Rasmussen: Perry Leads Obama by 3% (poll released 09/01/11)

[Agorism]

Perry Leads Obama by 3%

Rasmussen poll showing only Perry can beat Obama today. Paul not included though.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/perry_44_obama_41_president_leads_other_gop_hopefu ls


PRESIDENT – NATIONAL (Rasmussen)
Rick Perry (R) 44%
Barack Obama (D-inc) 41%

Barack Obama (D-inc) 43%
Mitt Romney (R) 39%

Barack Obama (D-inc) 46%
Michele Bachmann (R) 38%

Barack Obama (D-inc) 42%
Herman Cain (R) 35%

This poll was done August 23-30 among 1000 likely voters.

[Bruno]

Looks like we have another case of the media pumping a completely unvetted presidential candidate.

[malkusm]

Edit - you changed it on me....sneaky.

[braane]

John Huntsman! John Huntsman!?... Huntsman got 69 votes. If all of John Huntsmans supporters showed up to the same (Ames, Iowa) Quizznos... the fire marshall would say -- yeah, that's fine, there is still some seats open in the back.

By that I mean... they polled for Cain and Bachmann, but not Paul, who is consistently ahead of both of them in the national polls.

[Romulus]

Where the HELL is Paul in this poll??? Time to fill their email boxes?

[FSP-Rebel]

I predict that Hannity will have Rasmussen on one of his shows today to push this thing, fits their narrative perfectly.

[limequat]

Where the HELL is Paul in this poll??? Time to fill their email boxes?

Rasmussen doesn't poll all the matchups on the same day. Consider it this way, RP was the first one to get polled 2 weeks ago.
But yeah, if the next poll out of Rasmussen doesn't include RP, man the guns.

[Romulus]

Rasmussen doesn't poll all the matchups on the same day. Consider it this way, RP was the first one to get polled 2 weeks ago.
But yeah, if the next poll out of Rasmussen doesn't include RP, man the guns.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up.

[Agorism]

What did I change on you?

[Teaser Rate]

Great news, the more Republicans can beat Obama, the better.

[ItsTime]

Great news, the more Republicans can beat Obama, the better.

Because there is a difference between Perry and Obama? LOL

[Teaser Rate]

Because there is a difference between Perry and Obama? LOL

One is a strong, pro-free market Republican governor of a large and prosperous state and the other is a big government Democratic president with a disastrous economic record.

[limequat]

One is a strong, pro-free market Republican governor of a large and prosperous state and the other is a big government Democratic president with a disastrous economic record.

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Teaser Rate again."

Anybody wanna help me out with a -rep?

[COpatriot]

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Teaser Rate again."

Anybody wanna help me out with a -rep?
Banned. Time to celebrate!

[sailingaway]

Rasmussen doesn't poll all the matchups on the same day. Consider it this way, RP was the first one to get polled 2 weeks ago.
But yeah, if the next poll out of Rasmussen doesn't include RP, man the guns.

All the others are polled and the results released the same day so they are discussed together then Rassmussen releases the head to head between Obama and Ron separately, and it gets little media coverage

[Matthew5]

John Huntsman! John Huntsman!?... Huntsman got 69 votes. If all of John Huntsmans supporters showed up to the same (Ames, Iowa) Quizznos... the fire marshall would say -- yeah, that's fine, there is still some seats open in the back.

Please cite your source. :p

[pauliticalfan]

This is totally bizarre. Other pollsters show Perry as the LEAST electable against Obama.

[Brett85]

Because there is a difference between Perry and Obama? LOL

At least from his rhetoric, he would be a lot better on domestic issues than Obama. But it sounds like he would be equally bad on foreign policy issues.

[Brett85]

Banned. Time to celebrate!

He got banned just for that? What is this? Free Republic?

[libertybrewcity]

Looks like Ron Paul is more electable than all except Perry...for now.

[ChiefJustice]

He got banned just for that? What is this? Free Republic?

I agree...I think that there should be more opposing voices on this forum that we can engage in debate and such.

[AZKing]

It seems that Perry is the media's candidate. I haven't seen much of anything bad from the media about Perry...

[pauliticalfan]

Pretty pissed about this poll. No other pollster is showing Perry as the most electable. This is just a ploy to further boost Perry's numbers.

[COpatriot]

He got banned just for that? What is this? Free Republic?
I agree it's a bit of a "redstate" move to ban him. Oh well. Not my call.

[bolidew]

Expecting Romney put his money to work...

[Crickett]

Time is on our side for once. We just need to spread the word.

[pcosmar]

He got banned just for that?

Not "just like that". he had a long history of antagonizing posts and even bragged about his -Rep.

[pcosmar]

It seems that Perry is the media's candidate.

He was promoted as a "front runner" before he was even in the race.
He jumped to the top after losing at Ames. (even after they changed the rules just for him)

His only good sound bytes are ones he stole from Ron.

He is another Obama with an "R".

[limequat]

Rasmussen doesn't poll all the matchups on the same day. Consider it this way, RP was the first one to get polled 2 weeks ago.
But yeah, if the next poll out of Rasmussen doesn't include RP, man the guns.

OK, time to man the guns. This is getting ridiculous. Rasmussen last polled Paul against Obama 8/16. Since then, Bachmann, Huntsman, Perry, Palin, and Romeny (like 4 times). WTF?

[kahless]

One is a strong, pro-free market Republican governor of a large and prosperous state and the other is a big government Democratic president with a disastrous economic record.

Perry, really? You mean the guy that in 10 years as Governor doubled the size of the Texas budget, tripled its debt and added 48,800 state jobs?