Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

PPP: Obama, Palin tied 46/46 in 2012 polling
Hot Air ^ | July 15, 2010 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 07/15/2010 1:01:06 PM PDT by counterpunch

No, this is not coming from Rasmussen or an internal GOP poll, but from the normally Democrat-sympathetic Public Policy Polling...

With his approval numbers hitting new lows it’s no surprise that Barack Obama’s numbers in our monthly look ahead to the 2012 Presidential race are their worst ever this month. He trails Mitt Romney 46-43, Mike Huckabee 47-45, Newt Gingrich 46-45, and is even tied with Sarah Palin at 46. The only person tested he leads is Jan Brewer, who doesn’t have particularly high name recognition on the national level at this point.

It’s not that any of the Republican candidates are particularly well liked. Only Huckabee has positive favorability numbers at 37/28. Romney’s at 32/33, Gingrich at 32/42, Palin at 37/52, and Brewer at 17/20. But with a majority of Americans now disapproving of Obama it’s no surprise that a large chunk of them would replace him as President if they had that choice today.

There are two things driving these strong poll numbers for the Republican candidates. The first is a lead with independents in every match up. Romney leads 48-35 with them, Gingrich is up 50-39, Huckabee has a 46-40 advantage, Palin’s up 47-42, and even Brewer has a 38-37 edge.
 


(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010polls; bho2012; epicfail; gingrich; gungrabbers4romney; illegals4romney; libs4newt; mittromney; newt; newt4internfelatio; newtdeclarediraqlost; newtgingrich; newtpelosi; newtwouldlose; obama; obama4romney; palin; palin2012; queers4romney; romney
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 201-213 next last
To: counterpunch

I would pay hundreds of dollars for front row at those debates.

Gingrich would annihilate him. In fact, I believe he would do so by so great of a margin that minds would be changed.


21 posted on 07/15/2010 1:11:48 PM PDT by getitright (If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

There are Boy Scouts who could beat Obama in a debate... like thumpin’ on a big dummy..

Newt and Mitt are far from visionary ..

New blood is brewing in the GoP

another year should help bring new faces forward as the race to be poll king unfolds.. It is time for a return to sanity in gubamint. Sorry Mitt and Newt, maybe an ambassadorship or something but.. Head Cheese, Nyaaah. jmo


22 posted on 07/15/2010 1:13:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Patrick1
I would vote for YOU over Obama and I don't even know you.
23 posted on 07/15/2010 1:14:06 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, or is it Mr. Stone or Mr. Woody? Whatever, you're under arrest.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: counterpunch

Seriously, if Newt and Mitt are the best we can do, we’re screwed.


24 posted on 07/15/2010 1:14:15 PM PDT by conservativebabe (awaiting inspiration for a new tagline)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
WHY was Rudy dismissed last go round? Too Moderate???? He would be the snot out of Obama.

1. Thumbs UP for national security

2. Thumbs DOWN on "gay" marriage

3. Thumbs DOWN on border security

4. Thumbs DOWN on gun control

5. Thumbs DOWN on abortion

Too moderate? I'd say "no."

I'd say, "too liberal."

25 posted on 07/15/2010 1:14:43 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Artemis Webb

Gingrich was absolutely and irrevocably savaged by the Clinton War Room in the 90s. He’s damaged goods among most moderates and independents.

I absolutely agree that he’d clean Obama’s clock in any debate, but a large number of swing voters are already so prejudiced against him that I don’t think they’d even hear what Gingrich has to say.


26 posted on 07/15/2010 1:15:09 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: counterpunch; P-Marlowe
This is what the left pushed last time about Newt, and we all know that a presidential race will NOT let this go. Presidential races are brutal and vicious. Newt is a non-starter.

We agree with Scoobie that Newt Gingrich's serial wife-dumping was worse than Bill Clinton's sexual escapades. In 1981, Newt dumped his first wife, Jackie Battley, for Marianne, wife number 2, while Jackie was in the hospital undergoing cancer treatment. Marianne and Newt divorced in December, 1999 after Marianne found out about Newt's long-running affair with Callista Bisek, his one-time congressional aide. Gingrich asked Marianne for the divorce by phoning her on Mother's Day, 1999. [Source: New York Post, July 18, 2000, Newt's Ex Wife Aiming to Pen Book by Bill Sanderson, available on lexis]. http://www.talkleft.com/story/2002/10/29/351/23416


27 posted on 07/15/2010 1:15:29 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JPG

I would vote for me too. LOL


28 posted on 07/15/2010 1:15:34 PM PDT by Patrick1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: getitright
Gingrich would annihilate him. In fact, I believe he would do so by so great of a margin that minds would be changed.

