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LetTimmySmoke

(1,202 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 08:17 PM Feb 2012

(Ohio) Santorum Outperforms Romney in Head-to-Head Against Obama

According to Rasmussen, Obama beats Romney 45-41 (+4) in Ohio, but only draws with Santorum 44-44 (Tie).

I'm not surprised at this. After Romney's unfavorability spike combined with Santorum's primary victories on Tuesday, I figured polls would come out soon showing Romney underperforming Santorum against Obama. When enough polls like this one go around the right-wing internet circuit, it could shake up the primary race significantly. Under-performing Santorum against Obama cuts into the core of Romney's argument - that he's the most electable.


Romney is not the strongest candidate against Obama, and he's not guaranteed the nomination either.

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Initech

(99,914 posts)
7. Short answer: no one.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:13 PM
Feb 2012

The GOP clown car is proving themselves to exactly that. The top candidates are a major religious fundamentalist jutjob, an egomaniacal wannabe dictator, and a guy who made a living gutting everyone else's way of making a living. If they cant win they'll try impeachment. It's just a big circular firing squad right now in the GOP. Nobody knows what they really want - it seems to be who's the least crazy right now.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
5. I agree. Romney is boring, lame, predictable, uninspiring and a gaffe machine.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 08:44 PM
Feb 2012

What more could you ask for in a political opponent?

NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
6. And Romney has the glass jaw of getting flustered easy
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:04 PM
Feb 2012

Seemed like in every debate so far he called on the debate moderator to make another candidate stop talking. Like a little kid putting his hand up to ask the teacher to tell one of his classmates to quit picking on him. He does that once or twice with President Obama and it will be all over with for Romney. Obama gets him fumbling around like that and he will go in for the TKO. He had to hold back with McCain because there was no gain in beating up on an old, disabled, war hero on national TV. So that had to be handled completely different. I don't think Obama will mind in the least really whooping a rich, young, healthy guy that no one likes already.

I can hardly wait.

Don

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
4. Santorum is the plucky underdog
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 08:37 PM
Feb 2012

He is still comparatively unknown, thus it's natural that this sort of poll will seep out every now and again. The page would turn to a different story if he became their candidate.

boxman15

(1,033 posts)
8. Give Rick time, and his unfavorable ratings will jump too.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:16 PM
Feb 2012

He's just like Romney, except instead of his out-of-touchedness being his crutch, it's his insistence on what would essentially be the marriage of church and state.

blue neen

(12,306 posts)
9. In 2006, Rick Santorum lost his Senate seat by 18 points.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:19 PM
Feb 2012

Eighteen percentage points. That's a bigtime loss.

The people of Pennsylvania, who know what an ass clown he really is, voted him out for good reason.

The man is a fool, always was, and always will be.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
10. Thanks! I'll take the Quinnipiac Poll of Ohio which has Obama beating all GOP...
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 10:00 PM
Feb 2012

candidates by seven or more points than the Rasmussen Poll

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