It really is just that simple, folks.
Posted on 08/26/2011 11:16:27 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
………..There have been a slew of polls showing Gov. Rick Perry of Texas surging to double-digit national leads. He leads across demographic groups — among educated Republicans and less-educated ones, among upscale and downscale. Most impressive, he’s winning over the Republican activists who pay the closest attention and wield disproportionate influence with primary voters.
A poll by the conservative political Web sites, The Daily Caller/ConservativeHome, surveys these activists. When asked this week which candidate was most electable, 46 percent named Perry, while only 20 percent named Romney. When asked who would do the best job on the economy, 27 percent said Perry and 14 percent said Romney. When asked who would do the best job controlling Washington spending, 20 percent chose Perry, 17 percent said Representative Paul Ryan (who isn’t running) and only 8 percent chose Romney.
……..Nationally, the events of 2009 and 2010 moved voters to the right. In 2008, Democrats had a 12-point party identification advantage among families earning between $30,000 and $75,000. That advantage is gone, according to a July Pew Research poll. In 2008, Democrats had a 7 percent advantage among white voters under 30. The Republicans now have an 11-point advantage with those young voters, according to the poll.
Within the Republican Party, the rightward shift has been even more vehement. In 2008, roughly 63 percent of primary voters called themselves conservative, according to Public Policy Polling. Now it’s roughly 73 percent. The number of moderate Republicans has withered. The events of 2009 and 2010 also concentrated the Republican mind. It used to be that there were many themes in the Republican hymnal. Now there is only one: Government is too big, and it needs to be brought under control……
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Palin can. Perry cannot.
All the pollsters have an agenda, ALL the pollsters! They are ALL either MSM or Rep Est. If you can not see that then there is nothing I can say to you.
If Sarah gets in she wins the nomination, I really doubt that she will lead in many polls, but will win, that will prove my point.
Sarah will win the Iowa Caucuses, but she will not lead any/many polls. You will not see her leading in the Des M Register.
No way she wins the nomination. I’ll give anyone 5 to 1 odds on it.
I’ll take those odds too. Never lost a bet on a presidential race since Reagan won his first term. Say $20 to FR if I lose, $100 if you lose?
Have my bet money standing by, and will be putting on my bet at the bookies on the 1st November, once I see the full Conservative field.
It’s delusional if you think that 6 or 7 different polling agencies, all with different agendas, are all stacking polls against Palin. The FACT is, people know her, and don’t like her. Is it fair? No. But its still the truth.
On what delusions do you base this?
And since you believe them when they say the ineluctable Palin is unelectable, you have to believe them when they say CFR-Rick is mean. He's a bully.
Can't have a mean President.
I wasn’t being a smartass. I accidentally posted too many times.
I do not believe in the “science” of partisan polling...However if you want to go by partisan manufactured polling data, go to RCP ...Palin is in third spot, leaving Bachmann in the dust.
Fox and Rasmussen are the worst perhaps, CNN may actually be the farest one...yes I actually said CNN, but make no mistake I do not trust any of them, they treated GW Bush the same way, and he won a 2nd term regardless.
Yes they have a hatred/fear of Gov Palin,ALL of them
Do I win automatically if she doesn't enter the race?
If you could actually post this, I am forced to disregard any possibillity that anything you ever have posted or ever might post on this or any other forum could be competent.
LOL! Except two terms as Vice President under Eisenhower, including six weeks as acting President while Eisenhower was recovering from a heart attack, presiding over Cabinet meetings, major work on the Civil Rights Act's passage, and embarking on countless foreign trips in Eisenhower's stead including a couple to the Soviet Union.
Yeah, no executive experience there.
Do I win automatically if she doesn’t enter the race?
Only just saw your reply - it is good to see a true sportsman!
I’d say if she doesn’t enter it is a null bet, but am amenable to your suggestion.
I would say respectfully he was doing the work of his boss....of course I am aware he was Veep. My point was he did more “legislative” in scope. I also noted at the top my brush was broad.
Nixon’s problems, insofar as the ones he brought on himself, were due to his willingness to work with liberals. See: wage controls, EPA. He did not soar as an executive, but as a crafter of legislation and diplomat.
Thanks for the pic of RINO Cowboy :)
SARAH PALIN OR BUST!
I am in on same conditions
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