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Rasmussen Poll-Election 2012: Obama 49%, Gingrich 39%
Rasmussen Reports ^ | 12-14-2011 | Rasmussen

Posted on 12/14/2011 7:33:53 PM PST by willk

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich now trails President Obama by double digits, his second straight weekly decline since becoming the GOP frontrunner. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters finds Obama earning 49% of the vote, while Gingrich receives 39% support.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012polls; gingrich; newt; rasmussen
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To: varina davis
I've been watching. The man self destructed early and often. He's stuck at 10% of the primary vote, and it's unlikely he'll get any more.

Sorry, he's not the only "conservative" in the race, and he's polling badly because he has severe weaknesses.

101 posted on 12/14/2011 8:33:40 PM PST by Lakeshark
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To: BobL

While driving today, I saw a “Reagan/Bush 84” sticker on a fairly new jeep (08-11). Funny how they held on it so long. Made me wish for better days. Won’t see a candidate like him for a LONG time, if ever.


102 posted on 12/14/2011 8:34:59 PM PST by VicVega (LSU is without a doubt the #1 team in the nation. GEAUX TIGERS, Geaux Saints)
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

Well, since the only reason people were settling for Gingrich was the polls said he could beat Obama, it’s probably a good thing to see that polls are unreliable.


103 posted on 12/14/2011 8:35:17 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

I’m not trying to be a pill. I talk to a lot of people who are apoltical. And always they mention Ron Paul and huntsman as to who they like.


104 posted on 12/14/2011 8:35:23 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: garjog

Great photoshop! I know that Churchill wasn’t all that popular among his people either. Tough, blunt but the guy you wanted in the foxhole with you in battle! I think Newt, for all his imperfections is a patriot and the best to win back our country.


105 posted on 12/14/2011 8:35:51 PM PST by untwist
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

If Perry is not the nominee, I will vote for any nominee unless it is Newt or Romney.

I will NOT vote for Newt or Romney under any circumstances whatsoever.


106 posted on 12/14/2011 8:38:47 PM PST by TexMom7
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To: Lakeshark

We’ll see. I’ve been saying for a long time that when the current dog and pony shows are over and the so-called front runners are sorted out, Perry’s poll numbers will climb exponentially.

I’m very happy the LSM has kept him under the radar and concentrated on Mitt, Newt, Cain and Paul. When their slug fest is over, Perry will prevail.


107 posted on 12/14/2011 8:39:23 PM PST by varina davis (We grow too soon old and too late smart -- Pennsylvania Dutch adage)
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To: untwist

McCain was the guy we settled for in 2008 because he could beat Romney in the primary.

Newt is the guy people want us to settle for in 2012 because he can beat Romney in the primary.

Newt will be McCain, the sequel.


108 posted on 12/14/2011 8:40:17 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Revolting cat!

You are right. I can deal with critics who want to expound on the positives of their choices. Their attacks are based a lot on negatives that are secondary or inconsequential to this very heavy decision we face. I respect Perry and Santorum. When I weigh their positives next to Newt’s relative to winning the upcoming war of the general election and leading afterward, my opinion is that Newt’s positives far outweigh the others’. Could I support the other guys if they were to win? Absolutely. I am however planning to vote for Newt in the Florida primary.


109 posted on 12/14/2011 8:41:13 PM PST by untwist
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To: GlockThe Vote
"I have one goal, beat Obama! Newt is not the guy."

Glock, I do too.

And as much as I may agree, I really don't want to write anything negative about Newts.

Just not worth getting the gingbats all riled up.

It's late and they need their sleep.

Plenty of more polls to laugh and cry about in the next 12 months.

110 posted on 12/14/2011 8:41:21 PM PST by VicVega (LSU is without a doubt the #1 team in the nation. GEAUX TIGERS, Geaux Saints)
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To: Domestic Church

This one would too.


