This diary will be not as long as others, but can be interesting too.
I see the polls about the republican primary (without include results for all the voters or independents) and I make this rank.
I think this way for separe the candidates give so logical results.
Leading some poll:
01 M Romney 20
02 M Huckabee 11
03 S Palin 9
04 N Gingrich 1
05 C Christie 1
2nd in some poll:
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3rd in some poll:
06 D Cheney 1
07 J McCain 1
08 B Jindal 1
4th in some poll:
09 S Brown 1
10 J Bush 1
11 T Pawlenty 1
12 R Paul 1
13 R Giuliani 1
5th in some poll:
14 L Alexander 1
15 C Crist 1
16 H Barbour 1
6th in some poll:
17 M Daniels 5
18 J Thune 2
19 R Santorum 1
20 R Perry 1
21 M Sanford 1
22 M Pence 1
Worse results:
23 G Bush
24 J Bolton
25 M Rubio
26 F Thompson
27 J Ensign
28 J Cornyn
29 J DeMint
30 B Corker
31 G Pataki
32 G Johnson
33 J Huntsman
34 B McDonnell
35 J Brewer
36 P Ryan
37 E Cantor
38 L Fortuño
39 D Petraeus
40 M Bloomberg
41 J Arpaio
41 B Gates
42 W Buffett
43 D Trump
44 A Mulally
45 C Norris
46 C Eastwood
47 T Selleck
48 B Marceaux
49 J Greenspon
50 F Krager
51 H Cain
52 G Sinise
The first number would be the post in the rank the second number mean the number of polls when the potential candidate get his best place. As example M Ronmey is the leader in 20 polls, M Daniels is 6th (his best place) in 5 polls.
I a emphasize the people unelectable in a republican primary cause of different reasons.
Between all these potential candidates (and some other options included in polls face to face against Obama, only M Romney, M Huckabee and N Gingrich appear leading Obama in some poll, very few, except for a rare poll of Newsmax/SurveyUSA the last election day what gives to Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and David Petraeus strong leads over Obama as republicans.