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Poll: Obama doesn’t deserve second term; but he leads Palin

There’s bad news and good news for Democratic President Barack Obama in a national Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.

The bad news: voters say, 49-43 percent, that Obama doesn’t deserve a second term.

The good news: Obama leads Republican Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate, 48-40 percent, in a possible 2012 showdown.

The poll also finds Obama in statistical dead heats with potential Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, and Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor.

Romney leads, 45-44 percent, while Obama leads Huckabee, 46-44 percent.

Also, Democratic voters say, 64-27 percent, that they do not want anyone to challenge Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012.

Other poll results:

*Obama leads Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, another potential GOP candidate, 45-36 percent.

*Palin leads narrowly in a mythical GOP primary, with 19 percent. Others include: Romney, 18 percent; Huckabee, 17 percent; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 15 percent; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, 6 percent and Daniels, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, each 2 percent.

*Palin is views the most negatively of the possible 2012 GOP candidates. She is viewed unfavorably by 51 percent of voters and favorably by 36 percent.

“The best thing Obama has going for him when it comes to his re-election may be that at this point the Republicans don’t have a candidate who is both nationally well-known and well-liked by the majority of voters,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnpiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release.

The poll was conducted Nov. 8-15 by live telephone interviews with 2,424 registered voters across the country and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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By Eirich Prifogle

November 30, 2010 6:46 AM | Link to this

Those who look back to Bush are wasting their time. Yes, he made some bad decisions. Still, he was not in the business of turning our country into a marxist regime as Obama is. President Obama’s association with George Soros, Mayor Bloomberg, Van Jones and Cass Sunstein assures we are heading for bigger govt., less freedom, weakened defense systems, perhaps a loss of rights assured to us via the constitution. We have a new congress we must look to for resistance from the Obama plans.

By Beth

November 29, 2010 11:32 PM | Link to this

Sometimes I think the world has gone nuts. I remember how much W hurt this country with his illegal wars, trillions of American jobs lost under his watch, his inability of balancing the budget and creating a HUGE deficit, his illegal waterboarding at Get., his deep secrecy, all the time W took off, and his policies hurting us internationally. Yet…All that was ok. No one got mad, no one got upset or protested, or drew Hitler mustaches on Bushes face. W hurt this country SO much but that was ok. New American blood comes in. We have a President who understands the American people, works hard trying to help the poor and the middle class, gets stimulus money to help create jobs (come to OH to see stimulus money at work), gets health care passed so now Americans who did not have insurance have it and no one with a preexisting condition cannot be denied care, passes a law that says credit card companies cannot just up your interest rate or even drop you at their whim, who tries to cut taxes for the middle class who usually absorbs the brunt of the taxes while at the same time trying to get rid of the tax cuts for the rich (anything over $250,000. The rich can afford to pay taxes). President Obama has done more/or is trying to do these things and more. Bush NEVER cared about the poor or middle class. He just cared about himself, his cronies and making the rich richer. HE was one of the WORST President’s this country has ever had. There is so much bad talk about our President. Problem is so many of you have amnesia. You either don’t remember or you do remember, but can’t handle a President actually is doing things that need to be done or you are prejudice or you believe the LIES that FOX sprues. You put President Obama down, but, I would love to see all of you who dislike him, do his job with all the challenges and at the same time stay focused and lead this country. Thing is, you can’t! You would quit just like Palin did. President Obama is not a quitter! He is an American who loves this country. If Palin runs for President, Obama will win a second term. So go ahead Palin, run. Thank you Sid, Clear Mind, Karon, Brian, Michelle, Change We Can Believe in, Independent, Gopher and Sassy for standing up and supporting President Obama. For the rest of you, you deserve what you get. The GOP is going to ruin all the good that President Obama has done. They are going to bankrupt this country, they want to take health care away from the most needy Americans, they want to make the rich richer but keeping the tax cuts for the rich, they want to undo the banking industry so that big business gets bigger and richer. Remember, all those CEO’s really deserve all those bonuses. They want to privatize education and the VA. That’s a great way to say “Thank You” to all of our vets who put their lives on line for us. They want to tax our employer health benefits, yet they want to keep their own government subsidized health care which they won’t do without and won’t be taxed. The GOP is the party of NO, they will bring this country down with their selfish proposals. In two years, this country will be in such a mess, that the American people will want change—from them. Obama will elected for a second term and he will have to work even harder than ever before to undo the mess created by the GOP. In the meantime may God help the United States of America and may God Bless President Obama.

