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Mitt Romney leads Obama in first Gallup national tracking poll
The Hill ^ | April 16, 2012 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 04/16/2012 12:03:42 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Mitt Romney leads President Obama in the first Gallup national daily tracking poll.

Romney took 47 percent support from surveyed registered voters, while Obama took 45 in a poll conducted between April 11 and April 15. Romney's edge though is within the poll's three point margin of error.

Independents tipped the scale in favor of Romney, going for the former Massachusetts governor 45 percent to 39.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; 2012polls; abo; bho2012; fumr; romney; romney2012
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To: GOPsterinMA

“Too many creatures vote for a living.”

Good point. I recall one Freeper referring to them as “Entitlement Zombies.”


141 posted on 04/16/2012 7:26:57 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (A liberal's compassion is limited to the size of other peoples' paychecks)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Good. OMG and ABO.

What's sad is I think the much better candidates (Palin the non-candidate, Cain, Perry, and Gingrich should also have beaten Obama and we'd have a much better POTUS.

142 posted on 04/16/2012 7:29:47 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: jveritas; Jim Robinson
Well I do not get initimiated by anyone and if I am going to be banned for saying that the right thing is to vote for Romney over Obama then be it...and you can go ahead and enjoy my banning...
143 posted on 04/16/2012 7:34:20 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Brown Deer
WOW...thank you for putting what I said in "italic"...LOL, seriously man, you are behaving like a 5 years old...Sad and pathetic indeed...
144 posted on 04/16/2012 7:37:30 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Look at all the “Blue” states: The union (public and private) employees and the “gimme” crowd are either parallel with or outnumber the producing taxpayers.

It’s THE commonality of all “Blue” states.


145 posted on 04/16/2012 7:37:52 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Another good point. It’s the purple states where it will be decided. Virginia and North Carolina are turning purple. On the bright side is that a backlash against Obama’s economic record is building in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The geographic red/blue map we’re used to may have a different pattern this time.


146 posted on 04/16/2012 7:45:54 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (A liberal's compassion is limited to the size of other peoples' paychecks)
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To: Sarabaracuda
Is there a difference?

Issue Obama Romney Newt
Advocated that abortion s/b safe & legal in America y y n
Defended Roe v Wade as settled law y y n
Advocated for abortion for underage girls without parental approval with judge's ok y y n
Supported planned parenthood y y n
Introduced $50 taxpayer funded abortion y y n
Supports homosexual agenda y y n
Better for homosexuals than Ted Kennedy y y n
Ok with homosexuals in Scouts y y n
Ok with homosexuals in military y y n
Supported and still supports global warming hoax y y n
Supports gun control (so-called "assault weapons" ban) y y n
Supports amnesty for illegal aliens (by any other name it's still amnesty) y y n
Is undeniable father of RomneyCare n y n
Is undeniable grandfather of ObamaCare n y n
Still boasts that RomneyCare is great! y y n
Still boasts that RomneyCare is a "conservative solution" n y n
Still believes RomneyCare is constitutional y y n
Still believes individual mandate ok at state level y y n
Believes state forcing individuals to buy health insurance is a conservative idea n y n
Believes compulsory health insurance with mandates and penalties s/b imposed on all states at state level n y n
Believes compulsory health insurance at state level is constitutional (states rights) ? y n
Believes the state has constitutional power to force you into a private contract against your will for no other reason than you live there y y n
Supports government "stimulus" spending claims more is necessary y y n
Believes personal income tax should be cut drastically (15% flat tax) n n y
Believes corp income tax should be cut drastically (12.5% corp rate) n n y
Believes capital expenditures should be 100% expensed in first year n n y
Believes capital gains tax should be eliminated n n y
Believes estate tax (death tax) should be eliminated n n y
Believes federal government must be drastically cut per constitutional limits n n y
Believes unconstitutional federal functions like education should be returned to the states and people per tenth amendment n n y
Believes social security/medicare s/b phased out/privatized/returned to states and people n n y
Believes everyone at EPA should be fired and start over as an agency to look for solutions/not hinder industry n n y
Believes the constitution restricts the government from infringing on inalienable rights n n y
Appoints/supports/cowers to liberal activist judges y y n
Will challenge activist judiciary n n y
Believes in founding principles and has best conservative record to back it up n n y

147 posted on 04/16/2012 7:46:58 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: GOPsterinMA

That is 100% correct...


148 posted on 04/16/2012 7:50:38 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: jveritas
Sad and pathetic indeed...

Yes you are.


149 posted on 04/16/2012 7:51:34 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Clintonfatigued

“It’s the purple states where it will be decided. Virginia and North Carolina are turning purple.”

Yes - the assholes from MA, NY, CT, etc. pollute those states.

PA, MI and OH could all go GOP this election, making up for VA and NC. That’s where a VP from one of those “Rust Belt” states could loom HUGE.


150 posted on 04/16/2012 7:53:17 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: jveritas

Yep...just follow the locusts and see where they congregate.


