Posted on 03/24/2011 11:08:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Obviously you are kidding. These are polls where you have a sitting President vs. someone that has not even announced for President. Let them announce and get some name recognition and watch how the numbers change. Obama would lose in 2012, but here’s a little secret for you sport - - he won’t even be on the ticket. The Clintons will see to that.
Frantzie, you need to get off your digital soapbox and pull a Carry Nation. Just think of the the pretty sparks if you were to take an axe to the plasma screens all across this great nation of ours.
The reality check might need to be the posting of Reagan vs Carter polls in early 1978. Reagan had no chance. If all was as these polls say, and Sarah was sure to be crushed in a general,,,they would be pushing Sarah,,, and calling her a Maverick. There’s your reality check,,,,,
I’ve been saying that since Linda Starr and Philip Berg, esq. popped their heads up. Bill and Hillary are pretty good at the long game. He was voted out of office in Arkansas and came back. Few pols have done that.
Gee no bias there when the article has half baked i the beginning?*eyeroll* Perhaps we can rewrite that like this: Obama who was a half term senator has already provn that his half baked ideas don’t work....
“Looks like an extra in the Star Wars bar... “
You’re too kind.
I think he looks like the excrement of an extra in the Star Wars bar....
I do. We used to get it about 30 yrs ago.
Palin won't be the GOP nominee. Obama will probably win reelection anyway. Presidents tend to get reelected. Plus he has white guilt going for him. Unemployment could double and the economy still won't be so bad it'll overcome these factors.
In the words of the almost president and Vietnam War hero, Bring It Onnnnnnnnnn! *gasp* *cough*
You mean those pre-Libya polls showing BO with a 0-10 pt over A-player-to-be-named-later?
Yeah. Reality check: no one is running yet, except BO.
In fact, more current polls show an even greater spread in Obama’s favor.
This is not my idea, just the facts. The polls have been very close the last 3 elections. They also now sample cell phones, Face Book, other Internet sources and the average of all these combined brings out a more real result.
The balance for the lead has been between Romney and Huckabee and somewhat steady over the last several months, even on Rasmussen. And Palin has been slipping steadily down, even among Republicans. Add in the cable media, Fox, CNN, etc, and the balance of what real American average people think becomes clear.
In other words, don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player.
Wow. According to RCP there is no need for an election or even debates because Obama has it all sewed up.
But with double-digit unemployment and double-digit inflation I suspect that Obamas support is at best-luke warm.
OTOH, if a conservative is nominated you can bet your bottom dollar that the base will be fired up. And that is what it takes to win.
Carter was 9 points above Reagan in OCTOBER immediately before the election.
And many of these polls are < 1000 respondents, and either adults or "registered voters" : and it is noted that "refusal to answer" (i.e. self-selection) could affect the results.
Not to mention weighting, which although mentioned, is not explained.
Nice try though, troll-boy.
David Lawrence is spinning in his grave at a high RPM speed.
Better go tell Cass Sunstein you FAILED.
What will be more significant, IMO, is the impact that real campaigning by real candidates - so that they aren't just a bunch of scarcely-know, media-defined names - may have on that spread.
I wouldn't deny that there is work to be done, but these spreads don't mean much right now.
If Obama can crush Sarah, you libs should all be singing her praises in every article.
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