Polls: which loser will Republicans nominate?

[Duff Miver]

General Election: Romney vs. Obama USA Today/Gallup Obama 47, Romney 46 Obama +1
General Election: Gingrich vs. Obama USA Today/Gallup Obama 50, Gingrich 44 Obama +6
General Election: Romney vs. Obama NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 47, Romney 45 Obama +2
General Election: Gingrich vs. Obama NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 51, Gingrich 40 Obama +11
General Election: Paul vs. Obama NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl Obama 50, Paul 37 Obama +13
General Election: Gingrich vs. Obama Rasmussen Reports Obama 49, Gingrich 39 Obama +10
General Election: Romney vs. Obama Reuters/Ipsos Obama 48, Romney 40 Obama +8
General Election: Gingrich vs. Obama Reuters/Ipsos Obama 51, Gingrich 38 Obama +13
General Election: Romney vs. Obama Associated Press/GfK Obama 47, Romney 46 Obama +1
General Election: Gingrich vs. Obama Associated Press/GfK Obama 51, Gingrich 42 Obama +9
Virginia: Romney vs. Obama PPP (D) Romney 42, Obama 48 Obama +6
Virginia: Gingrich vs. Obama PPP (D) Obama 50, Gingrich 43 Obama +7

 

[Skulnik]

We know the LOSER you Voted for in 08, he's got Carter beat for the WORST ever, good job Duff, you're the TYPICAL Liberal, Tax them, not me.

PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE DUFF.

TIA


:nono:

 

[Full court press]

Ron Paul would get my vote (again)

 

[Chadman]

I've thought all along that Romney would win out in the long run - and maybe win the Presidency. I don't really see much that's changing my mind at the moment.

 

[THE KOD]

We fear that to nominate former Speaker Newt Gingrich, the frontrunner in the polls, would be to blow this opportunity. We say that mindful of his opponents? imperfections ? and of his own virtues, which have been on display during his amazing comeback. Very few people with a personal history like his ? two divorces, two marriages to former mistresses ? have ever tried running for president. Gingrich himself has never run for a statewide office, let alone a national one, and has not run for anything since 1998. That year he was kicked out by his colleagues, the most conservative ones especially, who had lost confidence in him. During his time as Speaker, he was one of the most unpopular figures in public life. Just a few months ago his campaign seemed dead after a series of gaffes and resignations. That Gingrich now tops the polls is a tribute to his perseverance, and to Republicans? admiration for his intellectual fecundity.

Both qualities served conservatives well in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Gingrich, nearly alone, saw the potential for a Republican takeover of Congress and worked tirelessly to bring it about. Even before the takeover, Gingrich helped to solidify the party?s opposition to tax increases and helped to defeat the Clinton health-care plan. The victory of 1994 enabled the passage of welfare reform, the most successful social policy of recent decades.

Gingrich?s colleagues were, however, right to bring his tenure to an end. His character flaws ? his impulsiveness, his grandiosity, his weakness for half-baked (and not especially conservative) ideas ? made him a poor Speaker of the House. Again and again he combined incendiary rhetoric with irresolute action, bringing Republicans all the political costs of a hardline position without actually taking one. Again and again he put his own interests above those of the causes he championed in public.

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:SIB :scared :0corn

Obama will landslide Newt

 

[Trench]

I've thought all along that Romney would win out in the long run - and maybe win the Presidency. I don't really see much that's changing my mind at the moment.

So have I. Romney may be shying away from the center now to play to the Republican base but in a general election, he'll have to shift back toward the center to win, and he knows that.