Obama 39%…Ron Paul 38%

Mark Noonan

More proof that 2012 is becoming an “anybody but Obama” year – from Rasmussen:

…Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul earns 38% of the vote to President Obama’s 39% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Fourteen percent (14%) like some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) remain undecided…

The reason we’re still wondering if Palin and Christie will get in the race is because it is becoming likely that whomever the GOP nominates, if they are just a credible alternative, will be the next President.  For a Republican, 2012 might be the easiest year to run, ever.

Setting aside the usual “its a long time and anything can happen” caveats, the political dynamic is shaping up to be excruciating for President Obama and his Democrats.  Only a sharp pivot away from liberalism can possibly change things sufficiently by November, 2012…and any such pivot opens up the prospect of ultra-liberals staying home, or opting for a Third Party candidate.  An incredible run of luck can still save Obama’s bacon, but that is just about it.

So, Republicans, choose with care – the guy or gal we nominate is whom we’re likely to be stuck with for four years.  No do-overs.

 

6 thoughts on “Obama 39%…Ron Paul 38%”

  1. neocon1's avatar neocon1 August 25, 2011 / 8:14 am

    one empty suit never was, commie usurper, muslim
    one Loon

    tied?
    surprise surprise.

  2. Sunny's avatar Sunny August 25, 2011 / 11:29 am

    Republicans will never elect Ron Paul as the GOP presidential candidate. So what is the point of this “Rassmussen” poll.

    • neocon1's avatar neocon1 August 25, 2011 / 6:16 pm

      yeah but you turds cheated in a marxist, muslim, usurper POS Manchurian candidate.

    • Green Mountain Boy's avatar Green Mountain Boy August 25, 2011 / 8:36 pm

      The point of this poll is that a lunatic is in a virtual dead heat with an incumbent president. Does that not tell you something?

      • bardolf's avatar bardolf August 25, 2011 / 9:56 pm

        It tells me that the GOP elites have not been completely successful in branding Ron Paul a lunatic. They have done their job on the typical B4V poster.

  3. ron's avatar ron August 31, 2011 / 11:22 am

    i hear ron paul called a “lunatic” by republican partisans, but why? what is ONE lunatic idea he has?

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