Posted on 05/31/2012 6:18:14 AM PDT by sunmars
Mitt Romney has inched ahead of President Obama in Ohio, taking the lead in the key battleground state after the president has led there for several months.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Ohio Voters shows Romney with 46% support to Obamas 44%. Six percent (6%) like some other candidate, and five percent (5%) remain undecided.
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Romney has an opportunity to go down in history.
He frequently says "We're going to turn things around and surprise the world."
I think he means it, and that it is possible. I think the pessimists are wrong.
If we cut regulations, reform the tax code, cut spending, reform entitlements, develop American energy resources, stop subsidizing leftist ideology, close the borders, ignore global warming hysteria, and cut the handouts then this country will come roaring back.
We don't even need to make huge changes, sudden changes, or perfectly conceived changes. We just need a President that clearly states that all of these changes must come, convincingly vows that they will come, and just gets started on all of them.
The American people are far under-performing our potential right now. It is our government that is in the way. Get the government out of the way and we will immediately go back to kicking ass and partying like rock stars, just as God intends.
I agree. Someone has to tell America the whole truth about Social Security and Medicare.
They are indeed!
Woo hoo!
If we cut regulations, reform the tax code, cut spending, reform entitlements, develop American energy resources, stop subsidizing leftist ideology, close the borders, ignore global warming hysteria, and cut the handouts then this country will come roaring back.
We don’t even need to make huge changes, sudden changes, or perfectly conceived changes. We just need a President that clearly states that all of these changes must come, convincingly vows that they will come, and just gets started on all of them.
The American people are far under-performing our potential right now. It is our government that is in the way.”
Right on. Spoken like a true Reagan conservative! The American people are truly great and all we need is to have a President do exactly the things you mentioned, and we the people will take care of everything else!!!
Good grief, you people are delusional.
You really think the GOP is going to suddenly ditch Romney, who's leading in the polls, and replace him with someone who isn't even running for president and who nobody outside of his congressional district has ever even heard of?
Like I said, delusional. Get a grip.
Would you nullify the votes in the Primary? I don’t think so..
Compared to Obama, the Clintons are Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
Well, maybe not that far, but Obama is certainly on a whole other level from any other president. Including Jimmy Carter.
Thank you.
And just like the great Ronaldus Magnus would, I intend to campaign and vote, joyously and confidently, for the GOP nominee.
Rep. Allen West, R. Fla., ( Ret. US Army, Lt. Col.), vs Obama, or Moderate Mitt from Mass. vs Obama: which of the two options has a better chance of beating Obama?
As to the massive advantage that Romney has built up from the Primary Campaign, it now amounts to a coin-flip against Obama.
Romney himself said that he “would be satisfied with getting 50.1 % of the vote in November.” ( What a warrior!)
The Primary was just a test run and Romney came up short. If the RNC wants to beat Obama they have lots of Dark Horses, such as Allen West, who will do much better than Romney, the grandfather of Obama”care.”
If Allen West is the Republican Nominee, he beats Obama in a LANDSLIDE!
If Allen West is Romney’s Veep, Romney wins 60-40 against Obama.
If the Dems DUMP pothead Obama, all bets are off, as American voters in “both” political parties LOVE their Entitlements.
The model begins with the final results of the 2008 election, and updates those results with current Rasmussen state polls as they are published.
Final 2008 Electoral College results were Obama 365, McCain 173. My model begins with Obama 364, McCain 174, due to not handling the few split-win states.
Furthermore, 2010 apportionment favored Republicans, leaving us with a starting point of Obama 358, Romney 180.
Below are the states that are still in the polling margin of error. The first number is the change in GOP result from the last poll, and the second number is the separation from Obama's result.
Watch List:
It's important to note that not enough new polls have been taken yet. These results are a baseline to show future gains.
