Posted on 12/24/2011 1:47:40 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich leads the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls in a survey of Virginia voters released Wednesday.
But former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would fare better than Gingrich in a general election contest with President Barack Obama, according to the Quinnipiac University poll.
Gingrich leads Romney by a margin of 30 percent to 25 percent among Republican voters, with none of the other GOP candidates topping 9 percent. In a head-to-head test, Gingrich tops Romney by a margin of 47 percent to 39 percent. Virginia will hold its presidential primary March 6.
More than half of the voters who participated in the poll disapprove of Obama's job performance. But no Republican candidate has a clear advantage over the president in a hypothetical general election race. Romney edges Obama by a margin of 44 percent to 42 percent, but the survey has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
~~ snip ~~
Gingrich has surged in Virginia just as he has in national surveys.
(Excerpt) Read more at roanoke.com ...
Not to worry. 0bamao/hulder will have his BPer’s there to keep the peace. /s
It was on this thread:
How do you like those ballot restrictions now? [TEA Partyers unite against this RINO fascism!!]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2824696/posts
As I recall, you may have been on that thread. Were you?
It’s mentioned late in the posts and if I recall, not sourced except from someone from VA. That is why I used the term, ‘supposedly’.
I was surprised at how many people on that thread claimed they have worked on petition drives just like this one in the past. They were suspicious of why, now for the first time ever, is the GOP using a computer to match names with addresses.
Maybe so but this is the first time they used a computer to verify names and it is very suspicious how Gingrich and Perry's did not qualify and Romney's and Paul's did.
While I do find it suspicious when things suddenly change, I also would also think it strange if addresses weren't checked. You know any old tourist could sign a petition.
I also read on one of the threads that None of the candidates qualified due to the address discrepancies, but they decided to certify Romney and Paul cause they qualified last year.
I mean who knows at this point what has really happened? If I was a verification volunteer, I would sure want some witnesses from each candidate to observe just for my own protection, if nothing else.
I also didn't know that Virginia was still under some sort of civil rights order that the Justice department has jurisdiction over. Sounds like the Dems keep this state in a constant state of turmoil and legal battles.
seriously if they know that all they have to do is get 10000 signatures and it will not be checked, then they just have to put any tom dick and harry signatures on it and they will be in!
If they check the signatures, they should check them all, not just those with under 15000!
Demand they check Romney and Paul’s too, if that is the case!
Gingrich and Perry should demand a list of the ‘rejected signatures’ to see if they are legitimately ‘invalid’ - those who do the counting cannot be trusted!
How about Newt/Ryan 2012
I could live with a Newt/Ryan ticket. I love Paul Ryan, But, I really believe we need Marco Rubio on the ballot. We need to cut into the DemocRATS margin of the Hispanic vote and Rubio can carry FL for us. There are 3 States, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida: No candidate has won the White House w/o carrying 2 of those 3.
Very good point. I could definitely live with Marco Rubio too. Whatever it takes to beat this SOB
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.