By jon/ny

November 29, 2010 7:08 AM | Link to this

This Poll and comments PROVE the Demon’s are scared to death of Sarah Palin.She’s exactly what this country needs to get Back to It’s conservative Beliefs.She will beat Obama when it becomes necessary in 2012

By Maphis Reichstenel

November 26, 2010 7:29 PM | Link to this

While I find Sarah Palin to be somewhat weak as a Presidential candidate, I would support her over Obama. Sarah understands the importance of staying within our constitution and the rights of the individual in America. President Obama is way off center as far as the norm for a President. Carter was horrible and is still a bad presence. Obama has bad shadows from characters such as Mayor Bloomberg, a very wealthy, anti-gun, anti-freedom of speech, person. George Soros is also a looming illness for America as he seeks to take away our individual freedom of speech and right to defend our homes and families. I would certainly support Sarah Palin over Obama.

By paul

November 26, 2010 5:32 PM | Link to this

Palin is effective and influential, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she’s qualified to be president. She’s too polarizing to be effective as the leader of the entire country. The sooner she realizes this the better.

By John Devon Waltrud

November 26, 2010 6:42 AM | Link to this

Polls are being generous to Obama. He will not make a second term. The public understands he will destroy our country and give us over to be controlled by the United Nations. Obama is brainless or evil. He has asked the United Nations to judge America regarding human rights. He is also open to United Nations to give opinion on our gun rights issues. Enough. A President with any love for his country would stand up for the constitution. NO OUTSIDE United Nations can go above the United States Constitution! We all must fight Obama on this and stop him. All of the rights we have historically gone to battle for are in the constitution. The United Nations, made up of several nations does not have jurisdiction over our constitution. What kind of a man is Obama. Hillary Clinton has also opened her trap about our gun rights to the United Nations. Absolutely NO to the United Nations being allowed to weigh in on America and our internal make up! Back off, United Nations! Obama has no authority to open the doors to such subjects.

By Ann

November 26, 2010 3:42 AM | Link to this

Palin is the scariest thing that has ever happened to true conservatives. I will have no one to vote for if she should win the primaries. I feel conservatives need to quickly band together behind a qualified candidate who does appears to seek fame, glitz, and fortune as a priority. Qualifications, practical solutions, and education are a must. Palin is a quitter. Why would I want her for my president?

By Clear Mind

November 25, 2010 11:50 PM | Link to this

To TRS..you are the same person who question’s if President Obama is an American I am sure, you listen to Rush Limpbaugh as your source of information and you probaly think G. W. Bush kept us safe from the terrorist(9-11 happened when G.W. was President if case you forgot that fact)I am an Independent voter that voted for Obama, and will do so again if the voting was today because the GOP is full of insane hypocrits that dont have a clue. Healthcare will not be repealed, the GOP won’t take the White House in 2012 and Sarah Palin won’t get 35% of the vote in a national election. Remember now..she will have to do live debates on the issues that she doesn’t have a clue about…I can’t wait..run Palin run…you betcha!

By TRS

November 25, 2010 1:17 PM | Link to this

The liberal rewrite of Palin leaving the governorship is always amazing. While Obama was attending college and subsequently doing nothing more than stirring the bucket and aggitating, Palin and her husband were running a fishing business and she became active in politics. Please don’t give me this “tweet” stuff - The President didn’t exactly do a whole lot of productive things prior to him getting into politics (and even since then). It was the far left who filed allegation after allegation trying to bankrupt her and her family and/or drain the coffers of the state of Alaska with investigations. Read about the housing bubble which brought down the economy sometime and you’ll see you fine Democratic party right in the midst of creating and encouraging it. I’m sorry you lost your job, many Americans have; but, your simplistic explanation that its all Bush’s fault is about as lame as you and the other posters comments that everyone who disagrees with the President is racist. To you and “Gobble” - grow up, become an adult and try to look at things honestly rather than throwing out inflammatory comments which have rendered the word racist as just another political tool. What you and “Gobble” have done is to make the word meaningless so when there really is racism no one will pay any attention to you. You become “Chicken Little”.

