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wrap it up republitards, you're throwing money away
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/poll-obama-leads-gop-candidates-head-head-contests-151032764.html
President Barack Obama is leading all of the Republican presidential candidates in head-to-head match-ups, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
A national survey taken March 7-11 showed Obama leading Romney by 12 percentage points (54-42) and even further ahead of Santorum with 57 percent of support to Santorum's 29 percent. Those numbers are likely to shift as Republicans rally around a single candidate in the coming months, but as a snapshot, the data suggest a brighter scenario for Obama than in previous polls.
Here are more nuggets from the wide-ranging study:
Obama's approval rating rises to 50 percent
For the first time since shortly after Osama bin Laden was killed, half of all Americans (50 percent) say they approve of Barack Obama's job performance, while just 41 percent disapprove.
Romney's national lead widening among Republican primary voters
Mitt Romney has regained the lead in the support for his party's presidential nomination, as conservative backing for Rick Santorum has declined. Romney currently holds a 33-24 lead over Santorum among registered Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters, with 20 percent backing Newt Gingrich and 14 percent favoring Ron Paul. The poll was conducted before Santorum's twin victories in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night.
Americans think Obama will win a second term
By a 59-32 margin, most Americans think Barack Obama will win the election if Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. That margin is far wider if Rick Santorum is the GOP nominee: 68 percent think Obama would win, while just 24 percent predict a Santorum presidency.
A majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of the Republican candidates after a long primary
Confirming fears among Republicans that the protracted primary is weakening all the candidates, the survey found that the contentious Republican primary has taken a toll on the image of the leading GOP candidates. In the current survey, just 29 percent of Americans say they have a favorable view of Romney, while 51 percent say they have an unfavorable impression.
Voters don't know that Santorum is Catholic
Only about three-in-ten voters (29 percent) can identify Rick Santorum as a Catholic. This includes 32 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning voters and 27 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaners. Another 15 percent identify Santorum as either Protestant (10 percent) or volunteer that he is Christian (5 percent). About half (53 percent) of voters say they don't know his religion.
In a follow-up question, about a third of those who identify Santorum as a Christian—16 percent of voters overall—say they believe he is an evangelical or born-again Christian.
Republicans struggling with women and minorities
Barack Obama's lead over Romney is attributable in large part to his wide advantage among women, younger voters, and nonwhites. Women favor Obama over Romney by 20 points—virtually unchanged from a month ago.
Nation split over federal health care overhaul
[T]wo years after the passage of comprehensive health care legislation, the public is evenly divided over the law. Overall, 47 percent approve of the law, while 45 percent disapprove.
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Posting, because I want to see where this thread goes later.
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They are only polling The White House employees.
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It's just going to get worse. You see how bad Romney lost in the South? How badly Santorum loses in the North?
Whoever gets picked is not going to have a full backing of voter support. There's too much internal polarization. And this primary dragging on and on is not helping their chances. Obama is pretty wise to have largely just sat back and watched at this point. Not only does he not have to spend money, but he's not drawing attention to himself while the GOP is floundering and making itself look bad.
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It's really going to depend upon gas prices. Gas prices will continue to rise -- probably to $5/gallon. More drilling or allowing the XL pipeline would not change this. With three months to forget the current nonsense, many people will want anyone but Obama, even if the anybody has close ties to speculators who exacerbate the rising price of gas.
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The better candidates are waiting for 2016.
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lol if you really think people are going to vote based off of gas prices.
This is going to come down to Real Obama Vs White Obama (Romney) and people are going to vote for the black guy again.
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Polls are worthless.
Saw some stuff on TV Monday morning where a new poll had Obama's approval rating dropping to 40% and every Republican nominee (except Dr. Ron Raul) either beat him in a head to head, or was tied with him. Even Gingrich.
The talking heads were pontificating about how this shows that the election is far from over and blah blah blah.
Total horse crap of course, just the "media" trying to keep things interesting so they have something to talk about. This election was over a year ago.
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Allmightybob_MLF posted:
The better candidates are waiting for 2016.
The GOP doesn't have any better candidates.
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Casuist posted:
It's really going to depend upon gas prices. Gas prices will continue to rise -- probably to $5/gallon.
Lolwut?
You seriously underestimate how much he has this in the bag.
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notmforce2k posted:
Casuist posted:
It's really going to depend upon gas prices. Gas prices will continue to rise -- probably to $5/gallon.
Lolwut?
You seriously underestimate how much he has this in the bag.
You seriously overestimate the attention span of America.
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We have feces in one hand and crap in the other, no matter which hand you choose the results are basically the same. The true pity are those that actually believe one brand of idiot is better than the other.
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Casuist posted:
notmforce2k posted:
Casuist posted:
It's really going to depend upon gas prices. Gas prices will continue to rise -- probably to $5/gallon.
Lolwut?
You seriously underestimate how much he has this in the bag.
You seriously overestimate the attention span of America.
Obama will use the gas prices to his advantage. "Look at all these candidates supporting subsidies for Oil companies" "Look at all these GOP candidates in the pockets of big oil and the profits they are taking".
As soon as it starts to negatively affect him enough to matter he'll just tap into the oil reserves and it will be "all praise Obama for lowering gas prices"
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I still cant believe that Santorum is doing as well as he is. I would have bet $10k that he wouldnt make it to Super Tuesday.
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No one currently on the GOP side can beat him.
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I think Obama has an edge but presidential polls mean nothing until about 3 weeks after both conventions are over.
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Obama is better at giving head?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRqYEOVMx4&feature=related
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