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United States presidential election, 2012 (view source)
Revision as of 14:13, May 14, 2011
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Obama's declining popularity]] across all voter demographics has stirred talk he may face a primary challenge. [[Liberal]] [[Mike Bloomberg]] might run as an independent, splitting votes with [[Obama]].
Obama's declining popularity]] across all voter demographics has stirred talk he may face a primary challenge. [[Liberal]] [[Mike Bloomberg]] might run as an independent, splitting votes with [[Obama]].
For the Republican nomination, a sophisticated set of "[[stalking horse]]" candidates and endorsers are being used, as in 2008 when [[Fred Thompson]] and [[Mike Huckabee]] prevented [[Mitt Romney]] from winning. This time Mitt Romney has [[Rick Santorum]], [[Chris Christie]] and probably [[Tim Pawlenty]] on his side, while [[Newt Gingrich]] will likely have on his side [[Mike Huckabee]], [[Sarah Palin]], national pro-life groups, and the [[Fox News Channel]].
For the Republican nomination, a sophisticated set of "[[stalking horse]]" candidates and endorsers are being used, as in 2008 when [[Fred Thompson]] and [[Mike Huckabee]] prevented [[Mitt Romney]] from winning. This time Mitt Romney has [[Rick Santorum]], [[Chris Christie]] and probably [[Tim Pawlenty]] on his side ("[[Team Mitt]]"), while [[Newt Gingrich]] will likely have on his side [[Mike Huckabee]], [[Sarah Palin]] and some pro-life groups, [[neoconservatives]], the [[Fox News Channel]] and [[WSJ]] ("[[Team Newt]]").
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== Ranking of Potential Republican Candidates by Likelihood of Winning Nomination ==
== Ranking of Potential Republican Candidates by Likelihood of Winning Nomination ==