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New CNN Poll Reveals Rudy Giuliani Leads Among GOP, Right-Leaning Independents

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Well here’s an interesting little shakeup. Although the battle for the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nominee remains pretttyyy much wide open, a new poll from CNN shows none other than former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani as the front runner among Conservatives, including right-leaning Independent voters. Which is curious given Giuliani has yet to make any sort of official bid.

The poll, released today, reveals the following:

[...] 16 percent of Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP say they would most likely support Rudy Giuliani as their party’s nominee. One point behind, at 15 percent is Mitt Romney, with Sarah Palin coming in at 13 percent.

Palin, too, has yet to make an official decision about whether or not she’ll run, while Romney, who is set to make his official announcement on June 2, is already facing an obstacle in the form of a Tea Party group.

This particular survey, it should be noted, was conducted from May 24 through May 26, after Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump and Mitch Daniels all announced they would not be campaigning this year.

Check out the results:

Rudy Giuliani 16%
Mitt Romney 15%
Sarah Palin 13%
Ron Paul 12%
Herman Cain 10%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Michele Bachmann 7%
Tim Pawlenty 5%
Rick Santorum 2%
Jon Huntsman 1%
Gary Johnson 1%
Buddy Roemer
* Someone else (vol.) 3%
None/ No one (vol.) 5%
No opinion 2%

And:

NOTE: Fred Karger was included on the list but no respondents chose him.

h/t CNN

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  • puck30

    Well it will be fun for the first few weeks while we watch Rudy stop everything to take and then partake in baby talk with Judi over the cell phone.

    This guy will be done faster then a one minute steak.

  • TampopoLoco

    Absolutely laughable the GOP at this time in history.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    This is what happens when your party is run by a propaganda organization and a talk radio host.

  • TangledThorns

    I like Rudy but like in 2008 this… means… nothing! However, all are better leaders than a lefty idiot like Obama.

  • Lolwut

    Herman beat Newt. *laughs*

  • jalmos

    “New CNN Poll Reveals GOP, Right-Leaning Independents want Rudy Giuliani to say ’9/11′ a few thousand more times”

    Fixed it for ya.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    very suspicious poll…
    T-Paw in top 3 by August…

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    New released, rumored, poll comes out, OBAMA leads the pack in the GOP field.

    WHO could of imagined!

    In other fake news, gun crime by the likes of Pima County SWAT directected by Sheriff Dupnik goes on killing spree. Asked for comment, Sheriff Dupnik states that Obama told him to kill as many veterans as possible.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jordan-Tessler/608689133 JZTess

    I have never trusted polls, and never will. show me another poll in November

  • valkyrie101

    That’s all Rudy needed. He will be running.

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    skoorbekim said:
    very suspicious poll…
    T-Paw in top 3 by August…

    That guy whose speeches and interviews I watch on YouTube before bed to help me fall asleep?

  • Newsjunky

    What an embarrassing time it must be to be a right-winger. I hear Ronald McDonald might be looking for new work. Might as well trot him out there too. He has as good a chance of winning the GOP nomination than any of these inbreds. This is going to be an absolute pleasure (and fun!) to watch!

    There ain’t no going back now – the GOPs been hijacked by the teabaggers and now they must live or die by it. And the party will die by it. There aren’t enough hillbillies in the country to provide enough votes for any of these buffoons to win a presidential general election!

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    Of course, previous news release is more likely than the crud being spread in the MSM!

  • WillP

    When Palin enters the race she will immediately be the front runner. Palin 2012!!

  • david r

    Now watch for all the attacks on Giuliani.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Publius219 said:
    That guy whose speeches and interviews I watch on YouTube before bed to help me fall asleep?

    not everybody is stimulated by economic discipline…
    More Americans are waking up to the Liberal unsustainability mess… finally…

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    david r said:
    Now watch for all the attacks on Giuliani.

    DNC, OfA, and Team Obama are playing their hands way too early…

  • Paul G

    TampopoLoco said:
    Absolutely laughable the GOP at this time in history.

    I gave you a thumbs up….but not for why your’e saying

  • jalmos

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    It has been proved repeatedly that Rasmussen polls are among the MOST ACCURATE of all.

