SHOCK POLL: ROMNEY 48% OBAMA 43% [Drudge Headline]

Rasmussen Reports ^ | March 10, 2012 | Rasmussen Reports

[RobinMasters]

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19 (see trends).

Looking at Tuesday's upcoming primaries, the GOP race in Alabama is essentially a three-way tie, while Mitt Romney leads by eight in Mississippi. Nationally, Romney now leads Rick Santorum by 12 points. Regardless of who they want to win, 80% of Republican Primary Voters nationwide believe Romney will be the party's nominee.

With the perception growing that he will be the GOP nominee, Romney leads President Obama by five points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup. Today's numbers show Romney at 48%, Obama at 43%. That’s Romney’s largest lead since December. Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update).

[mkjessup]

First of all, lest we need reminding: the only poll that counts is the one on election day.

Second? Even IF this Rasmussen poll is to be believed, Mitt-Witt theoretically leads 0bama by 5 percentage points, i.e. BFD. That is close enough to the margin of error combined with the usual 'Rat vote stealing tactics to put our Kenyan version of Mugabe back in the White House for as many years as he decides to stay.

Third? The only difference between Romney and 0bama is that (as I've said before) if 0bama is re-elected we continue to have the bottle labeled 'Socialism' poured down our throats against our will as the federal behemoth continues to expand it's power in every aspect of our lives. If ROMNEY somehow managed to pull off a win in November? We still get socialism poured down our throats, except it will be served up in exquisite crystal goblets, as befits a Bishop of Romney's standing.

It is my view that the prime motivation for Romney running for President is to somehow exonerate and avenge his Daddy's loss in '68.

Romney: "Say thar, where can I git one of them grit-eatin' licenses?"

Mitt-Witt is the most fake sonuvabitch to come down the highway in decades.

[Right Wing Assault]

He’ll sing a few more songs, play even more golf, take even more vacations, eat even more ice cream and it will go to obama 48% romney 43%.

[Right Wing Assault]

Drudge didn’t write the story.

[Ballygrl]

The Obama Machine? it’s going to be amusing watching the Obama Machine justify high gas prices, fighting against the Keystone Pipeline, real Unemployment Numbers over 11%, record number of Americans on Welfare, and on and on.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Drudge didn’t write the story.

He does choose what to post. Or not. I don’t trust him.

[newzjunkey]

"Everyone" knows a caricature of Newt.

If "everyone" has made up their minds about him, why has he lead the primary field at least twice?

Notice the unknown Santorum, the nearest thing to generic Republican left, is only even with Obama. Once he's known, once he's been defined, his support will collapse. Democrats knew how to destroy him in PA with the voters who knew him best. His 18-point loss was the worst for an incumbent senator in over a quarter century.

[PapaNew]

I don't care what anyone says - Romney, as one of my least favorite candidates, is not even close to as bad or as threatening to our country or way of life as Obama.

I'd vote for Romney in a heartbeat over Obama. Heck, I'd vote for Donald Duck over Obama.

[PapaNew]

Mitt-Witt is...fake

That's true and it's bad. But what's worse is Obama is REAL and doesn't make any bones about it - he doesn't have to because the media is his re-election committee and apparently there's enough people in this country that think it's cool to elect (re-elect???) a left-of-socialist union organizer as POTUS (Chairman?) of the former USA.

[mkjessup]

"Notice Gingrich loses badly to Obama. Who’s still supporting this guy besides his crook Vegas bankroller and his lame, dishonest ads? Oh yeah, I forgot, Gingrich will dazzle the nation in debates and everything will change! LMAO! Gingrich almost was invisible in the last 2 debates, but the great debater will win the general election in the debates. Keep dreaming Newties!

You obviously missed the memo on Newt-bashing and trashing from no less than our Founder himself.

I smell ozone in your future chicky-boo.


"Some folks just need zottin'"

[A Navy Vet]

Crap, crap, crap. So Drudge is the end all of everything politics. Hell, I shook his hand at the ancient "March For Justice" back 1998. I was not impressed.

