carpenters song … gets the original song out of your head, but never seems to linger …
why do birds … fall out of the sky …
everytime
you walk by?
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:53 am
GG – watch out for the currants …
they’re small
but they’re scrappy
Paul
August 22nd, 2011
8:56 am
USinUK
Whenever I hear “why do birds … fall out of the sky …
everytime
you walk by?”
I get a mental image of the character Pigpen in the Peanuts comic strip -
@@
August 22nd, 2011
8:59 am
Paul:
There’s been speculation that the banks want people to dump their debit cards altogether in favor of credit card purchases.
Buying on credit? The feds lead the way.
Failed to mention regulations? Maybe you should read the AJC.
More banks likely will follow suit because regulatory changes have cut into bank fee revenue, said Ed Sibbald, a former banker and director of the Center for Financial Excellence at Georgia Southern University. Many community banks, online banks and credit unions are among the fee-less alternatives, but that could change.
http://www.ajc.com/business/debit-card-fees-could-1122638.html
Mighty Righty
August 22nd, 2011
9:01 am
USinUK
August 22nd, 2011
8:45 am
criminey, even your own FOX news says that they weren’t charged with selling lemonade:
“Selling lemonade — that’s not a charge,” U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider told Fox News in an email. “Three people were arrested by USCP for failure to obey a police officer, unlawful conduct, vending without a permit.”
This is typical of government nonsense. The ‘children” were held for three hours for operating a lemon ade stand “without a permit”. A LEMON ADE stand for Goodness sakes. If the government had any sense at all they would have merely closed them down and at the most given them a citation. This country is run by idiots at every level.
Good little liberal
August 22nd, 2011
9:01 am
USinUK
“um. are you actually pro-Ghadaffi???”
um, are you pro-violent mobs? I know, silly question. After all, 30 years ago Ghadaffi was a bad man and we were all told that he needed to be ousted, 30 years after. Had nothing to do with the “Arab Spring” that has now caused Israel to lose its only ally in the region. It was all because Ghadaffi was bad, bad, bad.
Viva violence!! Viva mob rule!!! Viva radical Islam!!!
To the bandwagon!!!!
Paul
August 22nd, 2011
9:04 am
@@
“Failed to mention regulations? Maybe you should read the AJC.”
I was referring to the reasons Wells Fargo Bank gave for their $3/month charge for debit card test.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 22nd, 2011
9:06 am
Seems somewhat disingenuous that many on the right fear “mob rule” and yet trot out their gun collection and second amendment remedies as a matter of “protest” and decry orderly protest by others as “thugs” and try to “infiltrate” the peaceful crowds to make it seem like mobs and thugs………
Bosch
August 22nd, 2011
9:07 am
” I know you by your blogs.”
Well, that just doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. This site is a “blog”, I personally don’t have a blog, so I know that MR wouldn’t know me by it, and the only other people here I know who do, are Doggone and USinUK — a waterfall blog and food blog, so I don’t know what about those two things makes someone come to the conclusion that they hate free enterprise and capitalism.
“Whether you state you favor capitalism and free enterprise is apparent by your actions.”
What? Like taking my own money, risking it in the free market to start my own corporation and business?
Call me crazy, but I thought that was proof positive that I LIKE free enterprise and capitalism.
Bosch
August 22nd, 2011
9:10 am
Paul,
I was going through some old photos this weekend and found one of my dad on that ride at Disney World. The look of complete and utter disgust was apparent on his face.
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
9:13 am
More banks likely will follow suit because regulatory changes have cut into bank fee revenue,
Yeah, the bank’s solution to regulations on fees – make more fees!
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
9:14 am
oooo fresh sheets
Bill Orvis White
August 22nd, 2011
9:20 am
I love the honorable Governor Rick Perry. I think he would be the perfect president of The Southern Coalition of the United States. I’m now more serious than ever about this strong coalition that would strengthen the economic and social viability of these great Southern states. With strong unfunded mandates emanating out of Washington, WE THE PEOPLE in these great states south of the Mason-Dixon line need to band together and form our own perfect union. I would suggest Governor Perry to be the man who can lead this new federation.
As for now, I’m still rooting for Mr. Cain, a man with a strong business sense that can pull WE THE PEOPLE out of Hussein Downgrade Obama’s Depression.
Amen,
Bill
philosopher
August 22nd, 2011
9:30 am
@Bill Orvis White…if you could rewrite that with smaller words and replace some of the consonants with a few more vowels, you could start a movement down here.
Paul
August 22nd, 2011
9:34 am
“you could start a movement down here.”
If that doesn’t work, there’s always Metamucil –
Adam
August 22nd, 2011
9:37 am
Bill Orvis White: I love the honorable Governor Rick Perry
You could legally marry him in New York, go for it!
ODDOWL
August 22nd, 2011
11:15 pm
Rick Perry is a lone wolf gunslinger… He’s a reckless loose cannon. Rick Perry have the character of a two bit river boat gambler who carry a cheap, pearl handled saturday night special. Perry is no match for the master of the predator drone. President Obama is overthrowing dictators and tyrants, kicking arse and taking names. The President is a mordern day Johnny Appleseed, sowing the seeds of democracy, freedom, liberty and secularism all across North Africa and the Middle East. Bashir Al-Assad of Syria will be the next Dictator lined up in the crosshairs of a predator drone. The 2012 elections will be dominated with world affairs, foreign policy, national security and the war against terrorism. Its Johnny “one note” Boehner responsibility to introduce a stimulus package and a jobs bill in the House of Rep.. Jobs are created by the private sector. Boehner, the Republicans and some of those “Lil Jimmies” in the news media are dumping their problems at the doorstep of the White House. The Republicans say out of one side of their mouths that the Federal Governement don’t create jobs. Then they say out of the other side of their mouths that President Obama hasn’t created any jobs. Go figure.
lovelyliz
August 23rd, 2011
9:51 am
Somebody at the DNC is doing a Perry/Bachmann 2012 dance as we “speak”
Willis
August 24th, 2011
8:08 am
I wish Texas would secede from the US so this clown would be ineligible to run for President.