Obama loses 40% of the vote in two Democratic primaries (Even with no primary challenger!)

Hotair ^ | 05/23/2012 | Ed Morrissey

[SeekAndFind]

Barack Obama had no national primary challengers in his second nomination race in most states, including Kentucky. Who knew it would still be a tough choice for voters? Kentucky voters in the Democratic primary preferred the empty slot to the empty suit, apparently:

About two out of every five Democratic voters in Tuesday's presidential primary in Kentucky chose "uncommitted" instead of voting for President Barack Obama.

"I'm at a victory celebration for 'uncommitted' who performed admirably" said [state GOP chair Steve] Robertson. "I've never met the guy but know that he highly embarrassed Obama."

Robertson contended that the Democrats who vote most regularly — those he termed "the Democrats of Democrats" — "said 'no' to their president. If the Kentucky Democratic Party doesn't get it after this race, they need to stare long and hard at the results. This shows that Obama has even more than an uphill battle to win Kentucky in the fall."

That's not the worst of it. Obama may end up losing as many as half of Kentucky’s counties to “Uncommitted” as well:

Kentucky’s vote was notable, though, for the fact that there weren’t even any other candidates on the ballot. The most the “uncommitted” option won so far this primary season was previously 21 percent in the North Carolina primary earlier this month. Kentucky looks as though it will double that number.

In addition, Obama looked as though he may lose more than half of the state’s 120 counties.

This follows on the heels of Obama’s embarrassing outcome in West Virginia, where he lost 41% of the vote to a felon currently residing in federal prison in Texas. Both states are big coal producers, and voters in both parties have become disgusted with Obama’s attacks on the industry that keeps their economy running, and which keeps the lights on for the rest of the country. Neither state was expected to support Obama in November, but this level of anger among rank-and-file Democrats has to have Team Obama worried about their prospects in coal-heavy Ohio and Pennsylvania, which are much more critical to their hopes for re-election.

On top of the embarrassing results in Kentucky, Obama also lost 40% of the Democratic vote in Bill Clinton’s home state yesterday, too. So far, challenger John Wolfe has 41% of the vote with 67 of 75 Arkansas counties reporting. Wolfe appears to be carrying almost half of the counties in Arkansas as well, just as “Uncommitted” did in Kentucky.

In 1968, a weak win in New Hampshire against a tough primary challenge was enough to convince LBJ that he couldn’t win a general election. I don’t expect Obama to retire, but barely winning states against no competition sends a very similar signal in 2012.

[WOSG]

That is STILL different from obama getting beaten by a felon in some WV counties!
Newt, Santorum, Perry, etc. were viable Presidents, and some of us think they’d be good ones, so it doesnt surprise that some folks use the all-but-over primary to register support of who would have been their favorite, its not a knock on Romney, who’s won all the delegates in recent primaries and will roll them up easily while solidifying his base. Heck, I may do the same thing (vote for Newt for the heck of it). This is not new.

What IS new is Obama getting licked by ... NOBODY.
As biden would say, its a big f’ing deal.

[WOSG]

That is STILL different from obama getting beaten by a felon in some WV counties!
Newt, Santorum, Perry, etc. were viable Presidents, and some of us think they’d be good ones, so it doesnt surprise that some folks use the all-but-over primary to register support of who would have been their favorite, its not a knock on Romney, who’s won all the delegates in recent primaries and will roll them up easily while solidifying his base. Heck, I may do the same thing (vote for Newt for the heck of it). Also you have 10% for Ron Paul who is still running. This is not new.

What IS new is Obama getting licked by ... NOBODY.
As biden would say, its a big f’ing deal.

[WOSG]

Here are the numbers for Arkansas.
Romney got a bigger %age of the GOP primary vote than Obama got of the Democrats, even though there is only a felon on the ballot vs Obama.

Percent Votes
John Wolfe (DEM)
41.62% 67,594
Barack Obama (DEM)
58.38% 94,808
162,402
U.S. President - REP
Contest Detail Map
73 of 75 Counties Reporting
Percent Votes
Newt Gingrich (REP)
4.92% 7,453
Mitt Romney (REP)
68.36% 103,523
Rick Santorum (REP)
13.32% 20,175
Ron Paul (REP)
13.40% 20,290
151,441

[varmintman]

There is a real possibility of dems throwing Bork (Obunga) under the bus and somebody else running. Could be the Hildabeast or Stenny Hoyer or any of 20 - 30 people.

[Yashcheritsiy]

Nobody has said that Romney didn’t get a larger share in his primary than Obama did in his.

Instead, we’re pointing out that even though he supposedly has it in the bag, he’s still having trouble getting 70% of Republicans to vote for him. That much is mathematical fact, however you’d like to try to spin it. Fact is - a large chunk of the GOP electorate still isn’t reconciling themselves to him, despite all the “Anybody but Obama/You have to vote for Romney or else you’re voting for Obama” scaremongering.

[WOSG]

Again, you dont get it ...your mathematical ‘fact’ means little. Romney getting 70% is fine - any other candidate running would be thrilled to be there right now - he’s not an incumbent and its enough to get it in the bag.
Obama getting 60% is an embarrassment - he’s a sitting president with NO OPPONENT.

I probably wont vote for Romney in the primary, will vote Newt just to show the conservative voter strength, and will gladly walk on broken glass to vote for him over Obama in the november election. Hopefully you have the same attitude.

[Impy]

The left has been crowing that “not Obama” isn’t enough for us to beat him with. Yet it’s a popular option even in some rat primaries.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Keep digging your own grave, Obama.