By Gobble On This

November 25, 2010 3:40 AM | Link to this

According to the Republicans the financial ruin of the economy is Obama’s fault he did this on purpose before he became president in 2007 so he could relish the role of red-haired step child. Obama made all of the banks default on sub prime mortgage’s, Obama made the entire U.S. auto industry default on labor negotiations that the BIG THREE made with working middle class Americans. Obama made the price of oil go up to over $4 per gallon. This is all part of his reverse psychology. And if you believe any of that you have Parkinson’s. If you can’t keep track of who has done what write it down…because Palin is only writing down how many days are left until she pulls one over on the Racist Republicans of America. YOU BETCHA!

By Clear Mind

November 24, 2010 4:52 PM | Link to this

Well Perspective & TRS..the facts are this…when Presdient G.W. Bush took office the unemployement rate was 4% and when he left the unemployement rate was 8.1%..now I am no math teacher but I think 100% of math teachers would agree that equals a increase of 4.1% in the unemployement rate from the start to the end of W’s reign. I know this because I was laid-off from my job when the great W was still president. As for you TRS..”She simply went out, worked hard and succeeded. Thats always worked better than expecting the government to do it all for you.”…really?…so quitting your responsibilties of being govorner of the state you swore an oath to the people of to perform your duties in full when you were elected and hiding from any media except Foxed News and posting tweets and posting comments on facebook is working hard and makes you a leader? I pray everyday that this half-wit Palin runs for President in 2012 because it will be the biggest comedy show the world has ever seen! Run Palin! Run! You Betcha!

By Perspective

November 24, 2010 2:16 PM | Link to this

@Clear Mind Wow “Fact:PRESIDENT OBAMA has created more jobs in the first 8 months of 2010 than President G.W. Bush did his whole eight years in office” I guess that’s why unemployment shot to 10% plus,because Obama created all those jobs.The only thing Obama created is more govt. bureacracy that you and I (taxpayers) will pay for.

By TRS

November 24, 2010 11:07 AM | Link to this

Ah, the race card. Just knew it had to come rolling out. Some folks just can’t let excuses go. Add then the “cat claws”. Oh, how unbecoming Obamites can be at times. Unless the President begins to surround himself with folks who have real “boots on the ground” experience and gets rid of the academics, policy wonks and radical left wing advisors, not much will change in two years. Neither he, nor they, fundamentally understand what makes the economy tick. Supporting this comment is the fact that the fed just recently downgraded economic growth for 2011 significantly. As for Palin, hope she keeps driving folks on the left crazy. Funny, she’s accomplished all the things feminists claim they were after - the only problem, she’s not liberal, shrill or demanding this or that. She simply went out, worked hard and succeeded. Thats always worked better than expecting the government to do it all for you.

By Clear Mind

November 24, 2010 8:35 AM | Link to this

Fact:PRESIDENT OBAMA has created more jobs in the first 8 months of 2010 than President G.W. Bush did his whole eight years in office, and he should be judged on 4 years in office not just 2 like of the racist white women and men over 40 are doing right now. Run Run Run, older white people…there is a black man in office…now y’all can’t have that can you? Sarah Palin couldn’t run a cookie drive let alone a country, hell she couldn’t handle being a govorner of one of the smallest populations in the union…but hey she has a R beside her name, is somewhat attractive and has a twitter and facebook account and most important is a white woman..that qualifies her for President in all the super conservative eyes…you betcha!

By WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

November 24, 2010 7:28 AM | Link to this

How is that tasty cool-aid you have been drinking?!

By TO KARON

November 24, 2010 7:22 AM | Link to this

I hear your train whistle blowing……or is that the wind going in one of your ears and out the other?

By WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

November 24, 2010 7:04 AM | Link to this

The surest way for The community organizer to win a second term is for Repubs to run Palin against him. She is way to polarizing.

By Reich Prifogle

November 24, 2010 6:38 AM | Link to this

I understand that Obama has indeed ask the United Nations to review the United States human rights situation as well as controlling gun rights. So, Obama is asking the United Nations to step in as authority over our second amendment and constitutional rights! This tells me Obama is a Marxist and has NO regard for our constitution. Obama has Mayor Bloombergs millions to fight against our gun rights and freedom of speech. He has George Soros to stand against our gun rights and freedom of speech. We must stand up and fight these clowns with big lawyers, threats of impeachment or whatever must be done. Obama, from my perspective, is anti-American and is a marxist. He wants the government to control us as opposed to WE THE PEOPLE controlling the government. Remember, Mayor Bloomberg owns alot of New Media and the truth will not be told.

By karon

November 23, 2010 11:42 PM | Link to this

You need to be smart to show leadership! Palin likes to play not lead , why didnt she finish her governor term? Obama will get his support back , but he must get back to his liberal roots!

By Another blog from the Liberal rag DDN

November 23, 2010 7:54 PM | Link to this

Why is it a good thing that the idiot in the White House leads Sarah Palin? She is no less qualified than BHO. I wish that there was another newspaper in town this one SUCKS! Why didn’t Mike Peters do a cartoon on Rangle? Oh ya he’s a Democrat.

By earl

November 23, 2010 7:17 PM | Link to this

The neo-marxists who populate the Obama administration should appear familiar to those who pay attention. They were the “cool” kids in high school who were infatuated with themselves. They believed they were better than everyone else and had most students convinced as well. As young adults when confronted with the real world they rebelled and protested. Yes, these are the people who have found their way into elected office and who explain their recent electoral losses by claiming that American voters are stupid. Hey Mr.and Ms. Clique with your surgically altered noses in the air, “We grew up, what happened to you?”

By Michelle

November 23, 2010 7:16 PM | Link to this

Squirrellygirl, let me clear this up for you. We hear the “liberals fear Palin” comment a lot and it’s complete b.s. We fear for what our country would become under such poor leadership, yes. We fear what it would mean in terms of our standing in the world if we had someone as stubborn, negative, ignorant and divisive as she is in that position of power. But we’re not afraid of her. She lost the election for McCain and everyone knows it, including McCain. She’s played cutesy with the media when it suits her purpose, then runs and hides when they ask her the same questions they ask everyone else, even though she harshly criticized Hillary Clinton for playing the “girl” card. She has no platform (being anti-Obama is not a platform, by the way). She’s set women back 100 years with her junior high mean girls antics, and her constant whining about how the press isn’t fair to her. She gave up on Alaska to become a reality star - how does that make her leadership material? She’ll never make it past the primaries because she won’t be able to run and hide behind McCain or Joe the Plumber when the press hits her hard. So yeah, keep buying her books, watch her show, and go ahead and buy that “Palin 2010” t-shirt on Cafepress. Trust me, Democrats are PRAYING she runs against Obama. She’ll get the whipping of her lifetime and get sent back to Alaska with something to really cry about.

By Change we can Believe In

November 23, 2010 6:20 PM | Link to this

President Obama in 21 months already the best president since Harry Truman and FDR. Saved the World from another Republican Depression. Health Care Reform no more denying coverage for pre- existing conditions. Stopped the 500 billion dollar give away to health insurance coroporations for Medicare “Disadvantage”. Improved the affordability of college for the middle class. Finanical reform of the Wall Street crooks, insider trading, conflicts of interests. Remenber Enron and Kenny “boy” Lay, President Bush’s biggest monetary contributor. And Bernie Maddoff’s 50 billion dollar swindle ignored for years even with the whistle blowers screaming - by the SEC because of the anti- regulation ideology of the light weight neo-cons.