Using the most recent Rasmussen polls, the results of 32,000 simulated elections are listed in the table below. The definitions of the columns are:
Using the most recent Rasmussen polls, the results of 32,000 simulated elections are listed in the table below. The definitions of the columns are:
Week | GOP Electoral College P10 |
GOP Electoral College EV |
GOP Electoral College P 90 |
Probability of 270 |
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2008 Election | 180 | 180 | 180 | 0.00% |
11-May-12 | 193 | 220.73 | 248 | 0.16% |
18-May-12 | 197 | 225.09 | 248 | 0.23% |
25-May-12 | 206 | 232.72 | 256 | 1.21% |
02-Jun-12 | 216 | 242.46 | 266 | 4.43% |
And in the Senate...
This is the latest run of my Rasmussen state-by-state Senate model.
The model begins with the final results of the last Class 1 election, and I will update those results with current Rasmussen state polls as they are published.
Final 2010 Senate results were Republicans taking 47 seats, and Democrats caucusing 53 seats. My model begins with here.
Below is the latest round of state polls. The first number is the change in GOP result from the last poll (or seat election if no prior poll), and the second number is the separation from the Democrat candidate's result.
Watch List:
It's important to note that not enough new polls have been taken yet. These results are a baseline to show future gains.
Using the most recent Rasmussen polls, the results of 32,000 simulated elections are listed in the table below. The definitions of the columns are:
Week | GOP Senate Seats P10 |
GOP Senate Seats EV |
GOP Senate Seats P90 |
Probability of 51 |
GOP Gain |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 Election | 47 | 47 | 47 | 0.00% | 0 |
11-May-12 | 50 | 51.24 | 52 | 77.01% | 4 |
18-May-12 | 50 | 51.24 | 52 | 77.01% | 4 |
25-May-12 | 49 | 50.75 | 52 | 58.53% | 3 |
02-Jun-12 | 49 | 50.63 | 52 | 54.34% | 3 |
-PJ
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My humble, but usually correct, opinion.
Well, since you have already pronounced America dead, do you mind if all us fool try to fight back and save what we can of what we received from the founding fathers? While I am deeply concerned I do not believe that our nation is finished. If Obama gets reelected it just may however! So many of us believe that our nation began providentially so we also must not discount the hand of divine providence.
Your humility is so refreshing.
;o)
Thanks.
I see the RINOs marching us down the same well-worn path that McCain took, with the same results.
Yes, it is possible for Romney to win, but at this late date in May Romney is only a coin-flip away from losing in November to Obama, (yeah, THAT pothead, incompetent, arrogant, irresponsible, Marxist Obama).
Romney is clueless as to who he is opposing, and campaigns as if he was trying to win his 6 th Grade Class Presidency at his Prep School. He has NO fire in his belly, cannot utter an inspiring word, or memorable slogan, and keeps on blathering about how “I know how the Economy works.”
Obama could not ask for a more beatable opponent!
To better the odds, Romney MUST choose, or be assigned, a Veep that stands head and shoulders above Romney. McCain did just that by choosing Palin, and Romney should do that with West.
The first 4 years of Obama is what I call “Obamanation.”
The next 4 years of Obama is what I predict (IMHBUCO) will be called “Obamarule.” We barely will have the “right” to breathe.
If Romney is probably going to lose to the worst Occupant of the White House EVER, then let us insist that the RNC choose a Nominee who can soundly beat Obama.
Sen. Jim DeMint, Rep. Allen West and many others could easily defeat Obama in a HUGE Landslide, IMHBUCO, of course.
That all sounds good but, unfortunately it runs aground when you consider no body knows who he is. Could he carry the state of Ohio? Not likely. It isn’t as if I have a good alternative though.
LLS
They did not run..Romney has the votes..
I would crawl over broken glass to vote to beat Obama..and I will vote accordingly...for the Republican nominee.
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My guys did not win..I will not pout and withold my vote from the nominee in November.
I love America too much to enable one more day of the Obama administration.
Didnt you hear? The more nobel, holy, principled, and sacred thing to do is to enable Obama 4 more years to collapse America so that in 2016 some magical superhero conservative will rise from the ashes and bring us to our former glory!
West may be more popular with the base, but he wouldn’t do any better with black voters. By the time the media and NAACP types got done with him, he’d be the ultimate Uncle Tom.
I doubt he’d do better with so called moderates and independents either, as the media love that helps Obama with those groups would be completely absent for West.
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