2012 Presidential Matchups Obama 46%, Perry 39% (Rasmussen)

Rasmussen Reports ^ | September 15, 2011 | Rasmussen

[Genoa]

Romney’s not the guy to do it.

[trisham]

Oy vey.

[Baladas]

Yes, I agree that any poll is worthless this far out, but it’s significant that Obama can’t even crack fifty percent. I think any of those three could beat Obama by a comfortable margin as it is now.

[Retired Greyhound]

If Obama can’t get to 50%, he’s doomed.

The fact that any GOP contender is polling this close is very telling.

Most people have no idea who Rick Perry is. The GOP doesn’t even have a nominee yet, and they are still polling close to Barry.

[presently no screen name]

It’s propaganda these polls. We see/hear what others think and we are to believe BO is beating out every candidate? The VERY worst president ever - LOL! It’s the same media that gave him to us.

[Blackandproud]

Yes, it was a pathetically stupid move. Why hand Obama an issue that will erode the GOP strength with older voters? Even if it is not an issue in the primary, it will be the issue if Perry wins the nomination. It very well could cost him an the election and be the proverbial snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

[RitaOK]

>>> “ Poll must have ties to the Romney camp. “ <<<<

No, I don’t think so. If Ras says my candidate is down, then he is DOWN. However, it’s Rick or Romney and the forces on both sides of the aisle and the media all want Romney. Will this be easy for Rick as his campaign moves up the eastern seaboard into Romney country? No, mam. This will be a tight race to the nomination and a blood bath tight one in the general election.

[grumpygresh]

Bush 1 polled better vs Carter than Reagan vs Carter in 1980. Romney can attract Dems, because he is one. The battle comes down to base erosion with Romney vs losing the ignorant middle with Perry. This poll cannot adequately take these important factors into consideration. Some likely voters are more likely than others.

[smoothsailing]

Obama is in the low to mid 40’s against the Republican frontrunners, not a good place to be if you’re the incumbent. It looks like a reflection of his approval ratings.

[Big E]

The only “polls” I pay attention to are elections. There were two special election “polls” Tuesday night which say Obama is in big trouble, no matter who he faces.

[b4its2late]

They want Romney in there and will jerry rig the polls to get him there.

[atc23]

Rasmussen polling the White House staff again.

Carter led Reagan by a substantial margin until the day before the election.

'Nuff said

[ExTxMarine]

As much as I can’t stand Romney - he is our best bet by far.

It is absolutely INSANE to choose a candidate based on polls this far out from an election when one side doesn’t even have a chosen nominee.

Exactly, because most people are going to vote for whomever the Republican's nominate! A CLEAR majority of ALL of those who are willing to vote for Cain, Bachmann, etc... are going to do what is right for America and vote for the Republican nominee!

SO - let's nominate the VERY BEST person for the job! RUN, Sarah, RUN!

[cuban leaf]

—It’s dangerous to a national political career to talk about the Social Security issue.—

I’m missing the connection here. Oh, and I disagree with the statement at this particular time in US history. I think the opposite is true.

Bachmann could beat Obama - in 2012. Paul probably could too.

[chris37]

LOLOLOL!

Go ahead, America, re-elect Obama.

[GonzoGOP]

OK New rule. If you poll less than Ron Paul in a GOP primary you have to drop out. As he is always running this would be an accurate and convenient way to weed out the lesser candidates.

[qam1]

There's one constant of Freerepublic, whenever there's a thread about a poll, guaranteed within 5 posts someone will immediately claim it's a fraud and by the time the thread is over there will be 10-20 similar posts.

Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin could conduct the poll it wouldn't matter, if it didn't show something like Sarah Palin winning the election 60% - 40% there would still be Freepers who would post here claiming Rush & Mark are sell outs or they oversampled Black Jewish Lesbians or something similar.

[FreeReign]

This is a textbook case of “How to Lie with Statistics”. Rasmussen is not to be trusted....

We had plenty of Perry supporters trusting Rasmussen last week, lecturing the rest of us that we should trust polls this far out from an election.

[RitaOK]

Rasmussen is bankable and history proves it. However, this is a snapshot as Romney has ramped up his RINO support machine and the media wants him, so it will be WAR for the nomination to go to the more conservative candidate, Perry.

[rockinqsranch]

What this really means is that our side has one “H” of a lot of work to do.