By earl

November 23, 2010 6:03 PM | Link to this

I am very angry with the people who program Barack Obama’s teleprompters. They are making the man look like a damn fool. Telepromters at rodeos…teleprompters in elementary school class rooms…Teleprompters in India (what? this is the great American orator?). Yes, it is true what they say: “words are cheap”. And the more Barack speaks into these panes of glass the more the public feels the pain of morass. It is time to send Obama back to acedemia where he can play pretend without being too dangerous.

By Squirrellygirl

November 23, 2010 3:36 PM | Link to this

I haven’t heard Romney back off the universal hc (he did it for his state and it didn’t work out well), so it makes me hesitate and I don’t think I would vote for him for that reason. I’m not sure Huckebee wouldn’t be more of the same old same old. Palin is the one who I tend to agree with the most on issues. She is attacked because Democrats fear her. If the Democrats have their way, they will pass a bill that does away with Fox News, too. It gets in the way of their dirty deeds because the other media isn’t reporting on their criminal deeds. Palin was the first one to talk about death panels in Obama’s hc fiasco bill, which we now find out happens to be true. It provides for rationing of care in cases of emergency shortfall of money. Government people would make life/death decisions about hc due to rationing of hc. I’m hoping we can get a president in there that will be able to help us get rid of this job killing and grandma/grandpa killing bill. Seriously, folks. It’s a bad bill.

By Squirrellygirl

November 23, 2010 2:49 PM | Link to this

Just like I said, Soros invested in those scanners, and then sold his stock last week. With all the commotion over the invasiveness of the naked body scanners used by the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA), one question that has been ignored is who is profiting from TSA’s use of the body scanners? Mark Hemingway and Tim Carney at The Examiner discovered the shameful answer: George Soros, Michael Chertoff, and a number of lobbyists. Both Soros and Chertoff are profiting from the naked body scanners by way of the company Rapiscan, whose contract is worth $173 million. Lobbyists for this company include Susan Carr, a former senior legislative aide to Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) who is coincidentally chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee. Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff was “flacking for Rapiscan,” writes Tim Carney of The Examiner: After the undie-bomber attempt on Christmas 2009, Chertoff went on a media tour promoting the use of these scanners, without disclosing that he was getting paid by Rapiscan, one of the two companies currently contracted by TSA to take a nude picture of you at the airport. Just days after the attempted Christmas attack, the New York Times explained: Screening technologies with names like millimeter-wave and backscatter X-ray can show the contours of the body and reveal foreign objects. Such machines, properly used, are a leap ahead of the metal detectors used in most airports, and supporters say they are necessary to keep up with the plans of potential terrorists. “If they’d been deployed, this would pick up this kind of device,” Michael Chertoff, the former homeland security secretary, said in an interview…. Another notable connection to Rapiscan is leftist billionaire George Soros, who owned 11,300 shares of OSI Systems, Inc., the company that owns Rapiscan. Nova Tea Party Patriots writes, “OSI’s stock has appreciated considerably over the course of the year.” In response to The Examiner’s report of George Soros’ share in Rapiscan, Media Matters (another of Soros’ funded projects) seized on the report and mocked the writer. The Blaze reports that Media Matters argued that “11,300 shares are only ‘six one-hundredths of one percent’ of the company’s total stock. However, once The Examiner reported that George Soros owned the shares of the OSI Systems, Soros coincidentally sold all 11,300 shares of the company. The Blaze writes, “A funny thing happened between Tuesday and Wednesday: the site detailing Soros’ OSIS investments now shows that Soros owns zero shares of the company.” Hemingway responded to Soros’ abrupt decision to sell the shares: It would be nice if he did this as a response to public pressure, but it seems equally likely that as an investor he simply realized the political tide was turning against the company and the stock may drop as a result.

