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Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rick Santorum Leads President Obama
rasmussenreports ^ | Saturday, February 04, 2012

Posted on 02/04/2012 9:51:54 AM PST by 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.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newtromney; santorum; santorum4romney
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1 posted on 02/04/2012 9:52:00 AM PST by VU4G10
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To: VU4G10
Novelty is the spice of life.
2 posted on 02/04/2012 9:53:53 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: VU4G10

Well now....


3 posted on 02/04/2012 9:53:53 AM PST by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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To: VU4G10

Because no one is paying any attention to him.


4 posted on 02/04/2012 9:53:53 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: VU4G10

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.


5 posted on 02/04/2012 9:56:04 AM PST by PowerPro (Renew - Revive - Restore * Gingrich/Palin 2012 *)
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To: VU4G10

He hasn’t been attacked yet.


6 posted on 02/04/2012 9:56:21 AM PST by cmj328
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To: VanDeKoik

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.


7 posted on 02/04/2012 9:58:39 AM PST by max americana (Buttcrack Obama is an idiot)
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To: VanDeKoik
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.

8 posted on 02/04/2012 9:59:03 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: PowerPro

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...


9 posted on 02/04/2012 9:59:45 AM PST by true believer forever (First, they came for the rich.)
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To: VU4G10

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


10 posted on 02/04/2012 10:00:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: All

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


11 posted on 02/04/2012 10:01:33 AM PST by icwhatudo
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To: true believer forever

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

LOLOL


12 posted on 02/04/2012 10:02:00 AM PST by Salamander (If I'm too rough, tell me.....I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.)
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To: max americana

That situation is known as a “beard”.


13 posted on 02/04/2012 10:02:12 AM PST by Rca2000 ( The Obama regime.....and all that goes with it .."All part of the "big plan"......)
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To: true believer forever
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.
14 posted on 02/04/2012 10:07:02 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: true believer forever

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.


15 posted on 02/04/2012 10:13:04 AM PST by oneday
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To: oneday
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.

16 posted on 02/04/2012 10:19:18 AM PST by sand88 (Nothing on this Earth would get me to vote for Mitt.)
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To: oneday
Actually, I need to ask God, since Sanctimonium said God called him to do this... p>

Newt jesus forgiveness

Newt bootsDuring 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. 

forgivenNewt lastword


17 posted on 02/04/2012 10:19:18 AM PST by true believer forever (First, they came for the rich.)
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To: VU4G10

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.


18 posted on 02/04/2012 10:19:42 AM PST by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else (Maybe Tim Thomas))
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To: VU4G10

Let’s face it. Anyone can beat Obama.

I would venture that Ron Paul would beat Obama.


19 posted on 02/04/2012 10:20:32 AM PST by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: VU4G10

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.


20 posted on 02/04/2012 10:27:15 AM PST by AnTiw1 (I lived through a mormon hell, I will not live in a country with a mormon president.)
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