By Gary Howard
According to Rasmussen:
Election 2012: Barack Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41%
Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is – virtually dead even.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. Read more…
It may be suprising to some in the establishment, but for some of us it’s not a surprise.
By the way, CNN polls show that Obama beats just about every other GOP prospective contender by good margins.
What about the hypothetical general election matchup in 2012 against President Obama?
The poll shows Obama topping Romney 53 percent to 45 percent, beating Huckabee 54 percent to 45 percent, defeating Gingrich 55 percent to 43 percent and topping Palin 55 percent to 42.
Interesting enough, in that same poll, Republicans have Congressman Paul coming in fifth against those same contenders who lose to Obama in the presidential poll.
According to the poll, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, another 2008 Republican presidential hopeful, would be in fifth place, with eight percent.
Well, it seems that if it were up to GOP elites, they would continue to nominate only those with no chance of winning.
Should be interesting to see how THIS poll is discredited by the establishment.