Whoa. NBC/WSJ poll: Trump tied for 2nd in 2012 GOP field

[cali]

Mark Murray writes:"You're fired" isn't a message Republican primary voters and Tea Party supporters are telling real-estate mogul Donald Trump, at least not yet.

According to the latest national NBC/WSJ poll, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the hypothetical 2012 GOP pack with support from 21 percent of Republican primary voters -- followed by Trump and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 17 percent each, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 11 percent and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at 10 percent.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is at 6 percent, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann gets 5 percent, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum receives 3 percent and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour gets 1 percent.

Strikingly, Trump -- who has received a considerable amount of attention for incorrectly stating that President Obama wasn't born in the U.S. -- finishes first among Tea Party supporters (at 20 percent), followed by Romney (17 percent), Huckabee (14 percent), Palin (12 percent) and Gingrich (9 percent).

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republicans are really, really, really, really stupid and crazy.

[fishwax]

1. lol -- still very early, though

He's got better name recognition than any of them, and I think that's a factor here.

[WinkyDink]

2. Finally. National politics is accepted for the phony "Reality Show" that it is.

[Pharaoh]

3. Ha ha!

I cannot believe the pathetic people the repugs are going to run with!

[Mz Pip]

4. I am loving this

The joke candidate is ahead in the polls. :rofl:

The Republican Party has become a joke. Trump, Bachmann, Palin, Newt. What the hell are they thinking? Are they just planning to offer up some sacrificial lamb in 2012 and try to regroup for 2016? It's beginning to look like it.

[Ellipsis]

5. What place did his hair come in?

[no_hypocrisy]

6. My father likes the idea of Trump in the White House.

There are people who WILL vote for him.

[louis-t]

7. Right, cuz he's a 'bizness-man'

That's the reasoning I heard for voting for Snyder here in MI. Meanwhile, Snyder is dismantling the state and is deciding who to sell the Great Lakes to.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Here's the inconsistency:

My father would vote for Trump but at the same time, he HATES anyone with an MBA (not that Trump uses it to his advantage sufficiently). He thinks MBAs have screwed up this country big time.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Mittens!

This should be fun.

[Logical]

10. I beg for Palin, Bachman or Trump. The three stooges.

[JuniperLea]

11. It fits my theory perfectly...

The GOTP will only run expendable candidates against Obama... and much more blatantly than they did with McCain/Palin, meaning we know full well Trump is a blithering idiot long before the race.

[chaplainM]

12. Gut reaction: Hooray! Let them nominate an imbecile!

Brain reaction: Reagan!

[Skidmore]

13. My husband has two coworkers who can't wait to caucus for

Trump. Both of them are dumb ass former * supporters. AND they have the hots for Palin.

[GodlessBiker]

14. It would be real classy to have the president's name plastered on tacky casinos everywhere.

President Nickle Slot.

[Jim__]

15. Republican voters? Now we know where they find them. - n/t

[Siouxmealso]

16. I'd be interested to see

how Trump polls with independents. They're the ones who decide elections.

[Initech]

17. Maybe Lewis Black is right - maybe Trump will be the crazy 3rd world dictator America needs.