Why Is MSNBC Blind to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Poll Loss?
- Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:39pm by
Mike Opelka
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Earlier today MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell reported on the recent Presidential Poll taken in New Hampshire, but somehow completely missed the glaring news that President Obama lost to Mitt Romney by 8 points. Instead the report was focused on Sarah Palin and what the MSM considers to be her shrinking chances for a successful White House run.
Perhaps Ms. Mitchell and the MSNBC crew was in such a hurry to get this story on the air they missed the last paragraph with the very telling statistic;
Obama’s chances of winning New Hampshire depend, at this point, on his opponent. In a hypothetical race between Obama and Romney, Romney leads, 49 to 41 percent. Against Palin, Obama does much better, leading 57 to 34 percent.
The Palin Obsession once seen as the exclusive territory of MSNBC’s Prime Time line-up appears to have drifted into the daylight hours.
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Comments (226)
KL
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:39pmRomney is not the only republican candidate that will be running. Just relax. Its very early. And if you would vote for Obama again…….you shouldn’t be allowed to vote!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:24amWe are all hoping there is a better Republican.. however.. I wouldn’t vote for OBAMA .. I would do like I did last time when the REPUBLICANS ran McCain.. vote 3rd party.. won’t sell my vote for a party..
Report Post »S_Malc13
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:37pmThe Democrats win as long as we vote in an Ultra-right RINO. We will strengthen liberals resolve to RIOT. That’s what they want. But a true Constitutionalist, makes Liberty applicable to all and can do it without Socialism. Romeny = Bush extended.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:29amUltra-right rino? WTF? Rino’s lean towards the left my friend.
Report Post »GetUpOnTheWheel
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:32pmTo be honest I’d vote for anything even a sliver right of Obama if that was my only choice this time around.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:07amif that was my only choice this time around.
Report Post »********
The problem is we don‘t have the LIBERTY of that being our only choice this time around or we’ll have NO LIBERTIES LEFT! We are in dire times, with them disregarding the Constitution at every turn. What our founders Prayed, and pledged everything for, and our Patriots fought and died for, (and those who still are.) is in danger of being thrown overboard for a chant, and mass hypnosis. We must pray hard for, who, God would have lead us back to what He gave us to begin with, and then pray for them each step of the way. “Anyone to the right of”, just doesn’t cut it anymore!
GetUpOnTheWheel
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:27pmWhy Is MSNBC Blind to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Poll Loss?
I mean really? This is MSNBC we are talking about. It’s like asking why the hogs like to roll in the slop. It’s what they do.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:24pmPalin/Bachmann 2012
snicker
Report Post »glennrocks
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:24pmI like Mitt Romney. He is smart, honest and likes America. Unlike the current guy who is the opposite.
Report Post »Captain77
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:43pmYa, they are so different… Wait, they both think government should provide healthcare… Never mind.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:44amI know I’ve mentioned it before… What do you guy’s think about Gary Sinise? He has the look. He is a great American. The troops love him. He is NOT a politician (big plus).
What do you think?
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:57am…. smart, honest and likes America. Unlike the current guy who is the opposite
Report Post »*********
Describes probably 90% of the guys who attend TEA PARTIES, now tell me why any one of them should be elected POTUS? (((( Come On People!!!!, let’s get some energy into our campaign before it faces the big blow headwind of the LSM,)))) Someone who can talk back to them and get people’s attention instead of having to wake voters the day after elections and take their pulses to see if they survived the campaign!
…..AGAIN LET’S SEND IN THE CLEANING LADIES TO THE DIRTY LITTLE CESSPOOL ON THE POTOMIC !!!! BACHMANN / PALIN 2012 !!!!! Rubber Gloves & Surgical Masks instead of campaign buttons!!! Maybe they could campaign in those Cover-Alls that Meat Inspectors wear.
heavyduty
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:22pmWhat can you expect from this news agency, when their cheerleading song is:
Report Post »Give me a D
Give me a U
Give me a H
And what does that spell?
When they think a news story is anything that doesn’t have their name in it.
NickDeringer
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:18pmProfessor O’Barry will win re-election. The unions, ACORN, Hamas, and the zombies are all gearing up to make sure he gets a second term. Don’t underestimate power of voter fraud.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:21pmThe Progressives don’t underestimate it….they COUNT on it…..
Report Post »glennrocks
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:25pmZombies?
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:38amThe Progressives don’t underestimate it….they COUNT on it…..
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Report Post »And they’ve still got unspent Stimulus $ and paid back TARP $ TO PAY FOR IT!
spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:18pmmsnbc—-fingers in the ear—- lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala…………..
