New Poll: Republican Primary Straw Poll

I would like to see Chuck Hegal running. He is the only Republican I would consider voting for.

I read a speech by Hagel about Iran and liked what he had to say - and was even more impressed that he had taken time to really learn about Iran, and to address the situation thoughtfully.

Hagel is a pretty interesting candidate. I remember Jake predicting for him to surprise people before all is said and done.

My fave out of the bunch is definitely Ron Paul. I’d like to learn more about his positions on social issues though, it seems like he tends to avoid them.

As for our poll on the democrats, I’m wondering what the votes for Mike Gravel mean.

Is it A - a certain segment of our readers are further to the Left than most Democrats? or

B - we have a segment of Republican readers who strategically are hoping to see the weakest possible Democrat be pitted against the Republican nominee?

As for our poll on the democrats, I’m wondering what the votes for Mike Gravel mean.

I would say it just says something about blog readers in general. The Internet community has taken a big liking to both Mike Gravel and Ron Paul (check out the votes now…14 for Paul and barely 1 for any of the others). I think this is because they generally are more independently minded. So, being that The Seminal is an Internet based publication, it makes sense that we’d find a lot of Paul and Gravel supporters wandering across our pages.

I’m all for Mitt Romney… but not for the right reasons. In all seriousness, I think McCain is too old and Rudy gives me that creepy used car dealer feel. I respect where he’s been and what he was able to do for our country in a time of crisis. But is there more…. I hope he comes forward with more of a platform. For as much as I read the news, I honestly hadnt heard about Ron Paul before this article. I’ll have to check him out. As always, thanks J-RO!

At the last debate hosted by Fox Ron Paul was clearly not the favorite. It’s obvious that his statement pertaining to 911 didn’t win alot of sentiment with republicans. Although a few republicans agree with his portrayal of America imposing its polocies and agendas on other countrys.But thats a discussion for another place.
Seeing as how this website probably attracts a mostly liberal audience ,it shouild be no surprise that Ron Paul is favored in your poll.
But I might suggest that the question be asked in a different way ” If you were a republican , how would you vote ?”
I believe the results would give a better idea of what the right is thinking.
I myself lean to the right , but in last months poll I tried to vote from the perspective of a democrat and came up with Bill Richardson.
If I had to vote for him it would be because I believe his convictions are real and not a script for the choir.
Assuming that I have an idea what dems want.

I agree micky. As a liberal, I tried to vote as I would vote if I voted for a Republican. In reality, if I had to vote Republican I would probably not vote, as the current candidates are fairly uninspiring.

yea , but humor me and put yourself in the position of “having to vote ”
And yes the republicans do lack a lot to be desired right now.

Oh don’t worry, I voted for a candidate, though I won’t say who…

If you were a republican , how would you vote ?

Hagel, both for his own capacity as a politician and for the sake of moving the party in a new direction.

I’ll throw this in the mix, though: at the moment, I think that of those who have declared, Romney is the true front runner. I know he’s behind in the polls, and I know he’s a Mormon, but I think McCain and Giuliani will both stumble and fall hard at some point - how could the base really trust either of them, the maverick or the closet liberal? So that leaves Romney, who is of course not trustworthy himself but might just be slick enough to fool the base into trusting him - and, of course, there will be no one else of note left.

I agree Ish.Mcain and Rudy are already kind of wobbly.
As far as any of them being trustworty goes,you never know till it’s too late.
It’s like betting on the house.

I couldn’t bring myself to vote for any of the Republican candidates because of their anti-choice stance. Guiliani claims to be pro-choice but everything else about him is so shallow I couldn’t stomach voting for him. McCain has done 180 degree turn from four years ago. When he started kissing up to the Talibanistic “Christians” he lost all my respect. Romney made his millions by buying up American companies, firing all the workers and then sending their jobs overseas. A real pro-American candidate. He use to be open-minded regarding abortion and gay rights but now that he’s seen the path of the GOP he’s been converted to the dark side. The others are so far right they keep bumping into the ghosts of Stalin and his ilk. The Republican Party is the Party of wealth and globalism. They don’t give a rat’s ass about how deeply in debt our nation is because they helped turn it into what use to be the number one creditor nation before Reagan to what is not the number one debtor nation. They have the process in place to steal the 2008 election again (see Greg Palast’s “Armed Madhouse”). And they accuse us of hating America! We are becoming a third-world dictatorship folks. There will be a small group of the ultra-wealthy elite and then there will be all the rest of us. We’ll be living in shacks and ditches begging by roadsides for a meager job to buy a day’s supply of food. No jobs, no health care, no education for our children. We’ll be taxed to death so the wealthiest 1% can enjoy their tax breaks. We can’t compete with third-world workers so why not turn our country into one. Eventually we’ll be grateful for that 50 cent an hour job. Yeah, a vote for the Republicans is a vote for keeping the obscene rich wallowing in their lifestyle. It’s so hard sitting by the pool waiting for their dividend checks to get deposited in the bank while we get the well lubed shaft up our backsides.

This poll just goes to show how leftist your site is. Ron Paul? He doesn’t have a chance of winning the nomination. But I put in for Mitt Romney if the primary was today but there is a chance that I could go for Rudy or Thompson if they start to move the ball.

Giuliani on abortion is an interesting story. Ederlore, you say that his pro-choice overtions ring hollow to you. That’s interesting. I’ve always thought that his pro-choice stance would hurt him because he would be alienating the pro-life right while failing to entice moderates. Seems like that is what’s happening (though I don’t think I’d label you a moderate).