Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and Congressman Mike Pence are both considering seeking the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Both are undecided on whether they will run. This news may inspire them to either stay home or get moving:
…there was a straw poll last weekend of the New Hampshire Republican Party people who gathered in Derry for their annual meeting.
Manchester’s WMUR and ABC News conducted the poll, in which 273 of 500 eligible GOP attendees voted.
The results: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has a house on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, got 35 percent of the votes cast. And Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and father of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., came in second with 11 percent.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty came next with 8 percent, former Alaska Gov. and 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin drew 7 percent, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachman and South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint each got 5 percent, and tea party leader Herman Cain took 4 percent.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence of 6th District, who have not closed the door(s) on running, were among the 3 percenters.
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January 25, 2011 at 8:58 am
Harold Trainer, USAF RET
The majority of Americans are willing to cut Obama some slack on the wars even though they do not like the wars. Why? They think Obama is the best choice for the economy, unemployment and their future.
They support the wars on the heels of a large tax cut for the wealthy and most Americans. They support the wars even though they cost more than 250 billion a year, adding to the large national debt which there kids and grandkids will have to pay. They accept the fact that we are losing troops every week and are killing many hundreds of Arabs and Muslims each week.
They approve of the wars even though their costs will adversely affect earned entitlements like Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and even military health insurance.
They support the wars because there is no real cost to the average American. There is no draft and no tax to pay for the wars. This is why Americans continue to support Obama’s wars.