Posted on 03/18/2012 5:02:24 AM PDT by NYer
The so-called ‘core four’ states are NC, FL, OH, and VA, and Santorum is leading Obama in each of those states, where as Romney is not:
RASMUSSEN – President Obama now trails former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum by four points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup in combined polling of key swing states Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. The president continues to hold a modest lead in those states.
Santorum leads the president 48% to 44% in the so-called Core Four states. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate in this matchup, and two percent (2%) are undecided. This marks a shift from last week, when the president was slightly ahead of Santorum.
Obama remains ahead of Romney 46% to 42%, showing no change from last week. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate in this matchup, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia was conducted on March 10-15, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
I'm just telling what's out there. That's the reason Obama's headed in there (NC) every other day. That's why the convention is there. They won it in '08 but they're having problems now. And furthermore, the theory goes that this election is going to turn on 45,000 people in the Raleigh-Durham what is called The Triangle Area. These 45,000 people are upper middle-class families that make $75,000 a year, and they are apolitical. They are not committed Democrats or Republicans. But the way they line up is how this election is going to turn out.
I personally don’t think the GOP intends to win the white house. Things are too much of a mess and they don’t want to catch hell for doing what needs to be done.
Plus, the desperation created by a second Obama term would allow them to give us a candidate that makes Romney look like Reagan.
It’s time for Mutt to step aside so the real conservatives can do the job.
You have got to be kidding me! WELL, MAKE MY DAY!!! I’m so happy I’m about to wet my pants.
Do you really think this nation could survive four more years of Obama?
I wonder if the gas prices have anything to do with this poll? I’d pay $6.00 a gallon from now until Nov. 6th if it would get Obama out of the White House.
the theory goes that this election is going to turn on 45,000 people in the Raleigh-Durham....Area.
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That’s a little scary for me. I’ll stick with the Conventional Wisdom that whoever wins 2 of these 3 States: Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, wins the White House. Oh, by the way, Santorum is from PA and Rubio is from FL...... just sayin;
No. Republicans must win, if only for one reason. Stop Obamacare. If it isn’t stopped now, it never will be.
It doesn’t matter what you or I think. Romney won’t win.
I’ve had similar concerns. I sometimes feel a lot of the Beltway types in the GOP think it’s better to bide their time and take back the White House in 2016. They figure Obama in 2012 will be tough to beat, so why not wait? In 2016 Obama will be done, and Biden isn’t likely to be a viable candidate, leaving the door wide open for the GOP.
Now, I don’t feel that’s a sound strategy at *all* for those of us who’ll bear the brunt of Obama’s policies the next four years. For the pro political types who will prosper regardless of who is at the helm, however, it’s probably appealing.
Personally I think the ideal ticket for winning is a Santorum/Gingrich ticket. Between them they hold fewer than 100 less delegates than Romney and could easily overtake him.
I’m not a fan of Gingrich BUT, the things I dislike about him make him an ideal VP choice. He’s a string enough personality that he will have a definite effect in a Santorum administration. They’re the perfect good cop/bad cop team. Santorum can apply diplomacy with a smile while Gingrich applies the whip in congress.
I would like to see Bolton as secretary of state. Depending on how Michele Bachmann does in her house race, she would be good in some sort of fiscal role.
Think about the kind of cars a lot of folks drive, not exactly “gas sippers.” Every time they make a pit stop they are reminded of who is doing this to them. Might even convince some of the “non-bitter clingers” to change their votes. We can pray that such happens, anyway. :))
Thomas Sowell’s most recent column points out that there’s no benefit to comparing Obama to any potential Republican candidate now. When it’s time for the only poll that counts, in November, we want the candidate who will be most different from the incumbent.
yes, i would also, but be careful as RATS will say GOP is keeping prices high to win election.
I got to hand it to them, they are devious, far beyond anything I could ever think of. For example, there is a person i work with, she can think of the most horrible things to do and say, far beyond anything i could ever imagine.
1. The individual proprietor of the gas station.
2. The oil company whose name is on the station.
3. Dick Cheney
That President who won't allow oil drilling in the US, won't allow oil refining, won't allow us to buy oil from Canada? What does he have to do with it?
Polls reflecting November’s outcome are basically irrelevant until there’s a GOP nominee, IMHO :-)
Personally I think the ideal ticket for winning is a Santorum/Gingrich ticket.
The sooner they come together and announce it the better.
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