Latest Polls: Good News For Obama, Bad News For Gingrich
Posted by Ashish on 01.27.2012
New data shows Gingrich sinking while Romney and Obama gain...
Lots of new polling data shows Newt Gingrich sinking following back-to-back debates where he and Romney swapped places, with Romney becoming the aggressor and fighter that Gingrich used to be, and Gingrich becoming the timid, passive candidate that Romney used to be.
It's probably too late for Gingrich to turn this around in Florida. His silver lining is he continues to poll well nationally when matched up against Romney. The problem for him though is that he basically has no national campaign, while Romney does. He also seems to have been exposed a bit in terms of his debating skills -- if he doesn't get an opportunity to blast the moderators, he seems to struggle to make traction. He also doesn't seem to be handling Romney's new, more aggressive approach very well, as he got baited into making some very undisciplined attacks on Thursday that Romney was ready for.
And meanwhile, the economy somewhat improving, the State of the Union address, and the constant exposure of the Republican candidates all seem to be helping President Obama's numbers in head-to-head match-ups against Romney and Gingrich.
These numbers are a reminder of how dangerous a political candidate Obama remains despite the economic woes of the country. All data indicates that independents have not been impressed with the GOP's field of candidates, and that is going to be a major factor.
Why aintchya' got no numbers up for Ron Paul!? I remember one time when I boxed a Frenchman for thirty-two rounds over a box of Ron Paul's tonic medicine...
Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-two. We had to say "dickety" 'cause that Kaiser had stolen our word "twenty". I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles...
Now, three wars back we called sauerkraut "liberty cabbage" and we called liberty cabbage "super slaw" and back then a suitcase was known as a "swedish lunchbox." Of course, nobody knew that but me.
Posted By: Grandpa Simpson (Guest) on January 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM
I'm not a big fan of all of Obama's ideas, but this is the weakest lot of GOP candidates you can get. I can't see myself voting for any of them, and none of them have done much to convince me otherwise.
None of them seem to have any passion about any one idea or project except "beat Obama."
OK, but if you beat Obama, then what? I haven't heard anything except each of them slagging the others. Ron Paul may be a nut, but at least he has some clear ideas about what he wants to do.
This reminds me of 2004, when the Democrats had a very weak field, and the best they could throw at W was John Kerry.
Posted By: MDG Lite (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 12:32 AM
I'm not a big fan of all of Obama's ideas, but this is the weakest lot of GOP candidates you can get. I can't see myself voting for any of them, and none of them have done much to convince me otherwise.
None of them seem to have any passion about any one idea or project except "beat Obama."
OK, but if you beat Obama, then what? I haven't heard anything except each of them slagging the others. Ron Paul may be a nut, but at least he has some clear ideas about what he wants to do.
This reminds me of 2004, when the Democrats had a very weak field, and the best they could throw at W was John Kerry.
Posted By: MDG Lite (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 12:32 AM
You think Mitt Romney, a guy who had a successful run as the governor of Massachussetts, has successfully run several businesses, including turning the Salt Lake City Olympics into a profitable venture instead of the scandal-ridden nightmare it was destined to become is equal to John Kerry, a guy who served in Vietnam, filed for three purple hearts himself because he got flesh wounds, married into extreme wealth and spent the rest of his life as a career politician voting us into the federal debt problem we currently have?
Posted By: Guest#0897 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 02:12 AM
This reminds me of 2004, when the Democrats had a very weak field, and the best they could throw at W was John Kerry.
Posted By: MDG Lite (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 12:32 AM
Exactly. Romney is being set up to fail just like Kerry was. Then just watch as all the candidates the GOP has been begging for this year come out of the woodwork in 2016.
Posted By: poffo316 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 05:24 AM
Ron Paul may be a nut, but at least he has some clear ideas about what he wants to do.
Posted By: MDG Lite (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 12:32 AM
And that is about the best ANYONE can say for this rotten field of people. If that is the highest compliment you can give then Obama will be commander in chief until 2016.
Posted By: Guest#5553 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 09:08 AM
Fuckin' Santorum! If he were out, Gingrich would win easily.
