Posted on 12/17/2011 3:10:31 PM PST by Steelfish
NBC/WSJ poll: Romney Struggles With Primary Voters, Gingrich With General Electorate
By Mark Murray, Deputy Political Director, NBC News
WASHINGTON - Exactly three weeks until the first Republican presidential nominating contest in Iowa, front-runners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have two different challenges, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Romney faces a challenge with the Republican primary electorate, trailing Gingrich nationally by 17 percentage points as nearly two-thirds of Republicans view him as either liberal or moderate.
Gingrich, meanwhile, faces a challenge with the general electorate, as half of all voters say they wouldnt vote for him in November, and as he trails President Barack Obama by more than 10 percentage points in a hypothetical contest -- compared with Romneys two-point deficit versus the Democratic incumbent.
Romney has not caught on [with Republican voters], says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. And Gingrich is so deeply flawed.
I think the Republican Party for the next four months is on the razors edge, Hart adds. Here is a year where they have a superlative opportunity to capture the White House. The question is whether they will self-destruct.
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When they are seen side by side in a debate, that deficit will go away before the credits run.
That sounds about right.
Reagan trailed Carter until September before the election.
Newt’s not Reagan.
Newt remains the brightest and the best of the candidates we have t pick from. Once Republicans pick a candidate to run against zero everyone will unite and it will be a whole different world. Too much at stake this time.
If Gingrich wants to win, he needs to hit the gym, eat a high-energy, high-protein, low carb diet, and look more “virile” next to Bambi.
Remember, Reagan’s gym pic that was on the cover of Parade Magazine? The age and energy issue disappeared after that issue.
If Gingrich wants to win, he needs to hit the gym, eat a high-energy, high-protein, low carb diet, and look more “virile” next to Bambi.
Remember, Reagan’s gym pic that was on the cover of Parade Magazine? The age and energy issue disappeared after that issue.
Truthful Milt Romney:
"I'm very clear I think, to the people across the Commonwealth
my "R" didn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform."
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
You could be right about Newt getting in shape - but the bigger question is ‘How does Obama grow a brain?’
NO!
Right now Obama has the whole democrat party supporting him while Newt is still in the primaries without a vote even cast yet.
I don´t know. I think there´s something comforting about just having somebody who looks normal.
Bambi looks like a skinny freak and doesn´t look ¨virile¨ at all. Also, you always see pictures of Obama literally cramming food into his mouth; he has the table manners of a very hungry dog. He´s creepy.
Take a look at the Gingrich-related comments here on what is probably the premier conservative website, and see if more then 50% favor Gingrich.
Well, I bet half of them wouldn´t vote for Romney, either. That would be my half...
You amateurs really just raise the noise level and thats all.
Newt has taken the lead by telling conservatives what they want to here. That won't help him in the general election.
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