Posted on 12/12/2011 12:29:01 PM PST by TBBT
Voters are evenly divided over whether Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney would provide President Barack Obama with the strongest GOP challenge next November, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
But twice as many Republican voters feel that the former House speaker would have a better chance of beating Obama in the race for the White House.
The national survey of 1,000 voters of all political persuasions gave Gingrich a mathematically negligible lead over Romney of 30 percent to 29 percent. None of the other GOP candidates polled in double figures.
But when only likely Republican primary voters were asked the same question, 49 percent said they preferred Gingrich, with just 24 percent giving the nod to Romney.
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Also interesting... Weekend polling.
They told us McCain was best to beat Obama as well.
Faux News will have to drop Scott Rasmussen from the guest list. His polls don’t compute with their Romney polls.
RLY? I don’t remember that.
The truth is Gingrich, Romney and Obama are all three “PROGRESSIVES”
Its a shell game.. which one is the pea under..
The sheep being entertained with a gamble..
ONLY Bachmann, Santorum and Paul are constitutionalists..
And Paul is a Draconian constitutionalist.. like a Ferengi(startrek)..
“They told us McCain was best to beat Obama as well.”
As if we had another candidate that could have beaten that jug eared lying bastrd. He was in from the minute Bill pulled the Clintons out.
Was that between Romney, Huckabee and McCain?
If so, Romney ain’t never gonna win. Not then, not now. Don’t know about Huckabee (he was far from an all around conservative choice). McCain wasn’t a conservative favorite either, just happened to be the last man standing. Would have lost all 57 states had it not been for the Hail Mary pass, Sarah Palin.
Polls don’t move much until the candidates debate. Look how Gingrich has risen for no other reason (certainly not money).
When Newt debates Obama, the polls will shift 15 points in Newt’s direction. Bet on it.
[The truth is Gingrich, Romney and Obama are all three “PROGRESSIVES”]
The “truth” is, you don’t know for certain what the truth is. But you will quickly inform us of it anyway.
A: The poll is almost completely meaningless at this point before the General Election, and,
B: It only measures Republican support against Obama, which too is meaningless.
Get back to me with a national poll of likely voters showing a specific Republican candidate beating Obama by double digit numbers.
***Faux News will have to drop Scott Rasmussen from the guest list. His polls don’t compute with their Romney polls.***
OMG Watching Fox is akin to being in the Romney campaign HQ - Gregg Jarrett (with his face in a painful grimace), ‘how does Mitt get back on message?’ and ‘do you think Gingrich can be hurt by his marital baggage?’ and ‘many polls show Mitt did very well with that issue’ and ‘how can Mitt benefit from blah, blah, blah?’
With friends like Fox - Romney doesn’t need paid media advertising.
The only Balanced Budget in our lifetime - FOUR YEARS straight,
The only entitlement reform in our lifetime,
The first Conservative majority in four decades,
The only GOP candidate -since Reagan- to actually have a brain and who actually has the ability speak clearly on issues,
I think I’ll take my chances with Newt !
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Election 2008 shows Republican frontrunner Senator John McCain with single-digit leads over Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. McCain now leads Clinton 48% to 40%. He leads Barack Obama 47% to 41%. — January 30, 2008
This is about the same time period, due to voting date differences. (Actually - need one from a bit earlier in the month as Iowa had voted for Huckabee at this point.)
I also don’t picture Mitt or Newt picking a running mate more conservative than they are as that might point out their own lack of clothes.
The only Balanced Budget in our lifetime - FOUR YEARS straight,
The only entitlement reform in our lifetime,
The first Conservative majority in four decades,
The only GOP candidate -since Reagan- to actually have a brain and who actually has the ability speak clearly on issues,
I think I’ll take my chances with Newt !
You get most of your political views from glenn beck and it shows.
Beck has become a nasty, sanctimonious, preachy guy, that is taking himself way too seriously.
There was a time when beck had the ability to convey serious ideas without whining and preaching, but now he is suffering from the same complex that obama has, and neither have any reason to believe that they are the one.
“I think I’ll take my chances with Newt !”
I am with you. Newt has what it takes to bypass the media to get his message out.
He has evolved, it seems, into an ultimate Washington insider, where he has no compunction about schmoozing up with the beasts on the left.
He undoubtedly has some good ideas, and an encyclopedic knowledge of the ins and outs of the federal government as it exists today, but let's face it - he's a technocrat at best, and really shows little, if any, gravitas when it comes to displaying leadership qualities.
I really don't trust him with the reins of the presidency, and can only say he'd be better than Obama in the sense that a 3-day old glass of water is better than no water at all, if you get my meaning...
CA....
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