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:14pmThe article cite states the following:
“The poll shows 40 percent of likely Republican primary voters would vote for Romney.” I would think there is a problem with the GOP if Obama beats the GOP candidates in a poll of Republican primary voters. This article is meaningless and another example of lack of editorial standards Beck and the Blaze have.
HillBillySam1
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:18pmDoes the poll state that the other 60 percent of likely Republican primary voters would vote for Obama? I think that somebody needs a hug……
Report Post »RobR
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:14pmEven for MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell omitting that glaring fact isabsolutely pathetic.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:23pmAndrea is married to Alan Greenspan
Report Post »Do the math
My question is WHY is she working?
Waltermelon
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:35amAllen doesn‘t seem to mind that she’s a mythological creature with the head of a Shetland pony…
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:38am“GeorgieJo
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:23pm
Andrea is married to Alan Greenspan
Do the math
My question is WHY is she working?”
She likes the carrots and sugar cubes?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:12pmPalin would get my vote even if she can’t see Russia! Barracuda 2012
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:09pmMSNBC is blind in one eye and can’t see out of the other.!
Report Post »paulnashtn
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:06pmI believe there are several republicans that MIGHT be able to win but AYNONE that believes that Ron Paul has any chance at all, has their head in their a.. errr where the sun does not shine
Report Post »Captain77
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:40pmYa, I mean heaven forbid if the “conservative” group gets behind a constitutionalist. After all, “conservatives” care just as much about the Constitution as liberals. Or at least unless its convenient. For “conservatives”when it comes to unconstitutional wars they could give a damn about the Constitution, but when it comes to Obamacare they wrap themselves up in it. Long ago I called myself a Republican because at that time I thought they more closely followed the constitution. When they fell away from that I called myself a conservative, believing they would strive to “conserve” the constitution. Sadly no… Finally I call myself a Constitutionalist, and finally I have found a title you Neo-Con fake conservatives can hijack! A TRUE AMERICAN IS NEITHER REPUBLICAN NOR DEMOCRAT, LIBRAL NOR CONSERVATIVE. A TRUE AMERICAN IS A CONSTITUTIONALIST. AN ABIDER, SUPPORTER AND DEFENDER OF THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. And sadly, Ron Paul is the only Constitutionalist Presidential Candidate this nation has had in a long time, and all you sad people can do is mock him and say he has no chance. For those of you of that ilk, you are just as much to blame for the falling of this nation as the liberals.
Report Post »heavllyarmed
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:59pmhey everyone look its one of the 48 ppl that watch msnbc
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:09amYeah, thats what they say everytime he runs in his home district…….yet he wins.
Report Post »You have got to get outside the box to really change things. Ron Paul is outside the box.
ReviveThe10th
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:16amCaptain………….. you are really on to the correct theme here. I agree. The people in this country that call themselves patriots better get involved. We had all better study the history of this country and our Constitutions, including the Declaration of Independence.
The TEA party folks had better become more engaged than even the 8/28 Rally & CPAC combined. If we truly want to keep our Constitutional Republic, we had all better get engaged. Keep on keep’n on. God Bless America.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:31amYeah, thats what they say everytime he runs in his home district…….yet he wins.
You have got to get outside the box to really change things. Ron Paul is outside the box.
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Report Post »Seems to me, our problems in America really became obvious when everyone started to tell us to “Think Outside the Box” What I’d like to know is “Who put us in the box to begin with? (Must be a MIGHTY BIG BOX!) Now, how about some of you vets find us some c4 and let’s BLOW THEIR BOX________ (Sky high, of course) !, and learn how to think individually again!!!
VRW Conspirator
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 5:26pm@Captain
Paul has some very good ideas and some very bad ones…
while there are some valid reasons to pull back from foreign involvement, complete isolationalism is not practical in this day and age. i do think that we should cut our troops on foreign soil and our foreign aid drastically, but we can’t disappear back onto our own soil completely.
while I agree that the FED is completely outside its charter and acting outside the Constitution currently, I don’t think we can just eliminate it and move into a gold standard without some transition period. the FED charter has to be revoked and all assetts returned to the Department of Treasury, liquidated, accounts audited, and order maintained. the US should call in all loans given to foreign banks under the FED and require immediate and full payment of funds from any foreign nation or institution since the FED was never authorized to give US money to foreign sources – in fact we just make them all pay us in gold and we use that money to transition to the gold standard. main problem is that currently the US doesn’t even have a trillion in gold..we would still have to deal with major price adjustments which many people would be hurt by.
i agree with Rep Paul about Congress and the Courts overstepping their Constitutional duties…i agree that the office of the President has taken too much control over deploying the military without declaration of war, even though I believe as CnC of the military, the President can use the military at will without Congressional declaration…and then Congress can just not fund the effort. i agree that the Federal government is too bloated and big. we all agree on these things if we are true Constitutional Tea Party minded patriots.