As far as his polls, they are what they are until the Repub delegates choose. I'm sick of polls.

[USAFJeeper]

And of course he has no lines of attack ready for Santorum or Gingritch, cause his team is too politically stupids...

[mkjessup]

Mitt-Witt is...fake
That's true and it's bad. But what's worse is Obama is REAL and doesn't make any bones about it - he doesn't have to because the media is his re-election committee and apparently there's enough people in this country that think it's cool to elect (re-elect???) a left-of-socialist union organizer as POTUS (Chairman?) of the former USA.

This is why it is absolutely imperative that Romney be stopped from winning the nomination. Even IF that goofball somehow managed to win the general election, there is no limit to the kind of continued statist behavior he will engage in, no differently than 0bama, except that he will have that '(R)' after his name, and that will provide cover to the spineless and cowardly RINO bastards in the Congress to sign off on any and every kind of unConstitutional abomination that crosses a hypothetical 'President Romney's desk.

Think of the depraved and screwed up progressive bullshit that a 'President McCain' would have enacted as chief executive had HE actually tried to win in '08, and you have a pretty damn accurate forecast for what Romney would do.

If Mitt-Witt ends up as the GOP nominee, in a perfect universe I would dearly love to see the Tea Party come up with an alternate ticket, something like Sarah Palin and Herman Cain. That would cause the GOP elites to crap their pants, golden or otherwise.

[achilles2000]

This has the earmarks of an attempt to manipulate the R nomination process. By the fall, anybody, including RP, could beat Obamalini. $5 gas is going to finish him.

[PapaNew]

Romney - as bad as he is, as one of my least favorite candidates - is not even close to as bad or as threatening to our country or way of life as Obama.

I’d vote for Romney in a heartbeat over Obama. Heck, I’d vote for Donald Duck over Obama.

[GlockThe Vote]

A B O

We need to send this communist marxist neo-jihadi thug home at all costs in nov.

[CincyRichieRich]

ABO

[GlockThe Vote]

I hate mittens - BUT BUT BUT BUT

Indes are not afraid of Myth and he is the ‘safe” pick, even if it is ridiculous.

And i am going to say something now that is going to offend people:

Romney looks like the guy many women WISH they had married and will do better than Santorum who looks like the guy women dread they had married.

I know it is shallow and base, but this is the AI electorate we are dealing with.

[MindBender26]

Re: get back to work

Exactly!

NOTHING matters until Obama is defeated and sent back to Chicago/Kenya/Saudi Arabia in disgrace.

[CommieCutter]

I’ve finally settled on Newt.

The only reason I had not sooner was because of his ridiculous quotes praising progressives and such policies.

The only reason he’s in this is because he can debate. He can defeat Obama. He can properly articulate conservatism.

People are listening this time. We don’t need a slick empty suit.

[glock rocks]

They do not want to go head to head with Newton or even Rick.

The fix is in. Who are we to question the GOPe, or the media?

This was decided earlier, high above our peasant level. It's time to get in line, and carry forward the pretense that we're involved in a free election. Do you think for a minute there's a choice? This election will be blackish Obama, or whitish Obama. Now, eat your peas, citizen.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Allred has hurt a lot of good people......Hell, she has hurt the whole country!

[WOSG]

“It is a push poll to get people voting for Mitt as the primaries come to a close.”

This poll shows both Romney *AND* Santorum beating Obama.
If anything, it shows the opposite: Vote of the best candidate, because they just might get in the White House.

“They do not want to go head to head with Newton or even Rick.”
Rasmussen doesnt CARE. It’s from a reputable firm. Jeez.

[Milagros]

The meaning of the poll is that Obama is losing ground, not that Romney is ‘gaining’

[mkjessup]

The GOP elites and the RomneyZombies will certainly spin it as Romney ‘gaining’. They’re all in the tank for Mitt-Witt.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Obama: “ Mitt, I want to sincerely thank you for your Massachusetts health care system. I based my national health care on your model.”

