Howard Fineman Discusses HuffPost-Patch GOP Outsiders Poll With Lawrence O'Donnell (VIDEO)

HuffPost's Howard Fineman appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the results of the latest HuffPost-Patch GOP power outsiders poll.

The poll, a collaborative effort between HuffPost and Patch, showed that Rick Perry's debate performance has seriously hurt his popularity in key primary battlegrounds.

Perry was "plummeting like a stone among the grassroots people, the local influentials in [Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina]," Fineman said.

The poll spells bad news for Perry, whose late entry into the GOP primary was expected to upset Mitt Romney's lead.

"This isn't the pundits talking, these are local main street Republicans in these 3 states," he said. "That's terrible news for Rick Perry."

Fineman said that the poll underscored a growing dissatisfaction among voters for the GOP 2012 field.

"Republicans are still out there yearning for somebody who's really going to satisfy them on all fronts," he said.

WATCH (via MSNBC):

Fineman: Power Outsiders Poll Spells Bad News For Perry

 

 

 

Comments

[lgwynn7213]

06:51 PM on 09/28/2011

The baggers are beggging christie to get in the race, they realize that the very same "party of NO" candidates aren't worth doodly squat...They spent 3 years doing everything possible to thwart Obama
and NOW they have to ACT presidential... They turn on themselves like dogs fighting for a bone when its obviously they have NO ideas and can't possibly beat Obama. I love it! It's better than wrestlemania... Keep begging while I vote against every republican I can.

[alvin12]

12:02 AM on 09/29/2011

Rush Limbaugh said today on radio that no one asked him to run. Hannity could be his VP. That way I could get them with one shot (vote)

[gjackson]

05:29 PM on 09/28/2011

We want Trump! We want Trump! We want Trump!

[Scipio202]

05:24 PM on 09/28/2011

I hear that the GOP is going to take a second look at Donald Trump since the GOP field is so bad.

[davis brant]

04:55 PM on 09/28/2011

christie is right: this is not his time.
plus he needs four years to lose about 100 pounds.

[desousab]

04:30 PM on 09/28/2011

Isn't this the definition of an "echo-chamber"? Isn't this the sort of stuff we used to make fun of Faux for doing????

C'mon H-Pee, how about you report the news instead of trying to be the news...

[realpolitic]

04:28 PM on 09/28/2011

Who has enough false facts, rage, and unbending ideology to satisfy Republicans on all fronts?  One would have to have the willful ignorance of Perry, the false narratives of Bachmann, the stentorian voice of Cain, and the salesmanship of Chris Christy to satisfy the base.  What they are not looking for is an educated, reasonable fellow like a Huntsman who recognizes that science and human civilization has advanced in the last 100 years and who recognizes a need for some social programs to provide a safety net in society.

[garboop2]

03:38 PM on 09/29/2011

RP, I am so frustrated with every single bit of the fooishness going on that it all sickens me to my core. All Bachman and Cain are doing it pulling excess vote; but neither one succeed. Perry is totally frightening on so many levels, he gets my blood pressure up. Christy I think would be a mistake. If you are Republican, I too would prefer Huntsman-he "does seem intelligeant and a decent man."

[realpolitic]

02:44 AM on 10/02/2011

Yes, well be careful with the blood pressure. Mine runs high too!

[RobWarwick]

04:04 PM on 09/28/2011

I'm not sure what I despise more....the mainstream media's instant love affair with Rick Perry and ready to annoint him president OR now that they have turned on him on a dime, are going back to the RUN...CHRISTIE....RUN campaign.

They just can't sit back and cover the news. They just don't know how anymore.

[davis brant]

04:56 PM on 09/28/2011

it's just a story, man. msm is only after the money. all is illusion.

[RobWarwick]

09:07 AM on 09/29/2011

It really is all about money.....getting viewers to have to want to tune in. Take an event and create the best story that involves either conflict or scandal and run with it full guns blazing.

[bayman]

03:41 PM on 09/28/2011

I have trouble picturing stones 'plummet'. Rocks plummet. C'mon, Howard.

[Jabo22]

03:03 PM on 09/28/2011

YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG. Rick Perry is great, listen to us here in Texas, he is awesome, please please like him and make him president, please, my god please make him president, he deserves to be in Washington, not Texas, please hear us, please hear us, you want him, you want him him, please like him please please please.

[amaboss52]

03:26 PM on 09/28/2011

Hey, you're not dumping him on us, you can't get rid of him that easily! LOL!

[progressivestance84]

03:31 PM on 09/28/2011

Sorry Jabo no more "Texans" for prez.

[ChasG]

01:50 PM on 09/28/2011

Wait a gosh darn (y'all) second... Rick Perry was supposed to get his 15 minutes of fame, but instead he only got 10. What's goin' on here, TPs?

[furr]

01:42 PM on 09/28/2011

Rick Perry is the Jethro Bodine of the 2012 Presidential race. Even looks like Jethro.

[stonelaw]

03:03 PM on 09/28/2011

Yes, and his lover is Jane (Marcus Bachmann) Hathaway.

[LameDuckHunting]

10:36 AM on 09/28/2011

Even republicans remember what a disaster the last Texan governor-appointed-president turned out to be..................

[DoubleYellowLines]

02:31 PM on 09/28/2011

Rpub Person: "Well, maybe THIS Texas Governor is different."

*Watches Debates*

Rpub Person: "Crap."

[apathyman]

10:29 AM on 09/28/2011

I almost feel sorry for the republican electorate. Their choices are the insane, the ignorant, the ignorant and insane and a couple of corporate shills thrown in for good measure.

[Morgan Express]

10:43 AM on 09/28/2011

They added all together , fit the average Republican to a T.

[AncientTerp]

09:30 AM on 09/28/2011

So who's 'conservative' enough for this crowd? How about Hannity? Maybe Rush Limbaugh? Could they convince Ann Coulter to enter the contest?

[mlowe0286]

12:21 PM on 09/28/2011

Can you imagine Coulter at a sit down with Putin? Yow!

[ChasG]

01:52 PM on 09/28/2011

No, but I can easily imagine them both mud-wrestling each other till only one is left standing.

[CA93010]

12:49 PM on 09/28/2011

That would be interesting to see one of them get in the race, but they all have one thing in common, screeching about how bad the other side is and how screwed up one person or another is within their own group. Like vultures, they feast on anything with the driving force being money in their pocket.

[StacieB]

08:58 AM on 09/28/2011

If Parry came from another state then maybe he would have a better chance. Looks like Williard (mit's real name) is going to be the GOP one. I wonder if O's campaign really wanted Romny to be the candidate. That may be an even better opponent for them as he is dull.

[Calyndula]

09:59 AM on 09/28/2011

TRUST me, you don't want Perry. I live here, I know. I don't know why we should insult a "sack of stones" when describing Ricky...what have stones ever done to deserve such a slur?: Perry is NO choice. He makes Dubya look like a rocket scientist.

[mollymac]

10:44 AM on 09/28/2011

I live in TX as well and to consider Rick as president gives me shudders of fear.

[ChezMJ]

10:42 AM on 09/28/2011

Obama does NOT want to run against Romney. Obama would clean Perry's clock in a debate. Because the 2012 election is about the economy, in a GENERAL election, Romney poses the greatest challenge to Obama.

[ChasG]

01:55 PM on 09/28/2011

Yes, from the perspective of the left, Romney is a close match for Obama, but how many GOP/TP are going to swallow hard and vote for Romney?

[progressivestance84]

03:34 PM on 09/28/2011

Can someone say "Romneycare"?