By Squirrellygirl

November 23, 2010 2:42 PM | Link to this

Based on the instructions from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, a directive was reportedly issued by the TSA on 29 October, 2010. That directive instructs all TSA screening agents to perform “enhanced” pat down searches that involve the actual groping of women’s breasts and the genitalia of all passengers, including children. Upon learning of that directive, I conducted an interview with a trusted source working within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on 12 November, 2010. According to the information obtained during that interview, the enhanced pat down directive was not in response to any intelligence or actionable threat. Instead, it was issued as a result of the number of airline passengers “opting out” of the body scans. The reasoning was that passengers would be more likely to select the more passive and less invasive of the two options. In other words, the directive was meant to “convince” people to choose the (ostensibly) less personal and humiliating scrutiny of a full body scanner instead of being groped by a TSA agent. One might wonder why one option over the other would matter so much to the Department of Homeland Security. The answer might possibly be found in DHS documents described as “conceptual discussions” about trial deployments of the full body scanners to non-aviation public locations, such as sports stadiums, schools and malls. It appears that it is the intent of DHS to eventually install naked body scanners in these venues. But first, the public must be “conditioned” to accept their use at airports. Meanwhile, Big Brother will stop groping you, your wife and kiddies as soon as their full body scanners are planted in your local schools, stadiums and malls. George Soros - more crimes George Soros has an inside information and corrupted government connection to many government agencies, FDA, EPA,Justice Departments…and is making money on government contracts, stimulus,subsidies. See the stock ownership including Monsanto that tries to destroy by corrupted government regulation our small companies and food supplies. Also these companies are reiving government contracts, subsidies, stimulus and the offshoring goes to foreign companies and workers at the cost of American people, our freedom and prosperity. http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/11/16/george-soros-whats-his-f… By Brett Philbin Soros The value of billionaire investor George Soros’ hedge fund increased by 31.6% to $6.7 billion at the end of the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, as he boosted his stake in blue-chip stocks AT&T Inc. and Monsanto, according to a regulatory filing late Monday.

By TRS

November 23, 2010 2:14 PM | Link to this

Karon - sometimes you really do go off the deep end. Bush has an undergrad from Yale (his GPA was slightly higher than John Kerry) and an MBA from Harvard in Business Administration. Palin, like most Americans, had to work her way through college. Pity you don’t see hard work and perserverance as a good quality. Perhaps one issue with some is that they are so enamored with intellect they don’t recognize leadership skills are more important, something this President is lacking in I believe.

By Sid

November 23, 2010 1:54 PM | Link to this

You people can say what you want to about Obama. I voted for him, would vote for him again and have never been ashamed of that fact. The deck was stacked gainst him before he ever took office thanks to Bush and his Republician cronnies. They are the ones who have us in the mess we are in now. Now you want to bring Palin into the picture. ROFLMAO

By Lt. Dan

November 23, 2010 12:20 PM | Link to this

Karon, You gotta be a joke. You can’t allow facts to have any effect on your distorted, partisan viewpoint. Your mental train has clearly been derailed from reality.

By karon

November 23, 2010 12:04 PM | Link to this

I found it interesting that people tend to vote for People that are Not smart. Bush and Palin are not educated people , but they have people that adore them and would vote for them! I perfer a smart leader!

By dave

November 23, 2010 11:11 AM | Link to this

Squirrellygirl, those full-body scanners are made by a company headed by Michael Chertoff, Bush’s head of Homeland Security. THAT’S why they are in all the airports!

By Squirrellygirl

November 23, 2010 10:59 AM | Link to this

If Palin is elected as the Republican to run against Obama, then I’ll vote for Palin. If Obama is able to win a second term, you can say goodbye to the good ole’ U.S.A. We won’t be able to stand another term without his turning our country completely to socialism and then communism. It is inevitable if he is reelected. BTW, did you know George Soros sold his shared of OSI stock (invested in porn scanners that are at all of our airports) on 17 Nov? So that’s why those things are at our airports, huh? From George Soros’ moneybags to Barrack’s big ears. Who’s on the take?

By karon

November 23, 2010 10:47 AM | Link to this

If Obama wants to be re-elected, he should give high speed rail to every state. Yeah! Rail for everyone! It will then be a perfect country.