Posted By: Dirk Diggler (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Yup, anybody can see that this GOP field is weak. The real contenders are sitting this one out.
Posted By: Guest#6383 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 11:37 AM
You think Mitt Romney, a guy who had a successful run as the governor of Massachussetts, has successfully run several businesses, including turning the Salt Lake City Olympics into a profitable venture instead of the scandal-ridden nightmare it was destined to become is equal to John Kerry, a guy who served in Vietnam, filed for three purple hearts himself because he got flesh wounds, married into extreme wealth and spent the rest of his life as a career politician voting us into the federal debt problem we currently have?
Posted By: Guest#0897 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 02:12 AM
Yes.
Posted By: MDG Lite (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 12:41 PM
You think Mitt Romney, a guy who had a successful run as the governor of Massachussetts, has successfully run several businesses, including turning the Salt Lake City Olympics into a profitable venture instead of the scandal-ridden nightmare it was destined to become is equal to John Kerry, a guy who served in Vietnam, filed for three purple hearts himself because he got flesh wounds, married into extreme wealth and spent the rest of his life as a career politician voting us into the federal debt problem we currently have?
Posted By: Guest#0897 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 02:12 AM
No..actually John Kerry was better, the stuff said about him was at least made up, the Romney stuff is all true.
Posted By: Guest#4763 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 03:14 PM
You think Mitt Romney, a guy who had a successful run as the governor of Massachussetts, has successfully run several businesses, including turning the Salt Lake City Olympics into a profitable venture instead of the scandal-ridden nightmare it was destined to become is equal to John Kerry, a guy who served in Vietnam, filed for three purple hearts himself because he got flesh wounds, married into extreme wealth and spent the rest of his life as a career politician voting us into the federal debt problem we currently have?
Posted By: Guest#0897 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 02:12 AM
I served in the Marine Corp in Iraq.
You don't "file" for medals. Your superior officers nominate you. That means Kerry's superiors believed his service merited such consideration.
Before you attack men who have served this country in combat, something you quite clearly have not, at least get your facts straight.
I would take John Kerry over a guy who spent the Vietnam War in France trying to convert the French to Mormonism.
Posted By: Guest#7002 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 06:19 PM
You don't "file" for medals. Your superior officers nominate you. That means Kerry's superiors believed his service merited such consideration.
Posted By: Guest#7002 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 06:19 PM
If it really is that simple, then how did the swift-boating business ever occur?
Posted By: Guest#6795 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 06:55 PM
Hello. I'm here to point out what you already know... THEY ARE ALL SCUM! It's time to overthrow this hijacked government, you PUSSIES! You inheretid freedom and the only thing that was expected of us was to protect that freedom for the next generation! WE'RE FAILING!!!! UGH... This government HAS been hijacked and NO person on the ballot is worth voting for. Deep down we all KNOW this, but we're too fucking childish and scared to admit it to ourselves. Who's willing to grow up??
Posted By: America (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 07:22 PM
You don't "file" for medals. Your superior officers nominate you. That means Kerry's superiors believed his service merited such consideration.
Posted By: Guest#7002 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 06:19 PM
If it really is that simple, then how did the swift-boating business ever occur?
Posted By: Guest#6795 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 06:55 PM
Because some people will do anything to win an election or see that their candidate wins......
Kerry had a LOT of negatives, career politician being a BIG one, BUT....
Kerry served his country and was legitimately wounded in combat... the fact that he had to defend that during an election was completely and utterly disgusting. Whoever started that smear campaign should be truly ashamed of themselves, and should fall on a bayonet in dishonor.
Say what you want about a man and his politics, but questioning his valor in combat is unconscionable.
I thought McCain was waaay out of touch, but his service record is untouchable. The man served and was a freaking POW, that alone deserves a salute from me.
Posted By: MDG Lite (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 07:34 PM
You think Mitt Romney, a guy who had a successful run as the governor of Massachussetts, has successfully run several businesses, including turning the Salt Lake City Olympics into a profitable venture instead of the scandal-ridden nightmare it was destined to become is equal to John Kerry, a guy who served in Vietnam, filed for three purple hearts himself because he got flesh wounds, married into extreme wealth and spent the rest of his life as a career politician voting us into the federal debt problem we currently have?
