[MichaelAsher54]

[evad]

..but he faces an electorate that still needs convincing.

My God...convinced of WHAT!!!

[Grunthor]

Head to head polling is stupid at this early date however ROmney and Huckabee both poll pretty good for being this far out from election day. If the primary were going to be between these two men, I’d support Huckabee.

I would vote for either man over Comrade O.

[bgill]

President Barack Obama has officially announced that he will seek re-election next year, but he faces an electorate that still needs convincing.

As if he ever left campaign mode. Of course he had to announce he's running again or he'd be a lame duck for the next two years. Soros can't have that, not with the destruction of the US uncompleted. He'll hit the campaign trail and laugh at birthers but right before the election he'll come up with some lame excuse to suddenly drop out of the race. There's no way he'll get around the NBC issue no matter how many talking heads are willing to pimp for him.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

This could be the reason why the GOP and the GOP Media is working so hard to help Obama

Attacking Obama Eligibility issue has been a great help for Obama, and his friends on the GOP side will make sure Obama wins.

You notice how the Liberal Media and GOP Talk Radio have teamed up to attack Birthers, Trump, and anyone who brings up Obama’s Birth Cert

The GOP have an easy win, if they want it. Judging by the way the GOP and The GOP Media have acted...they are helping OBama

[r9etb]

fact, Democrats comprised 35% of the sample, while Republicans only accounted for 27%. And yet, according to Marist, Obama only has 37% of their respondents committed to a second term for the President

I think this sampling difference means less than Mr. Morrisey is trying to make out. It's fairly standard practice to attempt to normalize results to some presumed "standard population." Various pollsters use different ways (which they keep close to the vest) to normalize against their version of a "standard population" -- Zogby's famous "special sauce" is one example.

For example, if we assume party breakdown (Rep-Ind-Dem) goes as 30-40-30, then the 38% and 27% values would be normalized (i.e., scaled) on that basis.

[NavyCanDo]

If we were to believe April polls from the year before the election, then Obama should have not have even been elected at all.

FLASHBACK APRIL 3 2007

http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/april/040307poll-data.pdf

DEMS
Clinton 25.5
Edwards 23.2
Obama 16.3

REPS
Guliani 17.5
McCain 14.4
Romney 9.6

There is a lesson to learn in early polling data. It will change.

[malos]

Marist sees no future for Marxist!

[OldDeckHand]

"Bear in mind, though, that the eight-point sample skew towards Democrats plays a big role in the head-to-head numbers"

Does anyone remember what the disparity was in 2008 - did the Dems enjoy an 8-point advantage? I believe that the 2010 national turnout was evenly split 35/35 with 29% going Independent. It would be unlikely that the GOP could do as well with Obama on the ticket, but I don't think he'll get the kind of turnout he got 4-years earlier - could be wrong.

It's surprising Romney is doing so well. Huckabee I can understand because he's had several non-FNC media appearances the last several weeks. But, Romney has been almost invisible. I can't remember the last time I have seen Romney on television.

[ZULU]

Hillery alert!!!! Hillery alert!!!!

This should make that old witch dust off her broomstick and take a ride to the DNC primaries.

[Cheerio]

Oh he will be reelected. Our only hope is to retake the Senate - veto proof majorities would be nice (probably a dream). Tie him up and make a complete shut down of the Feds for 4 years.

We need conservatives and a purging of most RINOs.

[cruise_missile]

No Muslim has ever been reelected as president.

Also, no one without a birth certificate has ever been reelected either.

[Logic n' Reason]

As of today, Tuesday, April 20th, the Rasmussen site has the stain sitting at 46.5% "Overall Approval" rating; just where it's been since mid-year 2008.

If the rate does not drop - AND REMAIN - below 36%, the stain will win re-election in 2012.

[dalebert]

we are giving 25 Million to libian rebels....anyone know what for???????? anyone know anything about the so called rebels and why they are so important to the USA?????

[jmaroneps37]

“Marist Poll: Say, Obama might have a big problem getting re-elected” Gee no foolin’? By the time Trump gets finished peeling OBAMA'S skin, we will be able to pick a name from the phone book. For those who think the election can be stolen, notice how few elections were stolen last November. There will be too many locations where the union scumbags will have to go to cheat and too few willing thugs that will risk arrest, plus too little dues money.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Obama might have a big problem getting re-elected?..... Thank God!......

[Para-Ord.45]

bm

[Pollster1]

He’s only weak among the living. Surveys of ACORN and SEIU personnel suggest that Obama’s strength among dead likely voters has grown, possibly enough to offset losses among the living. I’ll be monitoring the polls on election day, and I hope thousands of other FR patriots will be doing the same. Keep the dead in the cemeteries, where they belong, especially on election day.