By Squirrellygirl

November 23, 2010 10:45 AM | Link to this

Obama doesn’t believe our Constitution is relevant, and that alone makes him unworthy to be our President now, let alone a second term. Anyone, ANYONE, would be better than Obama. Palin quit because it was a waste of resources for her to stay…it’s as simple as that. She was being sued over stupid stuff that wasn’t legitimate, and it was costing Alaska tax payers money to keep her in there, so she did what was best for Alaska. She knew there was a competent Republican who could run the show, and she had other stuff on her plate, like appearing at fund raisers to get other Republicans elected to seats. Ronald Reagan was an actor and he was the best President we ever had. Palin’s reality tv series is wonderful, and shows her to be very able to survive in Alaska wilderness. I don’t think it shows a soft side at all, and I don’t think it will take away from her popularity. She has actual achievements in previous private and government positions, unlike Obama did. She will make better decisions, and I will vote for her if she runs. I could go on forever listing the things Obama has done wrong, but I believe most of the posters here already know what I think about Obama and how he has “performed” as our President. You can start with the lack of security on our borders and his lack of acknowledgement and lack of action, except for his siding with Mexican President AGAINST American citizens. You can end with invasive pat down security checks if you refuse the porn detectors because of political incorrectness and lack of profiling (which is a proven method of defense against terrorism and routinely used for determining criminal behavior).

By cathy dic

November 23, 2010 10:07 AM | Link to this

I would BEVER vote for palin,she would be the worst President ever,she would make bush look good,lol she quit and let people down in alaska,when the going dont go her way she quits,she could NEVER run the USA. she thinks with her fake wink,she will get mens vote,but most are smarter then that,she mistreats her own husband and who knows whose the father of her last kid,that she dont be a parent to,cant really call her a mother,only a birth parent,NEVER PALIN IN 2012.Stay in Alaska,She is as fake as a 3 dollar bill!

By Laura

November 23, 2010 9:46 AM | Link to this

William, What makes you think that Palin will actually win the presidency in 2012? Let me refresh your memory Palin quit as governor of Alaska with two years left in her term. The Presidential campaign in 2008 just showed the American people that Palin doesn’t have experience on national and world events. Personally, I would never vote for a quitter for President.

By Stupid Is

November 23, 2010 9:46 AM | Link to this

Lambs were led to the slaughter, that’s how we ended up with Obama. Isn’t it amazing at how stupid people are. But, when we have public schools like we have in Dayton, you get a product that’s exactly what these leftwingers want…IDIOTS who follow and don’t think.

By william ayers

November 23, 2010 9:32 AM | Link to this

Palin will beat Obama if she runs. Almost any Republican will.Let Obama run on his record.

By logan

November 23, 2010 9:24 AM | Link to this

WHO INHERITED WHAT? The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough,…… A lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics lesson: Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party. They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases. For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets. And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009. Let’s remember what the deficits looked like during that period: (below) If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

By Lt. Dan

November 23, 2010 8:48 AM | Link to this

A useless article. 2 years can be a eternity in politics. Did anyone imagine 2 years away from the presidential that Obama, Clinton, and even George W. would even be considered? Obama is selling us out, and it’s evident by these posts that some get it, some are catching on, and still some do not have a clue of what’s happening around them.

By Independant

November 23, 2010 8:31 AM | Link to this

Oh and Clinton was a GENIUS compared to anyone we have out there now..I would vote him back in anyday!

By Independant

November 23, 2010 8:28 AM | Link to this

Okay so everything should be right on track in 2 years after it took 8 years to screw it up..PLEASE..I’m not in total agreement with either party for alot of things but it takes longer than 2 years to fix what it took 8 years to screw up..and Palin is a joke..she makes me want to throw up..PLEASE give me someone I can vote for other than her..because it won’t happen..ever

By One Nation under Muhammad

November 23, 2010 8:28 AM | Link to this

He didn’t deserve a first term.

By Joanie

November 23, 2010 8:24 AM | Link to this

ITES!

By Repubics

November 23, 2010 8:23 AM | Link to this

Yes, please bring Palin into the mix. 8 years of Obama is fine with me.

By Thelma Slade

November 23, 2010 7:01 AM | Link to this

I don’t know that I place great value in Palin. I do, however, know that ol Obama is the opposite of what America needs. The Prez, Clinton, Soros and Bloomberg all seem to place the United Nations above our constitution! They have no right! We stand as an individual country without having to comply to United Nations. We do NOT have to submit to a review by those clowns. Obama is as patriotic as a rock. He didn’t serve in our armed services and doesn’t belong in the White House!