the problem with Ron Paul is that he comes across as a kook! he spouts off with “the sky is falling” comments and people laugh at him, even if he has the facts on his side. he doesn’t present the information in a way that makes people say “you know, this guy is right,“ he presents it in a way that makes people think ” hey this guy is a nut.” he talks about legalize all drugs, abortion, gay marriage, and the like. Too many people still feel that morality has a place in government and taking the Judea-Christian values out of the USA is the problem, not the lack of complete libertarian ideals. Ron Paul ****** all these people off so the evangelicals and fundamental religious blow him off as an amoral looney without even realizing they agree with him on as much as they disagree, or more so.
so when you get informed people together that have checked their own facts and come to the same conclusions as Ron Paul, maybe not as hysterically, and they take a straw poll at a gathering of people like this…he seems to poll better than when you look across the whole country and have less informed people, that while annoyed at the government, don’t see it as the big bad wolf, he doesn’t do so well.
the 2008 election was the perfect example. he didn’t do so well at the ballot even if the polls said people agreed with him. he needs to learn to actually be more like his son, Rand…who while saying some of the same things as his father, does so in a much more eloquent and refined way.
Report Post »voodoolife
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:03pmMSNBC is not even news… It’s just kind of… there… with 48 drones watching it…
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:15pmIt’s like a body after the life has gone out of it. It just continues to rot and stink.
Put in in the ground for God’s sake!
Report Post »DADA
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:02pmJoe the plumber would get my vote.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:01pmMSNBC is not blind to our Dear Leader’s polling data…..they are complicite in it. They are nothing more than a failing, ideological cable news channel whose sole objective is Progressive propoganda……..nobody told Hitler that he was losing the war, either…..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:28pmABC might be catching on ….to MSNBC …
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocker-abc-news-wonders-if-obama-is-creating-state-run-media/
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:20amProgressive propoganda……..nobody told Hitler that he was losing the war, either…..
Report Post »*********
And it took a non PC little boy to let the world know, “The Emperor is NAKED, The Emperor has NO CLOTHES !!!”
franknshadow
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:59pmRomney’s not the guy, and neither is Palin this time around.. Look at Mike Pence R-Ind, and Herman Cain.. My favorites..
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:19pmHerman—you betcha
Report Post »papacan
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:52pmI have had enough of the minority experiment, Cain will have to show me alot more for me to get on his wagon.
Report Post »kadiatu
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:29amHerman Cain is a more genuine and likeable figure than Romney. Romney has no chance to win the South, as we saw in 2008. Accepting Romney as the candidate because the elitists say he’s the one who can beat Obama is nonsense. This isn’t a Mike Castle-Christine O’Donnell choice, though this seems to be the way some Romney supporters are framing it. Some of the candidates running against Romney have as impressive a business/leadership background, but without the baggage of a health care fiasco (regardless of the state constitutionality) or the elitist image.
My choice is Herman Cain. Obama and the Left can–and will–play the race card in this election, and Cain is the only one running who is obviously equipped to deal with it. The Left already fears Cain, as the attack ads filled with racial slurs have already begun to emerge. How many attack pieces have there been on Romney? He is McCain II, the Revenge of the RINOs.
Herman Cain in 2012.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 3:48pmmy thoughts exactly…. Hermain Cain for Pres and Pence for his VP…they can unify all of “fly over country” in one big batch….experience in politics…experience in business….straight talking and to the point….unafraid and unabashedly patriotic….
Romney and Palin and Paul and Gingrich and all the others could just be put in cabinet positions….
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:59pmThis headline is about as sensible as asking why men stare at women’s breasts.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:04pmIs that statement scientifically proven?!? As a gentleman, I only look for beauty in a woman’s eyes……her beautiful, luscious 44 “DD” sized eyes…….
Report Post »Thomas Parker
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:57pmRomney won’t win. The MSM wants us to think he is the best shot Republicans have at taking the White House. Romney will loose if he gets the nomination. West could win. I think Ron Paul has a better shot that Romney. Palin would make a great VP. But, I don’t think she could pull off the Presidency.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:22pmThing is the field really is wide open .. I pray people will NOT let the MSM pull the who will have the “best chance of winning” cr*p .. that’s how we got McCain. We need new blood — someone who will stand up FOR AMERICAN … Cain / West would be a great combo .. in either order.
http://www.hermancain.com/
Report Post »heavllyarmed
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:55pmi agree, cain, west
Report Post »stopspendingourmoney
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:06amRon Paul 2012!!!
http://www.ronpaul.com/
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:31amNo way sarah for president – if there are enough people out there stupid enough to put her in we can just be prepared for another 4 years if obama – she is not tough enough all she does is whine about being picked on – says she just lets it roll off her back and then in the next breath starts the whining. I sure as heck don’t want more of obama and if anyone thinks he is going to be easy to beat you better leave fantasy island.
