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Rudy Giuliani

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Poll: 31-Percent of Early State GOP Insiders Want Christie to Make White House Run

Those surveyed showed satisfaction with current Republican presidential field.

While influential local Republicans in the early caucus and primary states said they are satisfied with the current GOP presidential field, a third said Gov. Chris Christie would be their choice for another candidate to enter the race. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said they are satisfied with the current field as part of the second Huffington Post-Patch Power Outsiders poll. Thirty-six percent of the 169 surveyed said that they wanted another candidate to enter the race. The survey, conducted earlier this week, comes as the Republican establishment in Washington is looking for new candidates to enter the race. Christie, who has continually tempered speculation that he wants to run for …

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