    Yes, with string and iodine and a note from the pollster’s mother.

    Numbers and reality tell a different story but, seriously, who believes in that drivel?

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    WAIT JUST A MINUTE!

    The only comment of mine that got through was the joke I made about my own comment!?

    Hey Mediaite, us conservatives have a deal with you. You produce liberal based articles and we conservatives tear them apart. If you are going to reneg on the deal, you become HuffPo or Media Matters, you know, irrelevant!

    Come on!

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    Since Mediaite threw my first comment to the internet trash, I will attempt to restate it.

    I went for a complete lambaste or bloviation of reality. You know, where everyone loves Pelosi or something.

    If you folks are going to edit or throw out my comments, I might just as well go to Wonk or something.

  • justanotherconservative

    Guiliani-Christie. That’s the ticket…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Randall-E-Winn/513449070 Randall E. Winn

    Rudy is pro-choice. His chances in today’s GOP are slim.

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  • WillP

    Randall E. Winn said:
    Rudy is pro-choice. His chances in today’s GOP are slim.

    Yep. Being pro-choice kills his chances in the GOP primary. Real tough being a yank in today’s Republican Party. Mitt Romney would have loved for Massachusetts to have had a pro-life, anti-gun control, anti-stem cell, and anti individual mandate supporting electorate in his state. Yet, the opposite is true. Tough to be a yank in the GOP. Even tougher to be a yank Republican trying to be president.

  • Cecelia

    Remember when Rudy ran after 9/11? He went from being “America’s Mayor”, to “Benito Giuliani” in about half of a second.

  • Glackin

    Palin’s arrogance without her looks.
    Trump’s ego without his hair.
    All the humility of Rush Limbaugh.
    All the compassion of “Jaws”.

    The perfect GOP candidate!

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  • ganymede

    Giuliani’s political career was over a number of years ago. He was great as a District Attorney. While not quite on the level of Spitzer he sent many Mobsters to prison and even got some Wall Street bank and fraudsters put in the slammer. As a mayor he was devisive and pandering and his one success was getting money from Clinton to employ more cops and he also benefitted from a strong economy. On a personal level he had a bad marriage which he handled badly. His judgment was so bad that he promoted a petty, bent, ex-cop, Bernard Kerik to be in charge of Homeland Security. The reality is that, given the state of the Republican Party, there won’t be any viable candidate put forward because there’s an impossible litmus test. You have to hate Obama and be against Medicaire and Social Security. This is not a winning formula.

  • Glackin

    ganymede said:
    Giuliani’s political career was over a number of years ago. He was great as a District Attorney. While not quite on the level of Spitzer he sent many Mobsters to prison and even got some Wall Street bank and fraudsters put in the slammer. As a mayor he was devisive and pandering and his one success was getting money from Clinton to employ more cops and he also benefitted from a strong economy. On a personal level he had a bad marriage which he handled badly. His judgment was so bad that he promoted a petty, bent, ex-cop, Bernard Kerik to be in charge of Homeland Security. The reality is that, given the state of the Republican Party, there won’t be any viable candidate put forward because there’s an impossible litmus test. You have to hate Obama and be against Medicaire and Social Security. This is not a winning formula.

    All I can say is, you are very kind. Rudy blew three Mafia Don trials, by not protecting his juror list.
    It was the Eastern Dist. (Bklyn) that tried the “Pizza Connection” case that broke the boss structure.
    Kerik was his driver, Rudy made him head of Dept. of Corrections, then Police Commissioner.

  • Nationman

    it’s not like this happened last time and giuliani didn’t end up getting the nomination. oh wait it did.

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    LOL…AT THE REPUBLICANS GETTING SO DESPERATE THEY HAVE TO SIFT THOUGH THE GARBAGE LOOKING FOR A VIABLE CANDIDATE…..

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  • Snidely

    This early in the game polling is all about name recognition and what the person answering about the candidate remembers – or doesn’t – about the candidate. The Republican national primary electorate is NOT going to vote for this guy in any great numbers, especially in Iowa or New Hampshire.

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  • CAconservative

    A CNN poll puts Giulliani with Independents? CNN, that bastion of Conservative thought! When I see this outcome on a legitimate poll like Rasmussen, then I’ll believe it.

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