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Lucy Madison /

CBS News/ October 4, 2010, 10:12 AM

Donald Trump for President in 2012?

Donald Trump

/ Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images

Updated: 1:11 ET

Is Donald Trump considering a 2012 bid to be the Republican presidential nominee?

According to Time Magazine, New Hampshire residents were polled in September regarding their thoughts and perceptions about the real estate magnate in relation to a possible presidential bid - but Trump says he had nothing to do with the survey.

"I never heard of this poll but I'm anxious to find out what it says. I do not know about a poll taken in New Hampshire," Trump said Monday on CNN's 'American Morning,' adding that he has no plans to run for the Republican nomination.

"It's not something I talked about or consider, but somebody has to do something or this country is not going to be a very great country for long," Trump said.

The poll, which ran at about 30 questions, tested Trump against potential Republican candidates for 2012 and asked voters if they thought his widespread presence in the media - including on his show, NBC's "The Apprentice" - would help or hurt him in the election.

The poll also reportedly asked respondents if they had heard that Trump had ever contributed money to Democrats.

Time was not able to determine who paid for the survey, and its results have not been made public.

Trump is no stranger to the concept of flirting with a presidential bid: the billionaire has put out feelers in previous election cycles, and considered entering the contest as a Reform Party candidate in 2000.  

But while Trump has recently expressed his skepticism of President Obama's ability to win re-election in 2012 , the real estate mogul is not without his own potentially damaging political troubles: just last Friday, Trump business partner Tevfik Arif was arrested on charges related to prostitution, human trafficking and organizing a criminal gang, the New York Daily News reports


Lucy Madison
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smellslikeshit says:
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jasonemelone says:
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Fanfaron2010 says:
A TRUMP/RUBIO duo would be formidable opponents against Obama/Sleeping Beauty!
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sfc_ret91 says:
Why not have the Donald for president? After all, he already knows how to file bankruptcy!
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fishoff says:
Tell this moron to stay off the TV and not to offer opinion he knows nothing about. When I was doing realestate as a means to an end I thought he had some validity. Now I know he is a blithering idiot. He was hired to destroy credibility as this idiot could never be a serious candidate. Its more value to him to get one of his Republican cronies in so his taxes are not raised. Greed, Lies, no brains, inherited money, so he has his and everyone can die in his book. Hell awaits him.
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rexxhavikk says:
I would like to see Donald Trump/Don King in 2012
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svt11 says:
I think it is extremely sad that the liberal media is already threatened by the discussion of Donald Trump running for president. He has not stated one way or the other- the people in that particular area spoke out on their own. But what is so sad but also funny is that CBS feels the need to try to discredit and bash Trump at the end of the article. The article was not about if he would make a good president or not or even if he is a good business man. This is what is wrong with America. The media should have stuck to the story rather than trying to jab Trump. He did you a favor by answering your questions, you should have simply thanked him at the end. America hopefully is starting to smarten up and not believe everything or anything the liberal media reports.
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GaythaCurtis replies:
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Agreed.
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richardobrown53 says:
Reverend Richardo Brown, A.A A.S
Dear Lord, and Omnipotent God of the Citizens of the United States,
I have political activist support and endorsement of Precinct Delegate to the Convention in the State of Michigan, County of Wayne and City of Detroit to circulate petitions of nomination to the Billionaire Donald Trump for his 'Trump 2012' Presidential Exploratory Committee and Campaign.. So in your name Almighty Omniscience Lord Jesus Christ, I your Beloved Child in Christ Richardo Brown will seek to volunteer in the year 2012c.e. to:

Donald Trump Billionaire / Candidate for U.S. President: Trump 2012


Dear God, Lord Jesus Christ, Our State of Michigan Executives, Our Members of Congress (Federal and State), College and University Faculty, Job Services, and Museum Curators, Employers and Volunteers

Governor Rick Synder and Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley
I wish all of the next four years to be prosperous in Michigan by opening our state to the better development in housing, education, culture, jobs and human services even if this means mixing ouor Michiganians in relocating trhem in communities that will benefit their talents, lifestyles, cultures and enviroments, for this is a simple remedy that we Michigan citizens have been looking for, however. that is, a longer civilization in our state which is a netaphor to the devastation, abandonment, shanty civilization and culture and jungleland that we nom bow and lay our head and minds upon. I hope that the next governor in Michigan that is Honorable Governor Elect Rick Synder and Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley, to lead with God's wisdom, omnipotent and omnisecience our State of Michigan towards a new culture and civilization
AMEN and AMEN



On the blue shield the sun rises over a lake and peninsula, a man with raised hand and holding a gun represents peace and the ability to defend his rights. The elk and moose are symbols of Michigan, while the eagle represents the United States.







Hello My Name is Homorable Reverend Richardo Brown
A.A. A.S.

I'am a political activist with finishing classes of Political Science: American Nat'l Govt, I.R., Third World Politics and Am.Gov't Sys. I'am a undergraduate in Wayne state University/College of Science. My major is Science/Chemistry.
I received a federal Student Financial Assistance from the United States Department of Education. My Federal College Work/Study is in the Biological Science Molecular Medicine and Genetics/Drosophilia Laboratory Facility:0249-0253. I currently receive hardship checks from Social Security Supplemental Income.






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Something in the sciences of Political Science, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Geology. IV Working in Southeast Michigan will give me a overhead detail inspection on where to work with those societies. Learning the mores will give the state a path to build, finding what is needed to get them interested in other residential neighborhoods in the state. Repairing state property and facilities, bringing and maintaining state policies, working with state colleges and universities, bringing financial aid to students and students to state businesses that closely relate to classroom and laboratory.



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csp04150 says:
TRUMP / GIULIANI 2012!!! One to get the economy back on track and one to keep us safe!!! We the people can do the rest!!!
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