Posted By: Guest#0897 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 02:12 AM
Are you talking about the guy who runs from his own record? Changes his mind every few minutes? Spineless coward who put people out of business to make more money for him and his friends? Is this the same guy?
Posted By: thisisntme (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 09:07 PM
Can we just re-elect Obama into office? This is just a mirror image of the 2004 election when Bush was facing off against Kerry. This whole fiasco is just a bunch of business, rich men who barely get taxed on it as were, trying to figure out who their party is going to vote for them to lose against Obama.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not the biggest of fan of Obama but I would gladly take the man that was responsible for green-lighting the mission to take out Bin Laden, for ending the war in Iraq (finally) and for bringing most if not all our boys home than some right-winged, conservative, Republican who is going to drive this country's economy into the dirt even further by granting slides to the rich.
Face facts, kids, the Republicans are going to kill this country. The conservatives won't do a damn thing about it. The liberals, as nutty as they are, at least want things to change and are never satisfied with the way things are and the Democrats are just all over the place.
So glad I'm Centrist right now. The choices are simple, in one hand you have a dagger to plunge into your hear. In the other you have a vial of poison. The only choice is which one do you wish to kill yourself with.
The right is going to kill this country and drag us all the hell all the while praising Jesus Christ as our lord and savior while they burn at Satan's door step.
Posted By: Defective14 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Don't get me wrong, I'm not the biggest of fan of Obama but I would gladly take the man that was responsible for green-lighting the mission to take out Bin Laden, for ending the war in Iraq (finally) and for bringing most if not all our boys home
Posted By: Defective14 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Obama didn't end the war in Iraq, the American forces got kicked out.
And do you really believe bin Laden died in 2011? And they immedietly flushed his body down the ocean like crack down a toilet when the cops are knocking at the door? And then seal team 6 die in a helicopter crash? It was the most far-fetched story they have asked us to believe in a long time.
Obama will take us to war with Iran because Israel says so, and anybody allowed anywhere near the white house will do the same.
Posted By: Guest#2120 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 01:53 AM
So glad I'm Centrist right now. The choices are simple, in one hand you have a dagger to plunge into your hear. In the other you have a vial of poison. The only choice is which one do you wish to kill yourself with.
The right is going to kill this country and drag us all the hell all the while praising Jesus Christ as our lord and savior while they burn at Satan's door step.
Posted By: Defective14 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 11:24 PM
You don't sound like a Centrist. You sound like a pessimist or a defeatist. And since your point of view is negative of everything, your invalidate your own opinion
Posted By: Guest#1011 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 08:33 AM
romney didn't seem no different than any other time! are u ebing paid? for real? all honesty? romney is still studdering n flip flopping from issues.so dude stop writing these reports if ur not even gonna report em right,and thurs debate was easily won by RON PAUL,who u didnt mention agin mr cnn/fox.
Posted By: wat were u watchin? (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 09:07 AM
Kerry ran what had to be the worst presidential campaign since Dukakis in 1988. He might as well have not even bothered since he uttered the infamous line "I was before the Iraq war before I was against it." Now, he could have made the argument that he voted for the war because of the intelligence that the Bush administration presented, which turned out to be faulty, and thus his position on the war had evolved naturally. But that particular line was so flippant, it allowed Kerry to be easily portrayed as a flip-flopper. Between that and his lack of any genuine response to the Swift Boat ad campaign, Kerry was dead in the water, even against a president whose numbers were falling due to the ongoing morass in Iraq.
As for Romney, he has absolutely no principles, and is willing to say or do anything to get elected, even if it means looking like a flip-flopper. I can't tell what Romney stands for, and in many respects, he's the Republican version of Clinton. I may not like Newt Gingrich, Santorum and the stances they take, but I can at least respect them for having a political vision. But of course, they aren't electable outside of another economic collapse, largely because their ultra conservative views scare the hell out of independents, which you need to win elections these days.
