Quinnipiac poll claims Obama over 50 percent in OH, FL, PA — but let’s look at the instant replay

By: Finrod (Diary)  |  August 1st at 12:49 PM  | 

Quinnipiac University has a new poll out of Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania: President Barack Obama hits the magic 50 percent mark against Gov. Mitt Romney among likely voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, with wide support for his plan to hike federal income taxes on upper-income voters, according to a Quinnipiac University/ CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll released today. This is the first | Read More »

Why conservatives can’t trust Mitt Romney: the Etch-A-Sketch analogy

By: Finrod (Diary)  |  March 21st at 12:41 PM  | 

While I realize many books could be written with the subject I’ve chosen here, I’m referring to one thing in particular. It’s a sad, sad day when I’m forced to agree with the likes of whine factories like thinkprogress when it comes to the fellow that will likely be our nominee, Mitt Romney. His communications director just handed our opponents a dagger with which to | Read More »

Call it a contested convention, not a brokered convention

By: Finrod (Diary)  |  February 24th at 02:19 PM  | 

Peggy Noonan can be hit or miss with her writings, but on this item she’s got it exactly right: I keep thinking of what a sage old pol, a veteran former GOP governor, said two weeks ago. He turned to me in conversation and said, “By the way, don’t call it a brokered convention. That’s what the media and the Democrats will call it because | Read More »

The Myth of Unelectability

By: Finrod (Diary)  |  June 28th at 03:43 AM  | 

I’m tired of people here (and throughout the political spectrum, for that matter) pushing the meme that Republican X “can’t defeat Obama”. So I’m going to go through several candidates and give reasons why each one can defeat Obama: Mitt Romney can defeat Barack Obama. Yes, Romney gives up the natural Republican edge of hanging ObamaCare around his neck thanks to Massachusetts and RomneyCare. However, | Read More »

Looking at Rasmussen’s Obama vs Republicans polling

By: Finrod (Diary)  |  April 14th at 01:02 PM  | 

Rasmussen has released the results of polling Obama vs a list of Republicans for the 2012 election. What do those numbers say? Well, nothing terribly conclusive, but it depends on how you look at them. First of all, the raw numbers, given with the R number first and Obama second: Romney: 40-45, Palin: 38-48, Huckabee: 43-43, Gingrich: 37-49, Paul: 34-42, Pawlenty: 35-45, Daniels: 32-45, Cain: | Read More »