Poll: Trump tied for first in race for GOP nod

[cali]

By Michael O'Brien - 04/12/11 11:41 AM ET

Real estate mogul Donald Trump is tied for first in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, according to a new poll of Republicans.

Nineteen percent of Republicans named Trump, who is flirting with a run for the party's presidential nomination, as their top choice for the nomination, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll released Tuesday. Another 13 percent said Trump was their second choice for a nominee.

That level of support is enough to for Trump to tie former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R).

Trump's surge still serves as one of the most interesting — and most surprising — developments in the fledgling race for the Republican nomination next year. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll last week pegged him as tied for second place, reflecting a growth in support no doubt served by his high level of media saturation and professed suspicion that President Obama might not have been born in the U.S.

Trump scored 10 percent in last month's CNN poll, meaning he effectively doubled his support over the course of a month.


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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/155495-poll-has-trump-tied-for-first-in-race-for-gop-nomination

[Deep13]

1. This is going to be easier than I thought. nt

[arcane1]

2. If I were someone who votes republican...

I would be embarrassed with my party these days.

[Drale]

5. I already warned my family that if anyone votes for

Trump or Palin, there will be big problems.

[murielm99]

3. What is he going to do with all the poor and

unemployed? Tell them they are fired?

[Deep13]

10. Evict them. Wouldn't be the first time. nt

[phleshdef]

4. LOL. Are they really going to run someone that doesn't amount to much more than a celebrity?

I guess its a case of "you can't beat em, join em" thinking on their part.

[cali]

7. No. They won't.

[geardaddy]

6. Trump-Bachmann 2012

[Drale]

9. Bachmann/O'donnell 2012

Perfect candidates for the GOP to lose on :rofl:

[geardaddy]

12. They'd certainly get the creepy

white guy vote.

[yellowcanine]

8. He could drain off the "barfer" vote if he runs as an independent.

Potentially Obama could win 45 + states if this were to happen.

[Adsos Letter]

11. Divide and conquer. I need an emoticon for praying hands here.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. USA Today has a story that Trump is considering running as an independent!

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/04/donald-trump-2012-presidential-race-bill-cosby-/1

Donald Trump says he will "probably" run for president as an independent if he doesn't win the Republican nomination.

"I am very conservative," Trump told The Wall Street Journal in a video interview. "The concern is if I don't win, will I run as an independent, and I think the answer is probably yes."