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Rasmussen: Santorum leads, but Romney trails Obama in four core states
Hotair ^ | 03/18/2012 | Tine Korbe

Posted on 03/18/2012 1:14:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Conventional wisdom --- particularly as articulated by Karl Rove and Ann Coulter --- still says Mitt Romney is the most "electable" GOP presidential candidate. The MSM repeats that notion ad nauseum, too. After Rick Santorum won Mississippi and Alabama, for example, MSNBC.com ran an article with the headline, "Romney's electability doesn't help him break through." The Washington Post's Dan Balz wrote a piece headlined, "Rick Santorum hoping ideology will trump electability" as though Rick Santorum lacks electability. Two examples among many.

But a Friday poll from Rasmussen Reports suggests Romney might be less electable and Santorum more so than Rove, Coulter and the MSM would have voters believe.

President Obama now trails former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum by four points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup in combined polling of key swing states Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. The president continues to hold a modest lead in those states.

Santorum leads the president 48% to 44% in the so-called Core Four states. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate in this matchup, and two percent (2%) are undecided. This marks a shift from last week, when the president was slightly ahead of Santorum. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Obama remains ahead of Romney 46% to 42%, showing no change from last week. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate in this matchup, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

Forbes’ Scott Harrington distills the argument against Romney’s electability and for Santorum’s competitive edge in a few brief bullet points:

Harrington also notes that Romney still suffers from a robotic presentation of himself, while Santorum — with his passionate, un-tele-prompted speeches — has connected with voters on a gut level.

The Buckley Rule makes sense if you’re Nate Silver and an expert on electability. For the rest of us, it might make sense to just vote for the guy we’d really like to be president.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kenyanbornmuzzie; mittromney; newtgingrich; obama; ricksantorum; romney; santorum
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1 posted on 03/18/2012 1:14:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Rove and Coulter should shut their mouths


2 posted on 03/18/2012 1:17:17 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty

I cannot stand both.


3 posted on 03/18/2012 1:18:56 PM PDT by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: SeekAndFind

Brit Hume shilling again on panel with Bret Baier today..got agitated when AB Stoddard said the voters don’t care about delegate counts.

Why doesn’t he just don a Mittens for President tee shirt?


4 posted on 03/18/2012 1:23:38 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: SeekAndFind

Santorum is siphoning a key Democratic bloc- voters earning under $100k and those without a college degree. These are Reagan Democrats, and he has the advantage of tunrning rust-belt states red.


5 posted on 03/18/2012 1:27:46 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: SeekAndFind

“President Obama now trails former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum by four points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup in combined polling of key swing states Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. The president continues to hold a modest lead in those states.”

Don’t those two sentence contradict each other? Or is this what they mean by “leading from behind”?


6 posted on 03/18/2012 1:29:16 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: 21twelve; Absolutely Nobama; AFPhys; afraidfortherepublic; AmericanInTokyo; ...
Santorum for President Ping List.

FReepmail “Antoninus” to be added or removed.

7 posted on 03/18/2012 1:29:30 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Time for the moderates to put aside their rigid beliefs and vote for the most electable candidate for the good of the party and the nation.


8 posted on 03/18/2012 1:29:55 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Mountain Mary
Have to agree, Brit Hume has been the disappointment of the year, first his character assassination of Gingrich, apparently related to irrelevant personal issues, and now selling out this way. Highly unprofessional conduct from a formerly respected figure. Sad.
9 posted on 03/18/2012 1:30:20 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: SeekAndFind
I have a feeling that lots of romney’s friends, who tried to convince voters that only romney can win, have a future with the romney administration. Fox is another one that has turned on us. Faux does not give Rick the favorable tv clips, interviews,...... that they give romney. I'm done with fox. As far as I'm concerned they are like the cheating husband. Better to date around and not tie yourself down to someone you can't trust.
10 posted on 03/18/2012 1:31:37 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray for hearts to be changed)
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To: ElkGroveDan
Time for the moderates to put aside their rigid beliefs and vote for the most electable candidate for the good of the party and the nation.

But Carter will eat Reagan alive.
11 posted on 03/18/2012 1:32:06 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SeekAndFind

The liberals are voting for him.

Gosh, people are so asleep. We are being so played.

There is no ground swell for santos. People are trying to stop Romney and they are giving us Eddie Haskell.


12 posted on 03/18/2012 1:32:29 PM PDT by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: SeekAndFind
But a Friday poll from Rasmussen Reports suggests Romney might be less electable and Santorum more so than Rove, Coulter and the MSM would have voters believe.

Never thought I would see the day that Rove, Coulter, and the MSM were all on the same page.

I'll write-in before voting for the only Republican who firmly guarantees 4 more years of 0bama.

13 posted on 03/18/2012 1:35:06 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Christie at the beach
The liberals are voting for him.

I really don't care, democrats voted for Reagan in large numbers. If you don't like it, make your choice and vote for Romney or Obama.
14 posted on 03/18/2012 1:38:02 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Christie at the beach
People are trying to stop Romney and they are giving us Eddie Haskell.

I'll take Eddie over the white version of 0bama any day!

15 posted on 03/18/2012 1:39:44 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS
Did 100,000 democrats actually cross over 3-1 for Santorum in the Michigan primary? No.
16 posted on 03/18/2012 1:41:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Christie at the beach

People are trying to stop Romney and they are giving us Eddie Haskell.

Thank God. The voters this year are very smart. They don’t want another McCain which is basically what Romney is but worse. So they have taken control and voting for the conservative in the race and that is Rick Santorum. I could not be happier with the voter this year.


17 posted on 03/18/2012 1:45:02 PM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: cripplecreek
But Carter will eat Reagan alive.

Hilarious!

18 posted on 03/18/2012 1:45:40 PM PDT by frogjerk (OBAMA NOV 2012 = HORSEMEAT)
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To: SeekAndFind
At this point in the cycle the only known votes are the die-hard Obama supporters.

Everything else, like what I do, is silly conjecture.

19 posted on 03/18/2012 1:47:23 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Christie at the beach
The liberals are voting for him.

Not what I've seen in exit polls. People who label themselves liberal are voting for Romney.
20 posted on 03/18/2012 1:48:16 PM PDT by Girlene
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