Posted By: Michael L (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 09:40 AM
You think Mitt Romney, a guy who had a successful run as the governor of Massachussetts, has successfully run several businesses, including turning the Salt Lake City Olympics into a profitable venture instead of the scandal-ridden nightmare it was destined to become is equal to John Kerry, a guy who served in Vietnam, filed for three purple hearts himself because he got flesh wounds, married into extreme wealth and spent the rest of his life as a career politician voting us into the federal debt problem we currently have?
Posted By: Guest#0897 (Guest) on January 28, 2012 at 02:12 AM
You mean a guy who spent a ton of money as governor created a huge debt and the pushed all the debt forward.
Posted By: Guest#2078 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM
And do you really believe bin Laden died in 2011? And they immedietly flushed his body down the ocean like crack down a toilet when the cops are knocking at the door? And then seal team 6 die in a helicopter crash? It was the most far-fetched story they have asked us to believe in a long time.
Posted By: Guest#2120 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 01:53 AM
Tin foil hat's for sale...get your tin foil hats here!
Posted By: Tin foil hat vendor (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM
As for Romney, he has absolutely no principles, and is willing to say or do anything to get elected, even if it means looking like a flip-flopper. I can't tell what Romney stands for, and in many respects, he's the Republican version of Clinton. I may not like Newt Gingrich, Santorum and the stances they take, but I can at least respect them for having a political vision. But of course, they aren't electable outside of another economic collapse, largely because their ultra conservative views scare the hell out of independents, which you need to win elections these days.
Posted By: Michael L (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 09:40 AM
You do remember Newt criticizing Paul Ryan and his "conservative social engineering", only to refute those comments days later?
Or Newt's more recent criticism and retraction of Romney's work at BAIN?
Posted By: Guest#8580 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 12:41 PM
You don't sound like a Centrist. You sound like a pessimist or a defeatist. And since your point of view is negative of everything, your invalidate your own opinion
Posted By: Guest#1011 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 08:33 AM
This doesn't even make any sense!
Posted By: Guest#7443 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 01:12 PM
"You don't sound like a Centrist. You sound like a pessimist or a defeatist. And since your point of view is negative of everything, your invalidate your own opinion
Posted By: Guest#1011 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 08:33 AM"
Lol. Defeatist? Pessimist? It's called being a Realist, junior. I'm a Centrist, without a doubt. Just get your head out of that right-winged window you seem to be stuck in to see it. Cheerio, good chap!
Posted By: Defective14 (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 07:23 PM
MGD Lite,
Not sure how great McCain's record was. While he did spend a long time as a POW, keep in mind that his plane also got shot down on multiple occasions. Not sure how distinguished that makes him.
Posted By: Jlevysan (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 09:02 PM
MGD Lite,
Not sure how great McCain's record was. While he did spend a long time as a POW, keep in mind that his plane also got shot down on multiple occasions. Not sure how distinguished that makes him.
Posted By: Jlevysan (Guest) on January 29, 2012 at 09:02 PM
Hey man, I thought McCain was a bum and lost any and all respect as a canidate when he totally sold out to the ultra right wing when running for president. I wouldn't have voted for him if he was running against nearlly ANYONE the democrats had.
But calling his Vietnam record into question or not calling it disguished, I mean yeah he got shot down but he spent YEARS in a POW camp, who are we to call anything that man did for his country into question?
What because his plane got shot down you want to say he couldn't do the job? That is total BS and it's stuff like that and ideas like that why some dems give the rest of us a bad name.
Posted By: really? (Guest) on January 30, 2012 at 08:43 AM
Not sure how great McCain's record was. While he did spend a long time as a POW, keep in mind that his plane also got shot down on multiple occasions. Not sure how distinguished that makes him.
Getting your plane shot down several times means you served real combat. Also, McCain was offered the opportunity to be released early but stayed so that some of the sicker soldiers under his command could get out. I'd have to research it but I think I remember hearing that he basically doubled his stay as a POW.
I'm an independent who tends to lean towards the democrats and I would have voted for him until he actually started running. As soon as he won the nomination, he looked like he knew he cashed in all of his integrity. For me, this was perhaps the saddest story in politics.
Posted By: Todd (Guest) on January 30, 2012 at 04:56 PM
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