The Republican Field May Have Finally Found Its Equilibrium

The Republican field may have finally found its equilibrium, judging from support on Facebook. Beyond Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry trading places and a continuing Herman Cain surge into a solid 4th place, there has not been much change in position in the last 2 months.

Candidate	Friends on 1/16/2011	Friends on 3/16/2011	Friends on 5/16/2011	Friends on 7/16/2011	Friends on 9/16/2011	Friends on 11/16/2011
Barack Obama	17,822,152	18,632,331	20,413,245	22,038,067	23,133,522	24,076,264
Joe Biden	271,971	274,670	282,433	299,388	304,953	308,062
Mitt Romney	751,391	814,705	899,055	1,041,454	1,110,938	1,182,511
Ron Paul	307,493	307,495	356,452	419,099	510,540	588,239
Michele Bachmann	150,467	187,433	258,370	422,366	462,345	459,318
Herman Cain	42,289	55,720	90,146	149,820	176,534	381,105
Newt Gingrich	100,489	113,269	131,779	142,281	148,009	172,841
Rick Perry	51,455	52,180	52,854	70,425	160,305	171,194
Gary Johnson	-	110,466	114,000	129,275	134,036	143,460
Rick Santorum	12,211	13,252	16,221	23,482	27,860	32,215
Jon Huntsman	-	1,555	2,280	9,347	17,832	23,476
Sarah Palin	2,606,586	2,777,509	2,957,627	3,191,711	3,238,066	3,254,960
Mike Huckabee	522,079	541,409	586,020	647,376	658,920	658,660
Donald Trump	146,866	184,512	272,108	300,401	318,603	330,822
Scott Brown	-	-	237,462	239,086	239,053	239,094
Bobby Jindal	121,977	122,353	125,614	129,824	130,959	151,236
Rand Paul	-	105,001	117,287	137,580	146,080	150,434
Jim DeMint	127,177	129,848	133,363	143,436	148,845	149,053
Tim Pawlenty	69,985	73,135	86,907	103,337	102,720	101,986
Paul Ryan	50,908	56,496	71,923	79,181	83,785	85,967
Allen West	-	-	64,057	67,330	74,568	76,237
John Thune	74,754	74,837	75,211	75,442	75,244	75,222
Scott Walker	-	61,527	63,129	64,621	66,083	67,763
Chris Christie	29,388	33,990	36,536	42,563	46,671	52,405
Mitch Daniels	39,413	44,528	49,908	50,614	51,175	51,548
Mike Pence	45,923	47,712	48,542	48,893	48,949	49,065
Mike Bloomberg	29,862	30,344	31,316	32,879	36,995	38,175
Haley Barbour	16,854	17,459	18,168	18,604	18,775	19,006
Thaddeus McCotter	-	-	9,909	11,812	12,552	12,581
Peter King	-	-	11,232	11,525	11,652	11,766
Jimmy McMillan	-	8,362	8,675	9,141	9,988	10,676
Roy Moore	-	-	70	8,235	8,294	8,321
Buddy Roemer	-	570	1,496	1,806	4,590	7,024
John Bolton	5,170	5,658	6,056	6,354	6,826	6,991
Jeb Bush	4,841	5,027	5,300	5,556	5,745	5,803
Fred Karger	681	826	1,458	2,117	3,398	5,355
Rudy Giuliani	1,891	2,194	2,535	3,211	4,289	4,545
Andy Martin	-	-	560	570	573	583
Jonathon Sharkey	-	-	159	170	352	414
Jon Greenspon	581	584	583	583	-	-
Total Democratic Friends	18,094,123	18,907,001	20,695,678	22,337,455	23,438,475	24,384,326
Total Republican Friends	5,310,731	5,979,951	6,944,368	7,841,507	8,302,149	8,780,051

Obama-Biden fell just short of adding 1 million followers in the last two months, as their pace continues to slow. Perhaps potential supporters have been occupied elsewhere. Still they added 945,851 supporters versus 477,902 for all the Republicans in and out of the race combined.

It was time to scratch all those who never declared or have dropped out. Sarah Palin does stand out with a solid base of support for the future, while Donald Trump has a wet raccoon. The neocon favorite John Bolton and the dynastic Jeb Bush can't even clear the Jimmy McMillan Rent Is Too Damn High line.