<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>RedState</title><link>https://redstate.com/smdavis/2011/09/01/shock-national-journal-poll-romney-staffers-think-romney-should-be-gop-nominee/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:32:27 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Shock National Journal Poll: Romney Staffers Think Romney Should be GOP Nominee</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[Earlier today National Journal released its latest poll of the opinions of Beltway insiders.   According to the National Journal news story about the new poll, entitled &amp;#8220;Insiders: GOP Would Be Better Off With Romney for 2012,&amp;#8221; many GOP insiders think Romney is a much better candidate than Rick Perry.  What National Journal failed to inform its readers is that at least 30  of the 141 GOP operatives polled &amp;#8212; nearly 25 percent of the GOP sample  &amp;#8212; currently work for Romney or worked for his 2008 presidential  campaign.  Only one insider was readily identified in a Google search as being a member of Team Perry.]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:41:39 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Sean Davis]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/smdavis/2011/09/01/shock-national-journal-poll-romney-staffers-think-romney-should-be-gop-nominee-n40266</link></item></channel></rss>