Report Post »rwing
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 3:07am@ Thomas Parker
I agree we need a leader more like Ron Paul who doesn’t get us into wars all over the world. We need someone who puts the USA first, who asks tough questions, and makes the American people think for themselves. It’s “We the People” who make this a better union and we can do it when people stop saying who can or can’t win and we all get behind one man/or woman we fill represents us.
Report Post »ARealCharliesAngel
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:57pmMSNBC has only a few daily goals: Smear Conservatives, bash Fox News including Tea Party Patriots, site anonymous blog posts as factual news, and show their own ignorance.
Report Post »Paul Thompson
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:55pmRomney runs Staples….come on.
Report Post »Doesn’t someone that well funded with so little public support get up your suspicion?
awizard
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:58am@Paul Thompson; No, he is a successful business man … he actually knows how to Do things and earn money, as opposed to talking about his ideals and spending money he doesn’t have … anymore questions?..
Report Post »Paul Thompson
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:08amAnd I suppose there is nobody else that ever successfully ran something?
Report Post »People who put Mitt on this pedestal are going to be in for a very unhappy event when Obama wins, because Mitt is seen as too polished and too elitist.
APEXIdaho
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:26amRight now in most polls Romney is the only one that beats Obama!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:54pmWonder how Andrea will spin it when ten states refuse to put Obama on their ballots?!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:18pmMore deranged and delusional birtherism? The only cure for it is a heavy dose of reality and no Beck or Alex Jones for a month, clearly you are not mature or smart enough to know the difference between the rantings of paranoid madmen and the truth.
trilateral-my-ass
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:40pmElections will be faked. Obama will win by the grand design of the New World Order. The only way to stop this Socialist madness is go Egypt on them.
Report Post »Liberty7
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:04am@ ENCINOM
The people keeping the birther issue alive are the Democrats. Abercrombie in Hawaii has made a career out of taunting Republicans.
During the ‘08 campaign when “questions” arose concerning McCain’s eligibility because he was born in the Panama Canal territory, congress actually looked into McCain’s eligibility to run for POTUS and he produced a birth certificate. In reality, I believe those that “questioned” McCain’s eligibility were just working the system and providing diversional cover for Obama. So, Hotrod, why aren’t you asking the president to just produce his birth certificate and shut up all those “deranged and delusional” folks and be careful about questioning the intelligence of others, because it brings into doubt just how smart you think you are.
Oh, just for the record, I believe Obama was born in the United States, but if he produces his birth certificate it will destroy the life story he has put forth in his autobiographies and show him to be the fake that his performance in office is showing on a daily basis. Personally, I would like to see his passport files, Occidental College application papers and records from Harvard indicating who financed his law school tuition.
Happy trolling Hotrod.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:08am@SHOWTIME
Report Post »how Andrea will spin it : She’ll probably lead the movement to have them kicked out of the Union, and all their votes disqualified!
davecoolworld
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:19amENCINOMOM…..Not only is Obama NOT an American citizen, he is also muslim. For 2012, Obama will have to show proof of his live birth on US soil.
Answer why Obama has been keeping his birth, school records sealed?
Report Post »mickey16
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 5:24am@encinom
I don‘t doubt President Obama’s citizenship or christianity, but I believe he is using the birther issue to provide cover for his school records (which supposedly show he got financial aid as an foreign exchange student) and the issue of what nationality passport he used to travel to Cuba. While i don’t believe either of these disqualify him to be President, they do go to the question of character. And now that the voters have seen him as just another politician, and not the messiah, legitimate questions about his character will have to be raised.
On a side note: shouldn’t the question be “Why is MSNBC blind?”
Report Post »APEXIdaho
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:19amIt was not legal for him to run the first time, not because of his birth place, but because of whom he claims that his father is. The following link explaines it all very well:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=134881
the SCOTUS should remove him from office and void everything that he has signed!
Report Post »cliKKer
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:51pmthey have the outcome already planned… then they make our reports fit the outcome. Where will these people be when 2012 throws out all the people they picked? think of this they ignore the one who WON the poll to focus on second, third and fourth place.
can you hear them….
Report Post »Whistling through the grave yard…. they will be the first to report on their demise ( a year later)
bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:08amPalin is the only one smart enough and tough enough to take on the left smear machine and win. Sarah also will win over the doubters during her campaign rallys. The left has basically used up all their ammo trying to keep her from running for president. They know that she can beat them.
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:22amRun Sarah run…..
Report Post »The Republicans handed off the last big election by putting the bimbo on the ballot.
Do it again!!!
