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Poll: Lou Dobbs Wouldn't Go Far As Indy For President

Eric Kleefeld | November 25, 2009, 1:17PM

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A new Rasmussen poll tests Lou Dobbs as an independent candidate for President against Barack Obama and various Republicans -- finding that Lou wouldn't poll very strongly as an indy, and would only take votes away from the GOP.

With Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee, Obama is ahead 42%-34%-14%. With Mike Huckabee, it's 42%-36%-12%. With Sarah Palin, it's 44%-37%-12%. By comparison, without Dobbs in the mix Obama is tied with Romney at 44%-44%, leads Huckabee by 45%-41%, and leads Palin by 46%-43% (with "some other candidate" in the single digits in all those matches).

Interestingly, there is no match-up of Dobbs one on one against Obama -- that is, Dobbs himself as the Republican nominee.

From the pollster's analysis: "Obviously, it's way too early to evaluate the political environment for the 2012 election, and it's important to remember that four years ago Obama would not have been considered a serious national challenger for 2008. For Dobbs, the data shows how improbable such an independent bid could be."

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Lou Dobbs: Friend Of Illegal Immigrants Everywhere?

Eric Kleefeld | November 25, 2009, 11:06AM

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Lou Dobbs is looking at any number of possibilities for a political career, such as running for Senator from New Jersey, or even the presidency. And he would of course be running on a signature issue of...his great friendship with the Latino community, and support for amnesty for illegal immigrants, and a path to citizenship???

This does seem quite odd, for a man who made his career denouncing illegal immigrants for several years on his CNN show. But as the Wall Street Journal points out:

In a little-noticed interview Friday, Mr. Dobbs told Spanish-language network Telemundo he now supports a plan to legalize millions of undocumented workers, a stance he long lambasted as an unfair "amnesty."

"Whatever you have thought of me in the past, I can tell you right now that I am one of your greatest friends and I mean for us to work together," he said in a live interview with Telemundo's Maria Celeste.

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