111 posted on 12/14/2011 8:41:51 PM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: GlockThe Vote
"And always they mention Ron Paul and huntsman as to who they like."

I like to think I go out of my way not to discard any of our candidates this early.

But I don't get Huntsman. He's gives the impression of being a Romney lite which is bad enough but the only mention of him seems to be on MSDNC which of course has the Republicans best interests in mind. /sarc.

112 posted on 12/14/2011 8:42:19 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik (In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
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To: varina davis
Yep, we'll see.

You do know that when Perry started he was the front runner for about a month, yes?

The LSM had nothing to do with his decline, they didn't have to do anything since the man completely made a fool of himself for a couple of months.

I seriously doubt he can recover. Too many of us remember how incoherent he was and how he stubbornly insulted the conservative base.

113 posted on 12/14/2011 8:43:55 PM PST by Lakeshark
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To: untwist
Who passed the Contract With America, produced balanced budgets 4 years

The budget was never really balanced. Our total debt has increased every single year since 1969.

114 posted on 12/14/2011 8:45:12 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: TBBT
Here's an example question from an actual poll:

If the 2012 presidential election were being held today and the candidates were Barack Obama, the Democrat, and [INSERT CANDIDATE BELOW AND ROTATE LIST], the Republican, for whom would you vote? (ASK ALL ‘UNSURE/DK/OTHER’: Would you lean toward Obama or toward [CANDIDATE]?

Let's say you're all hot to trot for candidate X. So when they fill in that question with candidate X's name - you're going to say you would would vote for X. Now, you don't like candidate Y because he/she is in competition with X (an might beat X). So how are you going to answer that question when they fill it in with Y's name? If you want to do damage to Y, you'll say that you favor Obama.

So... Better to wait until the general when there are only two options going head to head in the poll.
115 posted on 12/14/2011 8:45:12 PM PST by TBBT
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To: untwist

Amen and btw as a woman I don’t really care what Newt and his wives did.I’m looking for a President not a husband....


116 posted on 12/14/2011 8:45:29 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Just sucks that we haven't had a better choice of candidates.
Everyone knew McCain was a disaster. He still is.
We have all been bent!
117 posted on 12/14/2011 8:46:09 PM PST by VicVega (LSU is without a doubt the #1 team in the nation. GEAUX TIGERS, Geaux Saints)
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To: willk

What about coattails, guys? It might be worth taking a chance on the obviously more conservative candidate in order to turn out more conservatives to the polls for the down-ticket elections. Who is Romney going to bring to the polls? We’ll attract a lot of squishy liberals and moderates who might vote for Romney because they’re disappointed with Obama, but then vote in their old liberal congressmen and senators. We’re better off with Obama and a very conservative Congress than a RINO and a liberal Congress who has a history of caving into a liberal legislature.

Not to mention, Newt DID usher in the 1994 revolution. How can we not think he might again have the ability to usher in another changeover in the Senate that we desperately need to overturn Obamacare?

There’s no question in my mind that we need to double-down and go with Newt to maximize potential conservative turn-out for the down-ticket elections. Don’t try to tell me Newt is a RINO, there is going to be a huge and obvious difference between Newt and Obama.


118 posted on 12/14/2011 8:46:18 PM PST by JediJones (Professor of Palintology)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Since this thread was triggered by a poll, have you seen Obama’s polls on the handling of the economy? Have you seen Obama’s polls relative to taxes or spending? You want to compare these polls, based on 3 years of actual experience, to his polls in ‘08 based on Hopey / Changey?

You want to take that data plus the support base Newt is gaining with the Tea Party conservatives over the last month and tell me that he is McCain the sequel? My opinion differs from yours.


119 posted on 12/14/2011 8:46:24 PM PST by untwist
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To: untwist

Most don’t like Newt for a number of reasons but he has won the debates by a mile. He is winning on substance not style.

Pray for America


120 posted on 12/14/2011 8:46:54 PM PST by bray (Hope and Change to Hate and Anger)
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