How about… Lindsay Lohan/ Sarah Palin 2012???
bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:57pmBut not for Sarah energizing the conservative base McCain would have lost by a much greater margin. Acorn had the pimps,hookers druggies and Rub-ee-dubs,bussed to the polling stations, told them how to vote and who to vote for,paid them, and they tipped the scales for Obama. Palin would bring out the conservatives en mass. The derelicts will not be so easy to fool this time because the great change they were told was coming for them was BULLCRAP.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:26amRUN $arah RUN! I disagree with use of the term “bimbo.” She’s misinformed, a very popular media figure with her minions (not a majority,) but not capable of running the country. EVERYBODY should get into the primaries (must-see TV. :)
Report Post »vg0va3
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:47pmRomney??????
I wouldn’t vote for him. At least with Obama I would not be betrayed. The guy has NO moral compass. WhT is it with officials from MA? I voted for this when it was a state issue before I vote against it as a federal issue.
Oh, and I am not a Palin fan either.
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:09pmAre you a tingler?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:15pmIf Mitt Romney doesn’t poll better in his own state he really does have problems.
New Hampshire has an individual mandate for insurance by the way. It’s going to be hard for Mitt to explain why he supported that for his own state but now for anyone else if he runs for President.
Palin is the Democrats dream opponent. Go Sarah!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:16pmThis poll is nonsense. The MSM is trying to get Romney to win the nomination just like they did with McCain. Once he is the candidate they will make him look like a Mormon Lunatic.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:24pm@ NICK ….
Exactly .. that is THEIR choice. We must not allow that again ..
Report Post »Captain77
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:28pmWhat I want to know is there have been several straw polls that shows Ron Paul beating Obama, but neither Fox, MSNBC or Glenn Beck said anything about it. Makes this story sound something like the kettle calling to the pot black.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:28pmAll I know is that the states that didn’t get the votes to the service men in the 2010 elections should have to forfeit their 2012 elections as well. Then I bet they could get out on time instead of passing the buck like they did last time. But as far as Romney goes, I would vote for him before I would Obama. We already know where we stand with Obama. In fact I would vote for anyone who is not a Democrat.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:35pmInstead the report was focused on Sarah Palin and what the MSM considers to be her shrinking chances for a successful White House run.
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Ofcourse it was.
Every hag with a haggier husband blames Sarah Palin for everything .
( For those who can’t recall, Andrea Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan)
Liberty7
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:44pmI agree with Coulter, becoming president would be a step down for Palin. ;-)
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:56pmThey are not blind. They take these polls in liberal areas ,(not that they have too , pollsters usually make up numbers out of the blue anyway) to push who they want to run as the Republican….Romney the liberal neocon, just like they wanted McCain the liberal neocon.
Report Post »Liberals want two horses in the two horsed race
etshoney
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:01amSounds like you are an Obama fan. The man Lies regularly and you would rather have him than Romney. Get some rest.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:02amVG0VA3, are you serious? Obama has betrayed the American people everyday he has been in office, even longer if you consider all the lies he told us during the campaign. If you haven‘t read Mitt Romney’s book your opinion is not very useful. In that book he lays out a very clear conservative vision for American and he very much respects and will follow constitutional principles. With Obama we will be so screwed not to mention the far lefties who will end up on the supreme court. I will make this prediction if Obama gets reelected there will be no hope for American at least in our lifetimes. Romney/Rubio would be a very powerful ticket.Chris Christy and Donald Trump forget those guys Christy is against the 2nd amendment and Donald Trump will not even go on Mark Levin’s show and he has given him several invites. I believe he is running just to build up ratings for his tv show. I always figured Donald Trump is all about Donald Trump and why did he give campaign donations to Wiener and Shumer?
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:06amCount me as no for the Establishment candidate, contrary to popular logic it is not Romney’s turn.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:12amLiberals want two horses in the two horsed race
Report Post »**********
And they seem to get them most of the time! I say let’s elect Bachmann / Palin and show them that Americans can still think (and vote) for themselves!
missionarydad
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:37amPalin and Bachman are not going to be able to get elected I would love it if they could but they will not be able to. They are very popular with the tea party but there are too many independents that cannot stand either one and these people really would vote for Obama over them. Sarah Palin does have extremely high name recognition but the problem is everyone has already made their minds up about her and while I do believe she will stand the test of time one election cycle will not be enough to get those negative erased plus that would take tremendous resources, she may be able to be a vice president but her negatives are too high for President. Mitt Romney has a very solid record and a tremendous organization and a whole army of donors and without lametream media cheerleading it will take someone with high name recognition and resources which Mitt Romney has. If you look back on history only Democrats can get the Presidency without already having tremendous name recognition before the presidential campaign. That leaves basically Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Donald Trump and Ron Paul who I really like and agree mostly with but has no chance of getting elected. Remember even Ronald Reagan got beat by Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination his first time out and Gerald Ford was beat by Jimmy Carter so the excuse that Mitt lost the nomination to John McCain is not a valid reason to not support him as it takes a run to build the organization and the name recognition and to learn from your mistakes which I can guarantee Mitt Romney has.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:38am“Why Is MSNBC Blind to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Poll Loss?”