Death to Romney.............RIP

[mkjessup]

Of course we mean ‘political death’ for Mitt-Witt, wouldn’t want anyone to get their golden underwear into a twist, true? ;)

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yeah, I should have said “political” death.

I was thinking of a possible debate tactic by Obama : )

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Some people cant see the forrest for the trees I guess.

[Varsity Flight]

“They” knew this ALL ALONG, no matter who runs against him. Massachusetts-Mandate Arbeitsziehungslager, which is why the Hillary Gang is now in the GOP primary. I repeat, should Mitt-Mandate lose the primary to an Anti-Arbeitsziehungslager, “they” will find a way to oust the Undocumented-Un from office or the primary before November.

[DNA.2012]

Romney would never win against Obama.

[Waryone]

Is ABO a synonym for we love Romney? In my house ABO means anybody but Obama and anybody but Obama/white.

We hate liberals much much more. That means we hate Romney as much as we hate Obama.

Anyone currently supporting Romney is working for Obama

(I really should make that my tagline)

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, I agree.

There is need for legal advocacy, but the legal profession in the United States has been very destructive.

Gloria is a good example.

[StAnDeliver]

I wish some of you would relax. It's poll noise from $4 gas, and it's only good as long as that lasts.

[Hawthorn]

>> Newt is just splitting the conbseravtive vote...to no useful purpose <<

Maybe not useful to you, but it seems that Las Vegas gazillionaire Sheldon Adelson now is funding Newt precisely with the goal of splitting the anti-Romney vote, thereby denying the nomination to Santorum. So Newt is “useful” to at least one big player.

(Adelson, as a gambling king-pin, clearly doesn’t want the morally strict Santo as POTUS.)

Newt may or may not share Adelson’s preference for Romney over Santorum. But even if Newt is staying in the race strictly for reasons of ego and increased future book sales, without regard to his presidential preference, the effect is the same: At this stage, support for Newt = support for Romney.

[Jeff Head]

After yesterday, things did not change much. Santorums strong win in Kansas and his delegates were completely offset by Romneys wins in the Islands (Guam, Marrianas and the Virgin Islands) along with the 7 he got in Kansas.

Net result? Rick one win and 33 delegates. Romney three wins and 32 delegates. Romney has a commanding lead of 263 delgates at this point over Santorum.

The same type of thing could happen on Tuesday as Romney will probably take Hawaii and Samoa while splitting votes amongst the three 9Santorum, Gingrich and himself) in Mississippi. He simply has a strong organization and enough money to be campaigning and fighting on the ground in all places at once.

And for those who say Romney is only a 30% or 35% candidate, he now has seven wins that were absolute majorities of his 17 wins, and four more that he had enough votes to beat Newt and Santorum combined.

But in six other contests, Newt and Santorum combined would ahve beat him which means (with Ricks 8 and Newts 2) 16 contests to date would have been won by a united strong conservative versus 11 by Romney and the delegate count would be essentially even.

The only real chance fo stopping Romney is for Sanroum and Newt to unit and one get behind the other. There will be more pressure on Newt to do this if he loses on Tuesday, leaving his southern strategy a shambles.

We'll see. I have detailed results and commentary on my GOP Primary Tracker Site

Here's the latest results:

