2012 Republican Presidential Primary

November 2008 Iowa stops

Posted in Horserace by silentcal on November 10, 2008

Mike Huckabee: November 20, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, part of his Do the Right Thing book tour.

Bobby Jindal: November 22, West Des Moines, Iowa Family Policy Center banquet

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New Zogby Interactive Poll, 11/9

Posted in Horserace, Polling by silentcal on November 10, 2008

A new Zogby Interactive poll taken over the weekend includes Zogby’s list for 2012 nominees: Palin, Romney, Huckabee, Jindal, Paul, Giuliani, “Someone Else,” or “Not Sure.”

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(N.B.: I left Paul off the original list simply because he’ll be 76 in 2012.)

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November 5, 2008 rankings for 2012

Posted in Horserace by silentcal on November 4, 2008

(age in 2012 in parentheses)

Rod Rust Division
40. Keyes (62)
39. Brownback (56)
38. Fiorina (58)
37. Portman (56)
36. T. Thompson (70)
35. Whitman (56)
34. Hunter (64)
33. Trancredo (66)
32. Bloomberg (70)
31. Frist (60)
30. Paul (77)
29. Giuliani (68)

The “Reluctantly Pro-Choice” Women
28. Hutchison (69)
27. Rice (57)
26. Lingle (59)

The Senators-Make-Bad-Nominees Division
25. Graham (57)
24. Ensign (54)

Thinking About Statewide, Then ‘16
23. George P. Bush (40)
22. Cantor (49)
21. Pence (53)
20. Blackburn (60)

The “Why Can’t I Be Your Veep” Division
19. Perry (62)
18. Martinez (66)

Thinking about ‘16
17. Petraeus (60)

The Feel-Good Conservatives
16. Coburn (64)
15. J. Bush (59)
14. Forbes (65)
13. Barbour (65)
12. Gingrich (69)

The “I Could See Myself Beside You” Division
11. DeMint (61)
10. Thune (51)
9. Pawlenty (51)

The Wildcards
8. Crist (56)
7. F. Thompson (70)
6. Ridge (67)

The Contenders
5. Sanford (52)
4. Palin (48)

The “I Told You So” Division
3. Huckabee (57)
2. Romney (65)

The One
1. Jindal (41)