I can’t believe you were serious about asking this question. Why does MSNBC give Obama a pass on everything? I’m guessing they are the most corrupt news media outlet in the country.
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:44amCatB
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:24pm
@ NICK ….
“Exactly .. that is THEIR choice. We must not allow that again ..”
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BINGO!
I just pray that everyone remembers the hard lesson we learned from the McCain disaster. One last thing… there is only one goal for the 2012 election… “BEAT OBAMA”. Nothing else matters.
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:56amNewt Gingrich was a major cheerleader and force to get NAFTA and GATT passed and is a member of the CFR. Those treaties have had catastrophic effects on our economy and caused many jobs to leave our country. If you remember the 1992 Presidential election that was the giant sucking sound Ross Perot was always talking about…Jobs leaving our country because of NAFTA and GATT. Ross Perot came out against John McCain in the last election and endorsed Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney is by far the most qualified of all of the candidates running he has tremendous business experience, a former Governor and has already ran and built a nationwide organization. I knew he was our only hope in 2008 and so did the lamestream media and they absolutely vilified him. He could have been successful if his campaign did not get sabotaged by Huckabee, Charlie Christ and the back-room deals they were making with RINO McCain. He showed real class in gracefully supporting McCain in the hopes of defeating Obama and he would have done the same for Huckabee or whoever got the nomination, I guarantee they would have not done the same for him.
Report Post »stopspendingourmoney
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:05amRon Paul 2012!!
http://www.ronpaul.com/
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:16amLike there will even be an election in 2012. Obama will have seized dictatorial powers and suspended elections and the Constitution by then.
America is done. Hopefully the Maya were right. Knock this miserable excuse for a planet down and start again. Maybe something better than human beings can evolve this time. At least the dinosaurs kind of just did what they do. 6.5 billion people on the planet. Only 4.5 billion in 1980. Absolutely unsustainable. Dark days lie ahead. Oil has increased the carrying capacity of the planet well beyond what it would otherwise be. I see no point anymore. Yeah, I’m depressed today.
Just be glad I don’t really have access to the nuclear football. Just launch them all. It’s over. At least end it quick.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:31amMcCain was a throw away year for the Republicans. Romney knew that Obama was going to run and when he knew that the Dem’s were going to go for the “Black”man instead of the “White” woman he backed out and so did all the others which left McCain as the last man standing.
So now Romney wants to get back on the horse to get to the front…
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:38amCause they only care about winning and not pointing out the low number.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Video Website
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:44amWe all come here to vent, Broke is Broke, the game is over. This country is in a controlled depression.
Everyone has an opinion, but facts remain facts and numbers don’t lie. These few figures speak loudly enough over all the bombast of today, don’t you think?
Two years and a few days ago today, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States . Are you better off today than you were two years ago? Numbers don’t lie, and here are the data on the impact he has had on the lives of Americans:
January 2009
TODAY
% chg
Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
$1.83
$3.104
69.6%
1
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)
$43.48
$99.02
127.7%
2
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)
$38.74
$91.38
135.9%
2
Gold: London (per troy oz.)
$853.25
$1,369.50
60.5%
2
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL
$3.56
$6.33
78.1%
2
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL
$9.66
$13.75
42.3%
2
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob
$13.37
$35.39
164.7%
2
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall
7.6%
9.4%
23.7%
3
Unemployment rate, blacks
12.6%
15.8%
25.4%
3
Number of unemployed
11,616,000
14,485,000
24.7%
3
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim)
2,779,000
2,840,000
2.2%
3
Real median household income (2008 v 2009)
$50,112
$49,777
-0.7%
4
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)
31,983,716
43,200,878
35.1%
5
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)
7,526,598
9,193,838
22.2%
6
Number of long-term unemployed
2,600,000
6,400,000
146.2%
3
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)
13.2%
14.3%
8.3%
4
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)
39,800,000
43,600,000
9.5%
4
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings
5
9
n/a
10
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)
29.9
23.5
-21.4%
11
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)
140
164
17.1%
12
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate
89.76
82.03
-8.6%
2
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)
1,575.1
1,865.7
18.4%
13
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)
8,310.9
8,852.3
6.5%
13
National debt, in trillions
$10.627
$14.052
32.2%
14
Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation’s history. Over 27 times as fast! Metaphorically, speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane 27 times faster . . . it would be doing 1,755 MPH! This is a disaster!
Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury
Report Post »Do your own homework.
missionarydad
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:51amYou people who are slamming Mitt Romney do not have a clue what you are talking about. Name one Presidential candidate who won the Presidency without a previous run. To win the Presidency takes tremendous name recognition and resources and a strong organization if you are not a Democrat who get all kinds of free publicity and favorable manupulation from the lamestream media. Case in point the last three Carter, Clinton and Obama none were widely known but the Republicans basically have one realistic choice and that is Mitt Romney. You need to stop listening to lamestream and establishment soundbytes and opinions on Mitt Romney. His healthcare plan was constitutional and done on a state level, did not raise taxes and unlike Obamacare the people of Mass thought they wanted it and he was competent enough to get it done in a state with a huge Democratic majority. He has come out against any national healthcare plan and definitely is against Obamacare. Other than that and his change of becoming pro life he has no baggage and nobody is perfect. To give you examples Christie is against the 2nd amendment, Trump donated to the likes of Anthony Wiener and Charles Shumer campaigns and will not go on Mark Levine’s radio show to answer questions and Mark has invited him many times. Newt Gingrich was speaker of the house and a major force in getting NAFTA and GATT passed and is a member of the CFR. Ron Paul although I agree with him on a lot of issues will not be able to get anywhere near double digit numbers on the National Level and Sarah Palin has way too high of negatives, unfair but there is no way she has the resources or the time to overcome those before 2012. Mitt Romney is the only one who has the organization in place and the resources and a very impressive business and political background. He is also performs very good in debates and will trounce Obama when given the chance. He has tremendous backbone as you do not get to be the CEO of Bain Capital without a backbone of steel. You need to read his book because he is definitely the right candidate and is not a member of the CFR. The more I have got to know him the more I have come to like him and I am probably as conservative and pro constitution of almost anyone on here. Mitt Romney is not a RINO and you are really shown your lack of research how prone you are to believing propaganda when you say these things about him. Start with his book “No Apologies” and check many sources on him using critical thinking and attend a live event of his like I have and I almost guarantee that the more research you do the more you will like him. Check this video out this shows how humble and selfless this guy is this will help you begin to see the Mitt Romney that I know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqyqu-Vgusc
Report Post »It was done totally out of the spotlight when no one was watching.
walkwithme1966
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 3:32amObama’s numbers are going up and have been since his speech in Arizona!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-CF
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 4:00amAllen West for President!
Report Post »FreddyGDEN
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 4:44amVGOVA im with you but i sure as hell ain’t gonna vote for Obama again either (yes i admit i voted for him last time) but voting for O last time reallly made me realize that i wasn’t liberal as i thought. Hell it made me realize how libertarian i was or i guess as i call it conservative-libertarian GO HUCKABEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:25amBecause they are paid to be!
Report Post »IAmForLiberty
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:52amVGOVA3: You have to be a liberal. Your comment is insane. I pray Mitt Romney gets the opportunity to show you are a fool.
Report Post »justanamerican
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:56amKurty c wipe……….
Great post !
Report Post »chazman
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:07amI like Sarah, but for President? Confidence levels are not high with me. I love how scared to death the Liberal Marxist are of her, but that still is not enough to make me think she would be an effective President.
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:14amDid anyone see the PPP (democrat leaning) poll that showed that the majority of Republicans don’t believe that barry soetoro (a.k.a. obama) wasn’t born in the USA? chris “the glands” matthews was so upset that he devoted a portion of his program to the issue. glenn better get on the winning side of this issue or there is the possibility that he could get crushed by it.
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:17amMissionarydad…“Name one Presidential candidate who won the Presidency without a previous run”..OBAMA
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:17am@vg0va3..with you there..
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:22am@missionarydad…I do beleive that is what they were saying OBAMA is a piece of dog dodo.. a liar etc.. but we all KNOW that already.. so when he does crappy things it’s what we expect.. ROMMEY will talk the talk than walk the OBAMA WALK
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:31amObama may not have betrayed you but he has betrayed this country! Just look at what he said and what he has done. I pray everyday that people will be open-minded not closed-minded and to use common sense! Some play the blame game which started in the Garden of Eden, you know, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the snake. Adam and Eve made a bad choice and they were held responsible. Get it…personal responsibility!
Report Post »LIBERTARIAN T38
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:02amHow could one not be betrayed by Obama? Oh, if one was a Marxist, racist, America-hating, corporate corruption loving, Muslim extremist who wants to enslave the masses to the government. And a Flyers fan.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:04am@jzs
“If Mitt Romney doesn’t poll better in his own state he really does have problems.”
True
“New Hampshire has an individual mandate for insurance by the way. It’s going to be hard for Mitt to explain why he supported that for his own state but now for anyone else if he runs for President.”
