Huckabee Leading Contender For 2012 Contest

Courtesy Donklephant  Thu, 09/24/2009 - 1:50pm

Public Policy Polling pitted the top Republicans (including Jeb Bush) against Obama in a hypothetical matchup and found that the former Arkansas Governor’s folksy ways puts him at the top of the pack.

And this makes sense. Huckabee is amiable, has some ideas that at least sound new (get rid of the IRS, FAIR tax) and…ummm…did I mention he’s folksy?

From PPP :

Huckabee comes the closest, trailing Obama 48-41.

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