The Republicans could run Bozo and beat Obama.... they will turn out in droves.
On Feb 16, 4:15 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
