Posted on 12/15/2011 12:29:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
If former House Speaker Newt Gingrich manages to win the Republican presidential nomination, he could jeopardize his party’s chances of ousting President Obama next November, according to several new national polls released this week.
Surveys from the NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, AP/GfK and Reuters/Ipsos all show former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney running better than Gingrich in general election matchups against Obama.
“Electability will come into play for many Republican votes,” said one neutral GOP consultant who preferred to speak anonymously. “It’s going to become problematic. I think you’re starting to signs of it.”
The NBC/WSJ and AP/GfK polls show Gingrich trailing Obama by 11 percent and 9 percent in the general election, respectively, while Romney trails the president by just 2 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll shows a smaller but still notable difference, with Romney trailing by 8 percent and Gingrich by 13 percent.
But wait, there’s more.
Polling from the Washington Post and ABC News shows Gingrich’s personal favorable numbers are not good among potential general election voters. More problematic is that Gingrich’s approval numbers have actually gotten worse, even as he has risen rapidly in the GOP primary.
In the WaPo/ABC poll, Gingrich has a 35 percent overall favorable rating and a 48 percent unfavorable rating. (The Post’s crack polling team notes that his unfavorable rating has risen by 6 percent in the last two weeks.)
The problem appears to be Gingrich’s appeal — or lack thereof — among independents. But he’s also got problems among Republicans.
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Let me guess...Romney is the only way we can win.
Won’t get fooled again.
It’s informative to note the MSM is totally focused on polls and personalities — not issues.
And the drumbeat continues. The Left is terrified of Gingrich, that’s obvious.
Washington Post Blog: Newt Gingrich’s general election prospects look bleak
Now lets all lets behind Michele Bachmann, and put her in the WH.!!
You must vote for McCain...I mean Romney! He's are only candidate that can beat Obama in 2008...uhh I mean 2012.
Are they talking about Newt the way they did Reagan at around this same time?
Pushing for Romney as usual, while the single-digit others are glad to use the MSM to try to help bump up their candidate.
“Pushing for Romney as usual, while the single-digit others are glad to use the MSM to try to help bump up their candidate.”
See post #6 for an example.
The Left is terrified of Gingrich, that’s obvious.
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I’m not thrilled with him either ... he’s a progressive...
I sincerely hope that Newt and Mitt damage each other badly enough that they both drop out and make room for the conservatives.
Looks like it, yeah. And we all know how that ended.
If you believe THIS poll, then neither of them can, nor can anyone else.
You think NEWT’S numbers are bad against Obama, put Michele in there and you’ll really see bad.
Not in a million years would I want that incompetent loon in the White House.
Let me think this through...
The WashPost’s 5th column reporters are telling us that there is no way Gingrich can win...
They never attack Mitt Romney...
Hmmm, this is as close to an endorsement as they can give us.
I'm beginning to think so as well. He's just "left" enough to show obama as the marxist he is.
Oooh, by all means, let’s take WAPO’s advice. What could possibly go wrong with that scenario?
The same was said about Reagan. Over and over and over.
I’m so sick of the media -ALL MEDIA- thinking THEY can determine the outcome of elections.
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