False. Massachusetts and Hawaii have a mandate, nowhere else does. New Hampshire is something of a bastion of original-intent revolutionary liberty, especially in comparison to the rest of New England.
You meant to say Massachusetts I suspect, since Romney was governor there. And he can oppose Obamacare on a national level because the Federal government is not even vaguely empowered to enact such onerous legislation. Powers not specifically spelled out in the Constitution are reserved to the states, or people, respectively. You should know that I’d hope.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:39amGhost you’re right. I got the state wrong. Good catch.
As far as the Constitutionality of the individual mandate, that is for the Supreme Court to decide. Not Rush Limbaugh or you, although you certainly have a right to an opinion.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:47amCAPTAIN77, Fox doesn’t like RonPaul. My guess, he can’t be bought. They doctored this vid they showed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwo0Iyrh1Zk&feature=youtube_gdata_player by using cheering/booing audience soundbites from a diff CPAC. Looks like Ron Paul has no big media backing.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:47amWhy Is MSNBC Blind to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Poll Loss?
for the same reason Fox News lies about Ron Paul
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:55am@jzs
“As far as the Constitutionality of the individual mandate, that is for the Supreme Court to decide. Not Rush Limbaugh or you, although you certainly have a right to an opinion.”
That’s neither here nor there. It was an answer to “how could he oppose it at the Federal level”. The reason is because he believes (and frankly, rightly believes regardless of SCOTUS) that powers are reserved for the states, or people respectively, if not specifically delegated to the Federal government.
I’ve always found the notion that “SCOTUS determines what is Constitutional” rather absurd and something of a modern invention. They are empowered solely to review and rule on lower court appellate rulings, nowhere are they granted final say on the Constitutionality of anything. I’ve always been curious as to when, precisely, the “only they can decide the Constitutionality of something” started, culturally. Probably the same time people started calling us a “democracy” instead of a Constitutional Republic. That is of course, speculation, but fodder for research for me today. :)
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:06am…and the Fox poll that their viewers never saw: (a few days before CPAC) http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/021111_2012_election_web.pdf Obama ahead of all. These are snapshots in time and fluid. Should they report EVERY ONE?
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:34amWrong link here is the link I was referring to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNJZrJVDpbY&feature=related
Report Post »gman46
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:47amWe need someone new, someone who isn’t a politician, my bet is on Herman Cain!
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:39pmSomehow The Blaze completely missed the fact that Becks ratings are plumeting.
No mention of it on The Blaze
Report Post »hardw99
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:54pmAndrea Mitchell‘s reporting is blind to the truth as is her husband’s advice to economic reform
Report Post »easyed598
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 1:57pmAny Republican would be better than Obama. The last two years have proven we could have done much better with any Conservative President.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 2:54pmGhost, yes, the Supreme Court ulimately will decide whether or not the Federal Government has the authority to impose the individual mandate. Cases are working through the courts now. As I recall, two judges in lower courts have ruled the mandate unconstitutional and two have ruled that it was.
Sorry Ghost, whether or not the mandate is constitutional will be decided by the Supreme Court. It’s called the “Supreme Court” because they do have the final say.
Report Post »nealb4zodd
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 4:25pmAll you Romney haters. WOW. – - Aside from the fact that he’s done poorly to embrace the elephant in the room for him — Mass. health care vs. Obamacare. . . thats his achilles heal. – - if he can clearly say he tried it on a statewide level, some things are working, and others are NOT. and embrace its failures as a learning experience we can all learn from, then he’d have a shot. All teh hate though . .about him not having a moral compass, and other personal jabs. . thats cheap and wrong. – -I personally like Romney, but he definitely needs to confront this issue ASAP.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 9:49pmPray that God will give us an unbeatable candidate. Make sure to become a poll watcher at your local voting place. It will be very important this time round because fraud and corruption will be rampant. Make sure to bring a video camera to record. Pictures are more powerful than words. I have faith that God will take charge in the upcoming election. Like many Americans, he is probably fed-up with the B.S. and inmoral behavior of this administration destroying HIS country.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:01pmI like Palin but she cannot defeat Obama in 2012. Sorry if that upsets you, but she is too contentious to unite the GOP and Independent conservatives into a voting bloc strong enough to overcome Obama’s support. Be at ease, though. I do not think that Romney, Pawlenty, Bachman, Ron Paul, Newt or any of the more well known republicans can beat him either! If we have a chance to defeat Obama, it will be a Chris Christie, Allen West or Herman Cain that does it. Think about it seriously and you will see my reasoning, wether you agree with me or not!
Report Post »americanfirst
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:14pmI’d vote for Romney! I would’ve voted for him in 2008 too!
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