151 posted on 04/16/2012 7:57:40 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Has Mittens won one "Red State" yet?)
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To: SatinDoll
How much should I really care that Newt’s fabulous colleagues think his reemergence would be a disaster for Republicans? Lest these characters forget - 2010 was not a merit promotion. They, the Republicans, were the only alternative in town.

Gingrich has been my choice from the beginning, but I am a realist and it is not in the cards for him to be nominated. Romney is the only alternative to Obama at this time.

152 posted on 04/16/2012 8:14:29 PM PDT by terycarl (lurking, but well informed)
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To: jveritas

No offense, but I don’t campaign for guys with liberal/progressive records like Romney’s. I don’t put up signs for them in my front yard and there will be no campaign for them on FR!! Whether or not you get banned is completely up to you. You’ve left and come back again more than once already. I’m guessing you really don’t know the difference between conservatism and progressivism. You seem to be a tad confused on our purposes here.


153 posted on 04/16/2012 8:22:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (There's no crying in rebellion!!)
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To: terycarl

Romney is NOT the only alternative to Obama if we act and you aren’t a realist, sweetie; you’re acting like a quitter.

The Republican Party does not now, nor has it ever, belonged to any particular faction. Four months is more than enough time to turn this show boat around.


154 posted on 04/16/2012 8:34:23 PM PDT by SatinDoll (No Foreign Nationals as our President!)
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To: Road Glide

I could see Romney winning PA and/or CO.


155 posted on 04/16/2012 8:45:49 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: NoRedTape
Wasn't that why we were all suppose to not vote for McCain? Obama would win and screw up the country so bad by 2012 we'd be the new conservative, reinvigorated Republucan party that would take the liberals down once and for all?

But now the answer is to give Obama 4 more years so he can absolutely destroy the United States and leave it to Conservatives who will have either nothing left to rebuild or we'll watch how Obama installs himself permanently into the Presidency? I will not give him 8 years to entrench his liberal tentacles into every aspect of our lives. And, yes, when I typed "tentacles" it originally posted as "testicles"! Which Obama has none of either.

156 posted on 04/16/2012 9:06:44 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Notary Sojac
I voted third party in 1992, 1996, 2004, and 2008 in an attempt to send a message to the GOP. So far, it isn't working out quite like I planned.....

Sending a message to the GOP-e is a bad idea. They will never get the message. Why? Because they don't make decisions based on what's good for the country.

They're nothing more than a collection of idiots, sabateurs, and media butt sniffers.

They must be defeated.

Whether we do it from inside the party or from outside the party, neither scenario would be easy.

But they must be defeated.

And let's not forget.

We need to defeat Obama.

Remember him?

157 posted on 04/16/2012 9:10:25 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: nutmeg
I participated in this poll. They asked all sorts of ridiculously personal health history questions...including, but not limited to height and weight, whether I was happy, sad, angry or depressed during the previous 24 hours. Did I have any health issues that prevented me from doing something in the past week. How much do I use a cell phone. Does my boss care about me as a person. I am not joking.

The hutzpah of a total stranger asking a woman her weight!

158 posted on 04/16/2012 9:15:52 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: Brown Deer

Hate to break it to you, but Newt has lost. He’s broke, he has said in recent days if Romney is the nominee, he will support him 100%. He is staying in to add another conservative voice at the convention, but even he knows he’s out of it. I believe his campaign bounced a check yesterday. Sad, I liked him too, but I face reality when it’s right in front of me.


159 posted on 04/16/2012 9:18:09 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MNDude

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“Obama has never faced defeat in his life.”

— MNDude

(D-IL) Bobby Rush whipped Obama in an election.

Do you ever check your thoughts first before they spill out onto Free Republic thread pages and the Eternal Internet?

Obama’s strategy has always been to get all of his opponents disqualified from opposing him in elections - In any way possible.

SEE: Ryan Vs Obama in Illinois

When Obama was in HS “attempting” to play basketball - He would angrily stomp off the court in practice because his own teammates were so much better players than he could ever be.

He was only a bench-sitter on a Championship HS basketball team.

He never played college basketball.....

Sarah Palin was a tough scrambler and shot the winning foul shot that made her HS team the Alaska Girl’s State Championship Team.

This taught Obama that he could only win in life be “fixing” the game by getting his opponents eliminated in any way possible.

His technique was and still is too “fix” the numbers of voters by any means possible.

- No Votor ID Cards

- Get Illegal Aliens to vote

- Get convicted felons to vote

- Buy votes by giving away your money

- Put the New Black Pansies out at polling places

- Get corrupt Secretaries of State(s) in office

- Get radicals to vote many times

- Crank up the dead vote

- etc.

The old time-tested LBJ formula(s)
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Let’s go by the Bullshoot Rule -

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160 posted on 04/16/2012 9:24:23 PM PDT by devolve (---- --------insanity_is_alive_and_mucho_malignant----------)
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