Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rick Santorum Leads President Obama

rasmussenreports ^ | Saturday, February 04, 2012

[VU4G10]

In a potential Election 2012 matchup, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is at 45% while President Obama earns 44%. This is the first time in any poll that Santorum has led the president.

[hinckley buzzard]

Novelty is the spice of life.

[vpintheak]

Well now....

[VanDeKoik]

Because no one is paying any attention to him.

[PowerPro]

This might actually mean something if Santorum had endured a hundredth of the scrutiny and mudslinging thrown at Gingrich.

He’d never withstand it. Just look how he responded when Newt suggested he leave the race to help consolidate the Conservative vote. He went apoplectic and returned to the petulant figure I’ve watched throughout this process.

[cmj328]

He hasn’t been attacked yet.

[max americana]

Santorum reminds me of my bartender days in college when 2 guys were having a commotion and while the bouncer was doing his job, 1 or 2 guys slip through the door. Newt and Mitt made the bouncer take his eyes off the ball, and Rick slipped thru.

[Prokopton]

Because no one is paying any attention to him.

Unlike Gingrich. The more people pay attention to him the more they dislike him and the further he falls behind Obama in the polls.

[true believer forever]

Exactly. Trump said one of the reasons he supported Willard Your Worst Nightmare was because he was afraid the dems would make the election about Newt, instead of barack’s failures. The dems are going to make the election about the republican nominee, whoever it is, and it won’t matter if it’s true, exaggerated our an outright lie, it will be about the ugliness of the republican candidate. the thing about Newt, he has shown he can fight his way through that. Sanctimonium will have a hissy fit and wet his pants...

[NormsRevenge]

but but .. O is on a roll.. how could this be *-?

[icwhatudo]

Just curious, anyone have a link to a poll showing Newt leading Obama before Newt was the subject of the attention? Thanks in advance.

[Salamander]

“Sanctimonium will have a hissy fit and wet his pants.”

LOLOL

[Rca2000]

That situation is known as a “beard”.

[Prokopton]

it will be about the ugliness of the republican candidate. the thing about Newt, they won't have to make it up because he has an incredibly ugly past.

[oneday]

Not sure what you’re talking about. Character matters — and Rick’s the ONLY candidate w/the values AND positions that true constitutional conservatives can support.

Just ask Mark Levin.

[sand88]

and Rick’s the ONLY candidate w/the values AND positions that true constitutional conservatives can support.

The most important element needed is Charisma. Rick Santorum has ZERO charisma and will NEVER be President.

Rick with his sweater vest is actually pathetic.

[true believer forever]

Actually, I need to ask God, since Sanctimonium said God called him to do this... p>

During a recent debate, an ABC News commentator passed a bag of stones to Republicans on stage. Every candidate, except for one,  grabbed a handful of rocks, to throw at the man they considered the sinner amongst them.  In a scene right out of, well, the Bible, Republican candidates - again and again - pelted the sinner, a great sinner, to be sure, with stones; all the while, reassuring the audience: they, the upstanding candidates, were nothing like the sinner.  Each of them, they made it clear, were more fit to the hold the office. Their sins were small, not the large sort the sinner was guilty of;  humans of quality, they.

In another scene, right out of, well, the Bible, Jesus once spoke to those with great confidence in their own goodness: "Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a dishonest tax collector. The proud Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: `I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else, especially like that tax collector over there! For I never cheat, I don't sin, I don't commit adultery, I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.'

But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, `O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.' I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God."

This sinner.  Old as the Message is, it is so new and wonderful, if rightly presented, as to awaken astonishment in the weary, imperfect hearts who hear.  When babes in Christ give themselves to the Lord - justified through the Redeemer's sacrifice, brought into the family of God, begotten of the Holy Spirit - it means a great change for these. It means a Miracle.  Old things pass away; all things become new.

Only Now, just like Then – whited walls, the outside-of-the-cup crowd,  invested in the appearance of good conduct and their "core" principles,  make the Precious Savior, Bringer of Peace,  Lifter of Burdens, unapproachable, uninviting, intimidating, to sinners seeking forgiveness, desperate for a second chance.  The Rick Perrys, the Michelle Bachmanns, the Ron Pauls, the Rick Santorums and Mitt Romneys of today's world, their banners of spiritual pride waving high, keep multitudes of  sinners standing afar off, sure they are unworthy to approach the only One who can make them new.

On that stage, that night, there was not one word - not one word - from the political Christians about the miraculous saving work of Christ Jesus, sufficient to change, to make all things new, to transform the worst sinner, even Newt, into a new creature. 

America is full of sinners, who love their country, many of whom would die for it, and according to the purity test of  the republicans on stage that night, they probably couldn’t run for dog catcher.  Steve Deace sees things a little differently: sometimes the greatest sinners, "the most broken people are the ones God does the most tremendous work through." 

No one has walked a mile in Newt's shoes, except for Newt.  No one on that stage knows the crowded corners of Newt's heart.  There is only one thing every believer truly knows about Newt... he is forgiven. 

forgiven

[nhwingut]

And remember. Any head to head against Obama is skewed to help Obama.

While all Dems are behind Obama, the GOP vote is fractured, i.e. some Romney and/or Gingrich supporters will say they will vote for Obama, and vice versa to muck up support for GOP opponent.

When the nominee is selected, he will roll. Whether it is Sanotrum or not.

[A'elian' nation]

Let’s face it. Anyone can beat Obama.

I would venture that Ron Paul would beat Obama.

[AnTiw1]

Santorum thinks he should have the ball but he’s too little to get into the game, and too proud to cheerlead. We’re playing for the championship and a midget is throwing ice at the quarterback.