From Rasmussen:
…The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the president currently earns support from 45% of Likely Voters across the nation, while a Generic Republican attracts 43% of the vote…
The good news for Obama is that he’s still out in front – the bad news is that he’s only barely ahead, and below 50%.
Key to Obama’s victory in 2012 would be the economy turning around – if there is a reasonable GOPer out there who can get people to answer “no” to the “are you better off than you were four years ago”, then Obama is toast. This may seem to mean that the GOP should just find the most reasonable candidate – but I want more than just Obama out: I want liberalism crushed. That means a candidate who can not only win on that question, but will so heartily attack Obama and his policies that a slim win becomes a crushing victory. Remember, Reagan didn’t just win because he wasn’t Carter – he won huge because he offered a vision for America in such stark contrast to Carter that the people rose up in what amounted to a revolution.
And I think that such a candidate would beat Obama even if the economy is turning around – I don’t think the economy will turn around, but even supposing it does, the people are sick of the sort of politics Obama represents. Sure, he presented himself as the new force in 2008 – but that was swiftly proven a lie in practice, and Obama is just another Ruling Class hack, as far as that goes. If the GOP can fire the popular imagination of an America restored to greatness, then even 7% unemployment won’t save Obama…and if the country is wallowing in 9% or higher unemployment in November, then the defeat of liberalism could become epic, if we have the right sort of fighting candidate.
And, so, that is what I’m on the look out – the man who offers the finest vision; the man who is most solid on the core issue…but mostly for the man (or woman, of course) who will fight the hardest and never let up for a minute on Obama and his Democrats.
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