Still, the SRM would trumpet how 0bama "won." Sarah wiped the floor in 2008 with Plugs, but lo and behold, there went the "media," handing the win to Biden.

29 posted on 07/15/2010 1:17:36 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: getitright

It does not matter how good Gingrich would do in a debate.

He married one of his high school teachers then handed her divorce papers while she was in a hospital bed recovering from cancer surgery. He cheated on his second wife multiple times. If he was a Democrat he might be able to get away with this but he’s not.


30 posted on 07/15/2010 1:19:45 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: xzins

ditto


31 posted on 07/15/2010 1:20:53 PM PDT by mojitojoe (When crisis becomes opportunity, crisis becomes the goal.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: counterpunch

So, who WOULD you all vote for at this point and why?


32 posted on 07/15/2010 1:22:38 PM PDT by txmissy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Artemis Webb
"his history with his personal life has him DOA."

In spite of his talent, I believe you are correct. For him to run as a "conservative party" candidate would send the hypocrisy meter to the red line.
33 posted on 07/15/2010 1:23:40 PM PDT by indthkr
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: The Pack Knight; Artemis Webb

“but a large number of swing voters are already so prejudiced against him that I don’t think they’d even hear what Gingrich has to say.”

Cozying up to Pelosi on globull warming and his recent calls for the NAACP and the Tea Party to have a sit down say more than he ever could in a debate. I don’t trust him enough anymore to vote for him. He’s a PC conservative, also known as an oppurtunist.

While I like Palin, her playing kissy face with McCain makes me squirm.

Romney, well, I don’t have time to list the reasons I hate him.

Is it possible to frontrun someone without an immense amount of baggage? I don’t even know who they are. Chris Christie and Jim DeMint come to mind, but Christie already said he won’t run in 2012 and I don’t know about DeMint making that leap.


34 posted on 07/15/2010 1:24:11 PM PDT by JenB987 (I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: The Pack Knight
'Also note that this poll surveyed registered voters, not likely voters — a sampling technique that would tend to favor Democrats and Obama a little more.'

That's a surprising admission from them. I'm not sure I agree that sampling "likely voters" would favor Democrats and Obama, though. Just ask President John Kerry.

I think you are misreading the original quote. I read it to have 'registered voters' as the subject and 'tend to favor Democrats and Obama' as the predicate. Imprecise grammar by the writer.

35 posted on 07/15/2010 1:24:33 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Good night. I expect more respect tomorrow - Danny H (RIP))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: conservativebabe
Seriously, if Newt and Mitt are the best we can do, we’re screwed.

Face it -- We've been continuously screwed since Reagan left office. Bush? Bush? McCain? Romney? The Preacher? Feh.

36 posted on 07/15/2010 1:25:19 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Paine)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Man50D

McCain was the only Republican that could win in 2008. Look where that got us. Never trust the lap dogs.


37 posted on 07/15/2010 1:26:14 PM PDT by MeSpikeLibs (Wake me when the Obama nightmare is over.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Artemis Webb
You are 100% correct. Newt is an idea man, not presidential timber, imo. He's the good angel on your shoulder, not God. Too wonkish for mass appeal. Too many nasty personal choices in his past. Faculty lounge, Yes. President, NO!!!
38 posted on 07/15/2010 1:27:36 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, or is it Mr. Stone or Mr. Woody? Whatever, you're under arrest.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
WHY was Rudy dismissed last go round? Too Moderate????

The whole NAMBLA connection thing didn't go over with social conservatives among many reasons.

Rudy had been on the board of The Stonewall veteran's association in New York, and actually attended meetings (not just a connection only on paper.

What is The Stonewall veteran's association and why was yet another gay activist group founded when ACTUP has been so succesful? Well The Stonewall veteran's association to lobby against age of consent laws and reunite the man-boy love crowd with the rest of gay society.

This was too well documented to hide, and Rudy would have been pretty instantly destroyed had he won the nomination.

39 posted on 07/15/2010 1:29:19 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: counterpunch

Someone please remind me why Newt left congress?


40 posted on 07/15/2010 1:31:29 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 201-213 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson