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).

[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.