The 2012 Presidential Race Begins With a CNN Poll: Mike Huckabee Favorite With Republicans

The tax raising former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee is tops on the list of top GOP candidates to face off against Barack Obama in 2012 according to a new CNN poll. How sad. I mean I like Huck, but he's not the face of Constitutional Conservative based on his record as Arkansas governor. The next isn't in line isn't any better. Mitt Romney promoted socialized healthcare for his state as governor of Massachusetts. RINOs top the list.

From CNN:

Twenty-one percent of Republicans say they would most likely support 2008 GOP White House candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for their party's 2012 presidential nomination, according to the poll.

The number is 20 percent for another 2008 Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Fourteen percent say they support Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, with 12 percent backing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia.

The remaining candidates, whose names were all in single digits, are led by Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who also ran for the GOP presidential nomination the last time around, followed by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.