2012 GOP Presidential Primary Season Tracker (including caucuses) - LAST UPDATE: March 11, 2012

2012 GOP Primaries	Date	Mitt Romney				Newt Gingrich				Rick Santorum				Ron Paul				Ron Huntsman			Rick Perry			Michele Bachman			Herman Cain			Totals
		Votes	%	Del's	Win	Votes	%	Del's	Win	Votes	%	Del's	Win	Votes	%	Del's	Win	Votes	%	Del's	Votes	%	Del's	Votes	%	Del's	Votes	%	Del's	Votes	Del's
Iowa	1/3/2012	29,805	24.58%	7	-	16,163	13.33%	2	-	29,839	24.61%	7	1	26,036	21.47%	7	-	739	0.61%	0	12,557	10.36%	0	6,046	4.99%	0	58	0.05%	0	121,243	23
New Hamp	1/10/2012	97,601	39.81%	7	1	23,291	9.50%	0	-	23,362	9.53%	0	-	56,872	23.20%	3	-	41,783	17.04%	2	1,764	0.72%	0	350	0.14%	0	160	0.07%	0	245,183	12
South Caro	1/21/2012	168,152	27.86%	2	-	244,133	40.44%	23	1	102,492	16.98%	0	-	78,362	12.98%	0	-	1,173	0.19%	0	2,534	0.42%	0	491	0.08%	0	6,326	1.05%	0	603,663	25
Florida	1/31/2012	776,059	46.44%	50	2	534,040	31.96%	0	-	223,208	13.36%	0	-	117,410	7.03%	0	-	6,199	0.37%	0	6,773	0.41%	0	3,967	0.24%	0	3,492	0.21%	0	1,671,148	50
Nevada	2/4/2012	16,486	50.12%	14	3	6,956	21.15%	6	-	3,277	9.96%	3	-	6,175	18.77%	5	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	32,894	28
Main		2,190	39.65%	9	4	349	6.32%	0	-	989	17.90%	3	-	1,996	36.13%	7	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	5,524	19
Colorado	2/7/2012	22,875	35.00%	13	-	8,394	12.84%	1	-	26,372	40.35%	17	2	7,713	11.80%	1	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	65,354	32
Minnesota		8,096	16.97%	2	-	5,134	10.76%	1	-	21,436	44.94%	25	3	13,030	27.32%	9	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	47,696	14
Missouri		63,826	26.24%	0	-	9,859	4.05%	0	-	138,957	57.12%	0	4	30,641	12.59%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	243,283	0
Arizona	2/28/2012	216,805	47.99%	29	5	74,110	16.40%	0	-	122,088	27.03%	0	-	38,753	8.58%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	451,756	29
Michigan		409,899	42.34%	16	6	65,016	6.72%	0	-	377,521	38.99%	14	-	115,712	11.95%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	968,148	30
Washington	3/3/2012	19,111	37.65%	30	7	5,221	10.28%	0	-	12,089	23.81%	5	-	12,594	24.81%	5	-	924	1.82%	0	437	0.86%	0	198	0.39%	0	190	0.37%	0	50,764	40
Wyoming		822	38.99%	10	8	165	7.83%	1	-	673	31.93%	9	-	439	20.83%	6	-	3	0.14%	0	2	0.09%	0	2	0.09%	0	2	0.09%	0	2,108	26
Alaska	3/6/2012	4,285	32.52%	8	9	1,856	14.09%	3	-	3,860	29.30%	7	-	3,175	24.10%	6	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	13,176	24
Georgia	S	225,926	25.18%	15	-	417,364	47.81%	47	2	172,473	19.76%	10	-	57,125	6.54%	4	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	872,888	76
Idaho	u	27,514	61.61%	32	10	940	2.11%	0	-	8,115	18.17%	0	-	8,086	18.11%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	44,655	32
Massachusetts	p	260,509	73.29%	41	11	16,756	4.71%	0	-	43,6114	12.27%	0	-	34,575	9.735	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	355,455	41
N. Dakota	e	2,691	23.71%	7	-	961	8.48%	2	-	4,510	39.74%	11	5	3,186	28.07%	8	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	11,349	28
Ohio	r	453,927	38.93%	32	12	174,606	14.78%	10	-	441,908	37.42%	20	-	110,633	9.37%	4	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	1,181,074	66
Oklahoma		80,291	28.34%	13	-	78,686	27.77%	13	-	96,759	34.15%	14	6	27,572	9.73%	13	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	283,208	43
Tennessee	T	153,889	28.46%	18	-	132,142	24.43%	12	-	204,978	37.90%	26	7	49,782	9.21%	2	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	540,791	58
Vermont	u	22,533	41.01%	9	13	4,606	8.39%	0	-	13,401	24.39%	4	-	14,407	26.22%	4	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	54,949	17
Virginia	e	158,050	59.52%	44	14	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	107,470	40.48%	5	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	265,520	49
Guam	3/10/2012	215	100%	9	15	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	215	9
Marianna Is		738	87.03%	9	16	29	3.42%	0	-	27	3.18%	0	-	54	6.37%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	848	9
Virgin Is		132	46.32%	7	17	18	6.32%	0	-	23	8.07%	0	-	112	39.30%	1	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	848	8
Kansas		6,250	21.11%	7	-	4,298	14.52%	0	-	15,290	51.65%	33	8	3,767	12.72%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	29,605	40
Alabama	3/13/2012	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	50
Am Somoa		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	9
Hawaii		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	20
Mississippi		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	40
Missouri	3/17/2012	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	52
Puerto Rico	3/18/2024	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	23
Illinois	3/20/2012	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	69
Louisiana	3/24/2012	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	46
DC	4/3/2012	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	19
Maryland		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	37
Wisconsin		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	42
Conn	4/24/2012	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	28
Deleware		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	17
New York		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	95
Pennsylvania		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	72
Rhode Il		0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	-	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	0.00%	0	0	28
At large Del's				29				4				2				1				0			0			0					36
TOTALS		3,228,677	39.55%	472	17	1,825,093	22.36%	125	2	2,087,261	25.57%	208	8	925,677	11.34%	89	0	50,821	0.62%	2	24,067	0.29%	0	11,054	0.13%	0	10,228	0.13%	0	8,162,878	896
To Date % of	Delegates		Romney	53%			Gingrich	14%			Santorum	23%			Paul	10%			Huntsman	0.22%		Perry	0%		Bachman	0%		Cain	0%

