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Posted on 06/29/2012 6:12:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold Pres. Obama’s healthcare law is mobilizing Georgia Republicans. Fundraising and volunteer activity spiked on Thursday, and a new state poll shows the lead of GOP presumptive presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, is widening.
For Georgia Republicans, the ruling means one thing: electing Romney is the only way to repeal the law.
State GOP officials say donations surged upon news of the ruling, and volunteers are flooding the party’s Web site.
Mark Rountree is Georgia-based Republican strategist and pollster. His firm, Landmark Communications in conjunction with Rosetta Stone, conducted a poll Thursday that shows Romney capturing 52 percent of the Georgia vote. That’s a ten-point lead over Obama – his biggest lead to date.
Rountree says it’s notable because Democrats once thought Georgia could be in play.
“It’s galvanizing," he said. "There’s no simpler way to put it. If Romney had to have a series of political events happen for him, they’re happening for him.”
Twenty-three percent of black voters polled said they planned to vote for Romney. Rountree says that’s the strongest support from black Georgians for a GOP candidate in modern history.
"If those numbers hold, and they may not, that would be sea change in Georgia," he said.
Georgia Republicans up until now have been lukewarm to Romney. Newt Gingrich won the state’s primary before leaving the race, and Gov. Nathan Deal only recently endorsed Romney.
But Georgia GOP spokesman Chris Kelleher says Republicans now see unseating Mr. Obama as the only way to repeal the healthcare law.
“We have a volunteer signup on our Web site and we got more submissions yesterday than we got in the previous month combined," he said. "I would say that sort of awoke the sleeping giant. We’ve got a lot of party members whose sights are now set on November because we gotta win now.”
Georgia Democrats said the ruling had a smaller impact, largely because it was a win for Mr. Obama. But nonetheless they say they feel vindicated by the decision. Kristin Oblander, who runs the Oblander Group, a political fundraising firm in Atlanta, says she's seeing a surge of enthusiasm.
"I have not seen a level of excitement this high since the '08 election," Oblander said.
The Supreme Court upheld Obama’s Affordable Care Act in an historic 5-4 decision. The ruling maens 123,000 young Georgians who gained health insurance under their parent’s plans due to the law will now be able to keep it. The decision also leaves in place the so-called individual mandate. It requires Georgia’s nearly 2 million uninsured residents to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the IRS.
I’ve been saying this since the ruling yesterday, Nov. 2010 is going to be a cakewalk for the Dems compared to what’s going to happen to them Nov. 2012.
Be realistic my dear FRiend, this is a fight for freedom.. I would have preferred a much more Conservative candidate, but it is what it is..
LOL! Amen!
In 2008 people voted for Obama to prove they weren’t racist. In 2012 the need to vote against Obama to prove they are not an idiot!
In 2008 people voted for Obama to prove they weren’t racist. In 2012 they need to vote against Obama to prove they are not an idiot!
In many states, such as where I live currently (Mississippi) which have a large black population, it won’t help him a bit. He will NOT win here.
Shouldn’t you add a disclaimer to your posts on threads like these letting others know you are running against both Gov. Romney and Mr. Obama? Just sayin’!
23%? That’s amazing!
And he would still get 80%+ of the black vote.
However, no Democrat can win a nationwide election with less than 90% of the black vote.
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I will believe polls like this if and only if I see corresponding percentages show up in both exit polling at election time as well as precinct results after the election.
Until then, believing polls like this makes conservatives/Republicans look as gullible as kids who believe in the Tooth Fairy.
Palin can change the national dialogue or the direction of an election by dropping a two-line missive on FB or Twitter.
Now THAT`S political power!!!
The first post-SCOTUS poll came out last night from Newsweek/Daily Beast. 0bama`s approve/disapprove is now 45/54... -9! It`s a start!!!
You can have 23% black vote in GA-—just give us 10% black vote in OH and VA and we’ll win thins thing.
Let's hope Romney has a plan for an actual ground game. In 2008 my wife tried over and over to volunteer to go to NC or VA.
Never got a single response.
Had not seen you on the board in an age - course, I post little these days. Climate got a little, uh, difficult.
ABO
Romney's reaction to this atrocity (and other things he has been doing of late), have moved me from "willing to voter for him to oust Obama" to "eager to vote for him".
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