Huck-a-what?

By Stephen Fountain, Editor

Filed Under Polls, Race for White House 2012 on Oct 16 

According to Rasmussen Reports Mike Huckabee now leads the list of potential GOP presidential prospects with 29% support.

Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Republican voters nationwide say former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is their pick to represent the GOP in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 24% prefer former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney while 18% would cast their vote for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Read the details at Rasmussen Reports.

What will raise the Titanic?

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under General, POTUS, Polls on Aug 22 

Mistakes
(find other gems like this one at www.despair.com)

Our beloved president is off to vacation in Martha’s Vineyard for 2 weeks – just in time for Hurricane Bill (not Clinton) to pay a visit. I find that just a tad bit ironic, don’t you?

Let’s hope it is an uneventful stay. The last thing we need is for something to happen to the president or his family while there. My reasons are twofold. First, I truly wish the man and his family health and safety. I want him living out his (only) term in office without injury or illness. The second reason is more selfish. I don’t want attention diverted from the real issues, nor everyone to turn sympathetic on him if a minor calamity should befall. Let’s hope the leeches and snakes around him [Axelrod and Emmanuel] won’t gin up a litte “Wag the Dog” scenario to do just that and boost his numbers again.

So it got me thinking. Speaking in purely hypotheticals, what possible scenarios could raise the almighty (with a little ‘a’) president’s poll numbers? I decided to make a list of possibilities.

A few of these are slightly realistic, while some of the scenarios have about the same likelihood that the US soccer team will win the World Cup next June, the KC Royals will play the Washington Senators in the World Series, and the Detroit Lions will win at least 6 games this year. So we’re dealing almost strictly in the hypothetical, OK?
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How conservative is your state?

By Jason Wright, Editor

Filed Under General, Polls on Aug 18 

New Gallop rankings of self-identified conservatives vs. liberals.

Rasmussen unveils 2012 polls; Obama leads Palin, tied with Romney

By David Kaiser, Editor

Filed Under Polls, Race for White House 2012 on Jul 20 

Rasmussen Reports released polling data on potential 2012 match-ups for the general election this morning, and the highlights include hypothetical races between President Obama and two of his top potential rivals – Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.

According to the poll, Obama would defeat the soon-to-be-ex-governor of Alaska 48% to 42%. In a match-up against 2008 GOP candidate Mitt Romney, it would appear things are a bit tighter. In fact, the race is a dead heat, with each man getting 45% of the vote.

One of the more telling statistics is how Palin and Romney fared among undecideds:

When Romney is the Republican nominee, he beats Obama among unaffiliated voters 48% to 41%. But when Palin is the GOP candidate, unaffiliated voters prefer Obama by a 47% to 41% margin.

But there is one stunner in the report – nearly a third of all Republicans think that Sarah Palin should run as an independent, if she were to fail to win the GOP nomination. And if she were to run as a third party, the results would be likely do more harm to the GOP candidate than to Obama.

Yes it’s just a poll. But it’s fun to see where things stand just three years out…

Mamma said there’d be days like this

By Stephen Fountain, Editor

Filed Under POTUS, Polls on Jun 30 

According to Rasmussen:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 31% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-three percent (33%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2. That matches the lowest level yet recorded.