GALLUP: OBAMA FALLS TO 43%...

Gallup ^ | 21 Jun 2012

[mandaladon]

Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage point

[Vermont Lt]

I was implying that you were looking to kick them somewhere that doesn’t exist.

[hattend]

Yeah, I got that. Still kick them in the groinal area. :-0

[Mountain Mary]

Thank you for your service, hattend. You’re a hero.,

[Mountain Mary]

I’m ABMR and pine for Reagan.

[QualityMan]

LOL

with a margin of error of + 10/-0

[SamAdams76]

With regard to Reagan, at this point in 1980, not only were we not sure that he was going to beat Carter in the fall, but we had no idea what a great president he would turn out to be. No doubt, Reagan had his base of fanatic supporters but a good number of Republicans were openly regretting that we did not select somebody "more reliable" such as a George Bush or Howard Baker (I'm not kidding). At the time, Reagan was perceived as being too old to appeal to the electorate and was seen as a loose cannon who might blunder badly during the general election campaign.

George HW Bush was pretty much forced on to the Reagan ticket to alleviate some of those concerns. (I still say the biggest mistake that Reagan ever made was to accept Bush as his running mate. It was a decision that has adversely affected the conservative movement for the past 30 years.)

But getting back to Reagan, he was not projected for greatness when he was on the campaign trail in 1980. Republicans were basically hoping that he could pull out a victory in November, lest we be saddled with another four years of Jimmy Carter.

Reagan would go on to surprise us all but remember that it wasn't really until around the end of 1982 that the "Reagan Revolution" launched our economy on a rocket ride that would carry us higher and higher for the next two decades. And it would take nearly a decade for the Soviet Union to crumble, but crumble it did and Reagan's presidency was directly responsible for that as well.

Mitt Romney has similar potential to surprise us. Not saying it will happen but the potential is there. Once he is elected, Romney will have two choices. He can continue in the RINO vein that he showed us in Massachusetts. If that is the case, he'll just be another hapless, ineffective, affable placeholder who will hand the White House back to a Democrat in four years (as the first Bush did).

OR...he can reinvent himself and govern as a strong conservative. In other words, be more like he was at Bain Capital and less what he was like as Massachusetts governor.

Let's put it this way. If we increase our hold on the House this November, capture the senate and capture additional governorships by way of a massive GOP landslide, than what motive would Mitt Romney have to govern as a RINO?

You are Mitt Romney and you've just won the presidency along with nearly unprecedented power as a result of your party having majorities in both the House and Senate. What would you do? Wouldn't you want to make some history by using your power to effect a conservative revolution not seen since the early days of Reagan? Serious question.

If you look at Mitt Romney's history, he has always been an opportunist. He has a history of adapting himself to the environment he is in. In Massachusetts, he had to show his RINO side just to survive. But survive he did and just so you know, it is no easy task to win a statewide election in Massachusetts as a Republican. But he did it.

I'm just saying - if he gets elected and he has a conservative legislature behind him - prepare to be surprised.

[Ocarterma]

"where’s the bump in the poll from illegals?"

They're all voting Republican this year because of the bad economy. Pus they'll wait for Williard to give them anmesty with congressional approval.

[SamAdams76]

Good point. See my post #86 - I extended on your remarks.

[hattend]

Let's put it this way. If we increase our hold on the House this November, capture the senate and capture additional governorships by way of a massive GOP landslide, than what motive would Mitt Romney have to govern as a RINO?

You are Mitt Romney and you've just won the presidency along with nearly unprecedented power as a result of your party having majorities in both the House and Senate. What would you do? Wouldn't you want to make some history by using your power to effect a conservative revolution not seen since the early days of Reagan?

Yep, perfectly plausible.

[HenpeckedCon]

“Certainly the weight of men and materiel had shifted the advantage to the Anglo/US alliance, and we would have gotten in there and kicked Fritz’s arse at some point, one way or another.”

It also helped that the Germans had already lost over 3 million men killed in action on the Russian front when we invaded Normandy.

[hattend]

Thank you for your service, hattend. You’re a hero.,

Ha! Actually, I'm a meteorologist.

But, thank you! Military Service was my pleasure.

[GOPsterinMA]

SWEET!

[DarthVader]

OSuppositoryHeadula!!

[GaltMeister]

The FedEx delivery driver happened to be there at the time, he voted for Romney.

[Windflier]

If you and the other members of the FR He-Man Mitt Haters Club simply told the truth, I'd leave you all to your demented business.

Hey, I resemble that remark. You want truth? Here's some truth for you:

Mitt Romney’s Dismal Record

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.

* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.

* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.

* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.

"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.

In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."

[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]

Romney's "accomplishments".

1. Implemented/created Gay Marriage in MA

2. Supported and forced Gay Adoption in MA

3. Supported Abortion wholeheartedly

4. Raised taxes/fees over 300% while being Governor of MA

5. Implemented a state-level Cap and Trade system.

6. Supported Man-Made Global Warming

7. Supported the Brady Bill

8. Implemented a state level “Assault” Weapons Ban after the Federal AWB was allowed to expire.

9. Supported TARP

10. Supported Amnesty for Illegal Aliens (Citizenship for those already here)

11. Supported McCain-Kennedy (Amnesty)

12. Implemented a socialized medicine in MA called RomneyCare complete with an Individual Mandate and $50 abortions.

13. Nominated 27 Democrats (out of 36 nominations) for judgeships in MA, many of them extreme left-wingers.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Kenyan’s approval in the parasite and minority communities remains at 113%.

[pistolpackinpapa]

Obama is still 13 points ahead in the Reuters (bunch of crap) National Presidential poll today!
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Good! I love seeing the opposing team have a false sense of security. Carter led Reagan going into the final week of the Campaign and he conceded before the polls even closed in California.

[pistolpackinpapa]

Well, the “Suck up to the Mexicans” strategy has not worked. Polls show that in the Latino Community, the “enthusiasm” for Obama did not change since his announcement last Friday. But, not to worry, they’ve got other schemes up their sleeve. The voter registration drive at the cemeteries is just getting underway. I like what another FReeper said: “My parents voted Republican their entire lives. Then, when they died, they started voting Democrat.”

[pistolpackinpapa]

Hey, I resemble that remark.
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That is so cheesy and so ‘60s.

[Windflier]

That is so cheesy and so ‘60s.

I know ;-)