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    DRUDGE READERS SURPRISE GOP ELITE FOR PREZ Become latest to defy D.C. WND Poll

    Drudge readers surprise GOP elite for president

    Who will be the Republican nominee for president in 2016?

    That's the hot topic this weekend, and the GOP establishment is apparently shocked to see who REAL Americans want as their top dog ...
    WND EXCLUSIVE

    DRUDGE READERS SURPRISE GOP ELITE FOR PREZ

    Become latest to defy D.C. establishment in sizzling new poll


    Published: 48 mins ago
    DREW ZAHN




    GOP strategist Karl Rove


    When it comes to picking a presidential candidate for 2016, the GOP elite is having a hard time getting the grassroots to toe the establishment line.

    Top Republican strategist Karl Rove, for example, has repeatedly praised Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, as “a strong potential candidate in 2016,” whom Democrats fear will win the nomination.

    And when other names gained popular attention, particularly attention among the so-called tea-party crowd, the man known as the “architect” was quick to criticize.

    Rove, for example, blasted potential presidential hopeful Ted Cruz for not playing ball with the GOP establishment, just as the Texas senator’s name started to gain traction with Republican voters.

    Rove similarly opened fire on Sen. Rand Paul, R-Tenn., for talking about Monica Lewinsky and potential Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the same breath.

    And even if Christie has fallen from favor among the establishment, other GOP insiders have floated names like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and even the return of former presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as possible nominees in 2016.

    But now a poll on one of the Internet’s top websites, the Drudge Report, reveals the ground troops just aren’t buying it.

    With over 234,000 votes counted, Rove’s “strong potential candidate,” Christie, was garnering less than five percent of the vote. Bush had just over six percent. Ryan had less than four.

    But despite fiery criticism from the GOP establishment, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was registering over 28 percent in the Drudge Report poll, while Tennessee Sen. Rand Paul was leading the survey, with over 30 percent. Paul’s 72,297 votes compared impressively to Christie’s 11,437.



    Drudge Report poll


    Other recent polls of favorite presidential picks showed the same stark division between political conservatives and the GOP elite.
    For example, Paul also won the straw poll at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, with 31 percent of the vote. Cruz came in second, with 11 percent, while Christie garnered only 8 percent.
    A separate, independent straw poll of conservatives conducted by veteran activist Richard A. Viguerie of ConservativeHQ.com found Paul again the favorite, with 29 percent, and Cruz again in second, with 17 percent. Christie came in at 10 percent, while Ryan and Bush only picked up 2 percent each.
    National pollsters Gallup and Rasmussen have not recently polled Republicans on their top 2016 choice.
    The current WND poll on the question, however, also illustrates the point, with Paul and Cruz leading the pack around 30 percent each, with Ryan, Christie and Bush all around one percent.
    Add your voice the WND poll below:
    WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT FOR 2016?


    • Andrew Cuomo



    • Barack Obama
    • Deval Patrick
    • Hillary Clinton
    • Jerry Brown
    • Joe Biden
    • John Kerry
    • Martin O'Malley
    • Michelle Obama
    • Rahm Emanuel
    • Tim Kaine
    • Valerie Jarrett
    • Ben Carson
    • Bobby Jindal
    • Brian Sandoval
    • Chris Christie
    • Darrell Issa
    • Donald Trump
    • Jeb Bush
    • Marco Rubio
    • Mike Huckabee
    • Mike Lee
    • Mike Pence
    • Mitt Romney
    • Nikki Haley
    • Paul Ryan
    • Rand Paul
    • Rick Perry
    • Rick Santorum
    • Sarah Palin
    • Scott Walker
    • Ted Cruz
    • Other





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    WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT FOR 2016?

    • Rand Paul (32%, 273 Votes)
    • Ted Cruz (27%, 229 Votes)
    • Ben Carson (15%, 124 Votes)
    • Sarah Palin (6%, 54 Votes)
    • Scott Walker (4%, 36 Votes)
    • Other (3%, 28 Votes)
    • Mike Huckabee (3%, 23 Votes)
    • Rick Perry (2%, 20 Votes)
    • Mitt Romney (1%, 9 Votes)
    • Paul Ryan (less than 1%, 8 Votes)
    • Mike Lee (less than 1%, 6 Votes)
    • Chris Christie (less than 1%, 5 Votes)
    • Rick Santorum (less than 1%, 4 Votes)
    • Marco Rubio (less than 1%, 3 Votes)
    • Donald Trump (less than 1%, 3 Votes)
    • Mike Pence (less than 1%, 3 Votes)
    • Barack Obama (less than 1%, 3 Votes)
    • Hillary Clinton (less than 1%, 3 Votes)
    • Bobby Jindal (less than 1%, 2 Votes)
    • Jeb Bush (less than 1%, 2 Votes)
    • Nikki Haley (less than 1%, 1 Votes)
    • Darrell Issa (less than 1%, 1 Votes)
    • Joe Biden (less than 1%, 1 Votes)
    • Deval Patrick (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Jerry Brown (0%, 0 Votes)
    • John Kerry (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Martin O'Malley (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Michelle Obama (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Rahm Emanuel (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Tim Kaine (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Valerie Jarrett (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Brian Sandoval (0%, 0 Votes)
    • Andrew Cuomo (0%, 0 Votes)



    Total Voters: 841


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    I am (and anyone with a brain is) 100% GUARANTEED CERTAIN BEYOND ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT that if the GOP uses Karl Rove as a campaign strategist/lead GOP paid spokesman HILLARY CLINTON WILL BE YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT ..



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    Hillary Clinton may not get the support from women that she needs. From US News: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/...s-vote-in-2016
    "But in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, her championship of women did not translate into automatic support by women for her candidacy. Clinton barely won 50 percent of the women's vote in the Democratic primary fight against Barack Obama. She also did not receive unanimous support among women elected leaders, with several of her female Senate colleagues, such as Amy Klobuchar and Claire McCaskill, endorsing Obama.
    "Polling showed a generational divide where Hillary captured more older women voters while Obama captured the younger generation. Women in the middle split between the two. The younger woman voter didn't feel a sense of obligation to vote for the first "one of their own," but instead felt more passion for Obama's message of hope and his vision for the future."

    Remaining married to Bill Clinton may prove to be a drag on her candidacy. She was big on Women being proud and strong, but she stayed with someone who seemed to prefer almost any other woman to her.
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