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You have to recognize and hand a good strategy to Romney. Though winning only 40% of the electroal vote overall, he is winning 53% of the delegates. He is playing very shrewdly how he uses all of those resources and it is showing in the delegate count. Like yesterday, though he did not campaign in Kansas, yet he negated Santorums win there by winning the islands where he sent one of his sons to actively campaign for him.

Like I said, Rick and Newt have to combine if there is going to be any chance of stopping a out and out Romney nomination.

[jjotto]

Delegate counts appearing in the media are usually just percentage projections and do not reflect the details of rules by which delegates are actually chosen. For, example, Iowa has chosen no delegates yet, and when it does in June it will reflect the status of the contest at that time.

[NoRedTape]

If Romney is the Nominee, Obama will steamroll over him with ease in the General election. It will be a devasting loss for Mittens.

[Downinthedixie]

If you hate Romney as much as Obama, you do not see how much damage this man has done to our country.

That’s lunacy.

[Waryone]

If you think Romney would be better you don't know the liberal damage he did to Massachusetts and that he will do to our country if he becomes president. Most of the people on this site are well aware of Mitten's lying, flip flopping, support for gays, conservative bashing, low cost even free abortions, gun banning, mandate loving, fee raising, liberal judge appointing and every other thing that he could do to stab conservatives in the back, side, front and any which other way.

You Romney lovers think you are so slick, but just like your beloved Mitt we can see you coming miles away. Why don't you explain to all of us why Mitt's liberalism would be good for our country?

Since you haven't been here very long, you may not know, but the pimping of Mitt Romney or any other liberal is not allowed here.

Welcome to Free Republic!

Anyone who currently supports Mitt Romney is working towards an Obama win.

[Downinthedixie]

I’m not pimping for Romney, I honestly hate the guy. I was a Cain supporter way back when.

But. I believe Romney and Santorum have the best chance against 0 with Romney doing a little better. Even with all the negatives. Romney is better than Obama. It’s a fact, because noone is as bad as 0. I miss Hillary when I think of that man.

