Rasmussen: Obama 42, Ron Paul 34 (Only Romney and Huck do better)

[Epic]

The numbers show that Mike Huckabee runs even with Obama at this point. Mitt Romney, who just formally entered the race, trails the president by five, 45% to 40%. Others who trail by single digits include Ron Paul and Haley Barbour.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/2012_presidential_matchups

(note that the Rasmussen chart misstates Romney's support)

[sailingaway]

Yeah, but last April Ron was 41% to Obama's 42% by Rasmussen's poll...

[MRoCkEd]

Rasmussen is biased and inaccurate based on their Midterm polls.

[Matt Collins]

Huck will not be able to beat Obama. Many tea party conservatives will sit him out once they hear about his record, and the moderates won't come out to vote for a Baptist minister.

[Sentient Void]

Huckabee will not beat Obama. Romney - ehhh maybe... but Ron Paul will get most republican votes if he gets the primary election, and get a LOT of liberal votes as well.

if Ron Paul wins the primaries - HE WINS THE ELECTION.

He would also *destroy* Obama in the debates, and expose him for Bush 2.0 that he really is.

[Imperial]

Recent polls have shown a significant drop in Dr. Paul's strength. It is going to take some powerful fundraising and organized boots on the ground to make a splash in the race. And an announcement soon might help!

[TNforPaul45]

Huckabee will not beat Obama. Romney - ehhh maybe... but Ron Paul will get most republican votes if he gets the primary election, and get a LOT of liberal votes as well.

if Ron Paul wins the primaries - HE WINS THE ELECTION.

He would also *destroy* Obama in the debates, and expose him for Bush 2.0 that he really is.

Whoever wins the GOP Primary, wins the Election. Same as for the Dems in 2008.

That's why the establishment is fighting tooth and nail to get one of their guys out there. Mega Blackout coming!

[sailingaway]

Recent polls have shown a significant drop in Dr. Paul's strength. It is going to take some powerful fundraising and organized boots on the ground to make a splash in the race. And an announcement soon might help!

Trump's celebrity and willingness to say anything to embarrass the president and be sensational is part of it, part of it is that the deep south is Ron's worst area, and part....I don't know. I agree it is lower than a year ago, in some of these areas, but some of the other candidates weren't around then.

[IDefendThePlatform]

I'm continuing to pimp the Rasmussen poll from last year showing him in a statistical tie with Obama. They are all just guesses at this point, why not use the one that puts RP in the best light possible?

Here's the facebook ad:

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http://www.ronpaulforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=326&d=1302442777

Links to: (RPF thread with Foxnews youtube of Rasmussen poll results)
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?287060-Rasmussen-Poll-Ron-Paul-41-Obama-42&p=3201512#post3201512

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[Dave Aiello]

The fact that Ron is polling worse vs. obama now as opposed to last year (42 - 41), says nothing about Ron, and everything about Obama's approval rating. At the time of the last poll, we were amidst the oil spill, and Obama's approval rating was poor. His rating has since recovered, and unless he loses ground in the court of public opinion from now until the election, we're in for 4 more years.

[IDefendThePlatform]

The fact that Ron is polling worse vs. obama now as opposed to last year (42 - 41), says nothing about Ron, and everything about Obama's approval rating. At the time of the last poll, we were amidst the oil spill, and Obama's approval rating was poor. His rating has since recovered, and unless he loses ground in the court of public opinion from now until the election, we're in for 4 more years.

I know you're right, but doesn't that suck? By any standard the guy has been a horrible president. Unemployment, unpopular healthcare bill, unpopular wars, unbalanced budget. I mean, what would it take to get him out? Ughh

[low preference guy]

He would also *destroy* Obama in the debates

Those debates will be very interesting to watch because most of the media establishment will do anything they can to help Obama, regardless of any ethical principle.

[IDefendThePlatform]

Those debates will be very interesting to watch because most of the media establishment will do anything they can to help Obama, regardless of any ethical principle.

Yeah, even though I also believe RP would dominate those debates, I do still fear the JFK/Nixon effect, where Obama just looks better so even though he is a bumbling idiot people will think he won. RP will need some serious "stage presence".

[Aratus]

the current polls also have the top GOP contenders
polling close to obama. ron paul is only slightly below
last year's poll. any scandal or some new missive could
tilt the race over the long haul. barack obama lacks a major
Democratic contender internally. the GOP has avoided leaping
in early. at this time in 2008 we had perhaps some 10 GOP
people running. nearly all the younger GOP contenders
are thinking about 2016 as they scope out 2012???