Re: How 'pitiful' is the mediocre Republican presidential field?

Lets hope they run Bozo Lipstick Palin. The president will wipe the
floor with her.

On 2/16/11, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Republicans could run Bozo and beat Obama.... they will turn out
> in droves.
>
> On Feb 16, 4:15 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> How 'pitiful' is the Republican presidential field?
>> After crunching the numbers, polling guru Nate Silver finds the GOP's
>> slate of potential 2012 candidates among the weakest in memory. How
>> worried should Republicans be?
>> posted on February 16, 2011, at 11:36 AM
>>
>> Though Mike Huckabee has the strongest favorability rating among
>> potential Republican presidential contenders, the numbers are not
>> encouraging. Photo: Corbis SEE ALL 29 PHOTOS
>> Best Opinion:  NY Times, American Prospect, Huff. Post...
>>
>> Republican insiders are fretting about the party's crop of likely 2012
>> presidential candidates, and they "have some legitimate reason to
>> worry," says The New York Times polling guru Nate Silver. According to
>> public opinion polls, the field is currently "quite weak." Only two
>> likely Republican contenders — Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney — have
>> positive favorability ratings. Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich have
>> "especially poor" ratings, in the negative double digits. Is the 2012
>> GOP field, as The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan puts it, irredeemably
>> "pitiful?"
>>
>> The GOP field is weak: These numbers are "bad news for Republicans,"
>> says Jim Lindgren in The Volokh Conspiracy. Some of the GOP contenders
>> could make "better than average presidents," but "I see no one who as
>> yet looks to be a better than average candidate." If this is the best
>> the GOP can muster, "President Obama will be hard to beat."
>> "The political weakness of the 2012 Republican field"
>>
>> This is no big deal: The "stunning unpopularity" of the field actually
>> "doesn't strike me as something Republicans should worry about," says
>> Jamelle Bouie in The American Prospect. At least not this early.
>> "Favorability" just means "familiarity" at this stage, and many
>> eventual winners were in mediocre shape early on. Two good examples:
>> At roughly this in their campaign cycles, Bill Clinton had net
>> favorability rating of just +3, while Ronald Reagan's was -1.
>> "Early polling doesn't matter"
>>
>> The only numbers that matter are economic: Jobs and economic growth
>> will be the factors that decide our next president, says Brendan Nyhan
>> in The Huffington Post. Sure, the GOP field lacks a "widely praised
>> figure who is held in esteem by both Democrats and Republicans." But
>> "if the economy [remains] bad enough," as long as Republicans pick a
>> nominee who isn't Palin or Gingrich, they'll win.
>> "Are the Republican presidential candidates weak?"
>>
>> More:http://theweek.com/article/briefing_blog/203/2012-presidential-race
>>
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>> Have a great day,
>> Tommy
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