Ron Paul poll shocker: He beats Obama head-to-head

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Ron Paul poll shocker: He beats Obama head-to-head

At the moment, Ron Paul bests President Obama in a head-to-head matchup by 43 to 41 percent, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Tuesday.

How about this for a poll shocker: While everybody in US politics has been preoccupied with the Michigan primary, Ron Paul has sneaked up on President Obama and for the first time leads the incumbent in a head-to-head survey.

That’s right, leads – as in, ahead of, out front, winning, and so forth. According to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Tuesday, at the moment Representative Paul bests Mr. Obama in a head-to-head matchup by 43 to 41 percent.

The same poll has Mitt Romney tied with Obama, at 44 percent each. Rick Santorum is three points behind the president, according to Rasmussen, and Newt Gingrich is 10 points behind.

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Wow. Paul is outperforming all the other GOP candidates, by this measure. His campaign is spinning this as evidence he’s the most electable of all.

“In order to win back the White House, Republicans must nominate a consistent candidate that offers something besides the status quo. Ron Paul is that candidate,” said national campaign chairman Jesse Benton in a statement on the Rasmussen results.

Well, we hate to be the bearer of cold water, but we’ve got a couple of comments to make on this.

First, one poll does not a white-haired Texas libertarian president make. As we said, this is the only head-to-head matchup to this point that shows Paul beating Obama. The RealClearPolitics rolling average of such polls still has Paul behind by a little over seven points.

Plus it’s, you know, hypothetical. Paul is not actually running against Obama at the moment. And the polls that have to do with him getting to that point aren’t so positive at the moment.

In the RealClearPolitics poll average of the four GOP contenders, Paul remains in fourth, as the choice of 12 percent of Republican voters. He’s not outperforming that figure in any big March 6 Super Tuesday states, either. In Ohio, he’s at 10.7 percent. In Georgia, he’s at 8.8 percent. He’s doing a bit better in Tennessee, at 15 percent in a recent Vanderbilt University poll, but that’s still good for only third place.

Of course, there is always the chance that Paul can take a few delegates in Tuesday’s Michigan primary. State rules allocate two delegates to the winner of each congressional district, and it’s possible that Paul could win in districts that include the University of Michigan and Michigan State. (He’s big with young people, in case you didn’t know.)

And the Washington caucuses are March 3. They’ll be another test of Paul’s strategy of focusing his energy, money, and organization on caucus states.

Link:

Ron Paul poll shocker: He beats Obama head-to-head - CSMonitor.com

 

[fallstuff]

I just meet so many everyday folks that don't like the way things are going is mind boggling. So many of these guys believe that Govt is almost dis-connected from the people, the Dems and the Republican parties essentially are two sides of the same coin.

 

[Rusty]

I love Ron Paul, but I don't think he can pull it off.
His biggest problem are actually the Republican voters.
Republicans like to talk a lot of Ideals, but they don't seem willing or capable of acting on them.
What they do instead is start focusing on a few small issues and making everything about Abortion or gun control.
They are unable to see the bigger picture, and that means that People like Ron Paul, who can see the big picture, will lose out to people like Mitt, who panders to these inconsequential issues.

 

[Raphael]

Ron Paul isn't going to get the Republican nomination. It's gonna be Romney.

 

[Kompromat]

If i was an American , i would be voting for Ron Paul.

 

[ace of spade]

bama's political career is over now.......he is young....sooner or later when america goes bankrupt,the free world can try him for killing Pakistani men,women and children in illegal drone campaign......till then let us continue collecting the evidence...most important would be his own confessions...which he had made thinking that he will always remain a president and usa will never become bankrupt.

 

[Developereo]

Ron Paul gives nightmares to most of the special interest groups who have their snouts in the public trough and which dominate American politics. Imagine teachers, educators, farmers, artists, environmentalists, welfare cheats and so many others who feel they are "entitled" to their benefits regardless of performance or need.

Common sense is a death sentence in any democracy.

 

[longyi]

Ron Paul will run as an independent candidate and takes away votes from Obama, just as Ross Perot took votes away from Bush Senior back in 1992, and a Republican warmonger sneaks into the White House.

Being a client state of Israel, America, under the new neocons, will storm pass Middle East and pointing fingers at Russia and China, yelling "MY way or highway!"

 

[Gnimgnay]

Being a client state of Israel, America, under the new neocons, will storm pass Middle East and pointing fingers at Russia and China, yelling "MY way or highway!"

Nah, I don't think that will happen. Perhaps US people/media don't like China, but the weapon industries and Wall St. consider China as partner. Without China, how are you going to open up weapon market in Asia. IMO, China pretty much cooperates in this ways...
As for Israel, actually their relationship with China is not bad. They are realistic and businessman-like. China and Israel get along.