[Typical_Whitey]

Mitt, Rick, Ron, Newt..... Combine them all and you have the perfect candidate, or close enough, but know this, whoever the next President is will define the direction that America goes as she must deal with the debt and entitlements or face complete collapse and bankruptcy of the currency. Obama will adopt purely socialist/communist measures to deal with the crisis which will ultimately work, for the short term anyway, but will mean we are ruled by dictatorship of government, America and her posterity will give up Freedom to save the currency. ABO will adopt purely capitalist measures to deal with the debt and that will work also but the OWS crowd will have a fit even as unemployed drops into the 4 percent range, the deficits are gone and the national debt begins to a slow tick backward. Entitlements must be addressed, it is time to tell our children that there is a better way than relying on government to care for them, we must give them the opportunity to make their own way with the same freedom and liberty that generations before left to us anything less is a dis-service and will result in the enslavement of our children and theirs. This election is not about us, we are not the ones we are waiting for, it is about our future, our children and theirs and what they will be left with, so vote like your children’s lives depend on it because that is what is at stake.

[Waryone]

Why is it I have such a hard time believing you? I also supported Cain. I don’t particularly agree with Newt or Santorum, but at least they both understand conservatism. In our primary, I was still going to vote for Cain, but when I saw all the lies coming from Mitt’s people and all the trashing he was doing of Newt, I voted for him as the anti-Mitt candidate in our primary. If I had been in Michigan subjected to all of the Santorum trashing coming from Mitt, I would have voted for Santorum. As a conservative, I can support either Newt or Santorum. Mitt Romney is a liberal and a socialist and will never have my support. But it seems you have been convinced by the GOP-E that he can win, when nothing could be further from the truth.

Obama and the democrats have been preparing for years to run against him. They knew even before we realized that the fix was in so that Romney would win. Now it is playing out in front of our eyes, every rule change, every vote count in his favor whether he actually won or not. The democrats are ready. Occupy wall street was specifically set up as the foundation to defeating Romney.

You must be one of the misguided people in the South who have no idea about Romney’s liberal background. Once the DNC makes his liberal background known, conservatives in the South will not vote for him. How many people down in Georgia do you know would vote for a man who started gay marriage in this country, who laid out the blue print for Obamacare, who set up a program that allows people to abort their babies for free? When they start letting people know what is in the book of Mormon, you’ll see more bible belt people come out to vote against him than you can imagine.

How do you live in the South and not know any of this? I was born in the South but I lived many years in NY. When I came back down here, the first thing I learned was they don’t like Mormons and believe me I was shocked at the intensity of that dislike.

You should also know that the base of republican power is the South. Romney can’t win in the South now. What do you think will happen after the democrats trash him like he’s been trashing the conservatives in the race? The conservatives will be demoralized. The dems will be able to use Mitt’s own mouth to prove their case. Without the South, no republican can win. That is a fact. The only areas of strength Romney has is in tiny electoral states like Utah and urban areas, where he has no chance because Obama will clean up. It will be a blood bath, an electoral slaughter. The scale of the loss will make it look like Obama is one of the most beloved presidents in history.

I don’t want to see that happen. I have to wonder, why you do.

[driftdiver]

By: Glenn Foden

[hannibaal]

Are people happy now? In both cases we will have a rat in the white house.

[hannibaal]

valerie jarret is jewish.

[TexasSecede79366]

Jarrett was born in Shiraz, Iran to American parents James E. Bowman and Barbara Taylor Bowman.

Yep,sounds Jewish to me.

[hannibaal]

There are jewish iranians, infact there is even a jewish member of parliament in iran. There are also synagogues and they are allowed to practice.
Im saying this only because its hard to spot sarcasm sometimes :)

[eater-of-toast]

NO SHOCK: RINOs PUSH ROMNEY; MATT DRUDGE & FOX NEWS’ BILL O’RINO IN THE TANK FOR MITT

[MissesBush]

Well then Mr. Robinson will need to ZOT half of Free Republic since at least half of the folks here are supporting Santorum, not Gingrich. If one gets zotted merely for expressing opposition to Newt, then I really don’t want to be a part of Free Republic. But frankly, I think Mr. Robinson is secure enough in his choice of candidate that he can accept some criticism of him-—and like I said I doubt he really wants to lose half his contributors/readers.