By Why Do You Listen To Palin?

November 23, 2010 6:41 AM | Link to this

Good Lord! Palin is the best the Repubs can do for their run in 2012? This dingbat spews nothing of any substance, the family is a frikkin’ soap opera and that “folksy, outdoor” jargon she uses all the time is getting a bit old by now. She would fit in better on the Red Green Show than in politics. Surely the Repubs can find someone with a little more class who demonstrates a semblence of professionalism to represent them. You run Palin and Obama will win. Oh, and Bush was just as bad in his eight years as Obama has been in his two years in office. Neither side can claim superior candidates.

By Elizabeth Reichsteinele

November 23, 2010 6:38 AM | Link to this

I think the poll may be off a bit with Obama coming out better than he should. This country is a good country that could fall if she is under Obama more than two more years. He is selling her out. Bloomberg will control and censure television news since he owns so many networks. Obama with United Nations is placing their status with us much too high and therefore putting them in a position to make criticism and perhaps control gun rights and much more. The United Nations input must be minimal and America must never allow them to tell her how to operate over the constitution we hold so dear. Obama must be known as he really is. His poll status should be sinking.

By John Marcello

November 23, 2010 6:28 AM | Link to this

Obama must never win in 2012! Obama, Hillary and George Soros believe in over-looking our constitution and placing more emphsis on the United Nations. The United Nations must never have influence enough to out weigh our constitution. While Obama and Clinton call it Human Rights with the United Nations, they put America in the servant position while asking the United Nations if we are in compliance with the United Nations standards! Who do they think they are. Obama doesn’t have our permission to place the United Nations in a position of telling us what we must conform to! If we don’t wake up and shake the cage, Obama is going to give the ranch away! It is Obama, George Soros, Hillary and Mayor Bloomberg from New York!

By R U Kidding Me

November 23, 2010 6:09 AM | Link to this

Hussein Obama is the most devisive president in the history of our once great nation. He talks out both sides of his mouth - now talking about the need to trim the US budget while on the other hand promoting huge govt programs. He devides this country by class - A proven Marxist. I can only hope our country can survive untill 2012 to oust him.

By tom

November 23, 2010 1:54 AM | Link to this

If the 2012 presidential ticket is Obama vs Palin, I’m gonna barf.

By brian

November 23, 2010 12:23 AM | Link to this

I pray everyday Sarah Palin runs for president and wins the republican nomination. All democrats should pray for this clueless repub to run. She couldnt even handle the heat from being governor and quit after 2 years. Go Palin, Go Palin. She will guarantee Obama gets reelected.

By Sassy

November 22, 2010 11:06 PM | Link to this

President Obama in 2012…he is a GENIUS compared to what the GOP has to offer!

By Gopher

November 22, 2010 10:37 PM | Link to this

Can’t expect Obama to fix a problem in 2 years…a problem Bush took 8 years to create.

By Right Way Robbie

November 22, 2010 10:02 PM | Link to this

The problem with Obama and liberals is that they allowed their party to be influenced by aliens from outer space. They are weakening the USA so they can invade and take over the world - WAKE UP PEOPLE AND DO SOME RESEARCH - ITS ON THE INTERNET!!!!

By Been there....

November 22, 2010 8:44 PM | Link to this

As I’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with Ted Kennedy….I’d rather have a prom queen as President than a Marxist….

By TRS

November 22, 2010 8:36 PM | Link to this

A poll this far out is similiar to knowing what you want for Christmas in 2 years - useless. I certainly do not favor a 2nd term for the President but even more I want to see Sherrod Brown out and gone in 2012. He is truly a liberal/progressive disaster of the largest magnitude.

By Philman

November 22, 2010 7:47 PM | Link to this

Lamestream media helped elect Obama by selective reporting, they hid the truth about his Marxist buddies, Now they are helping coveup the Missle near California, go to worldnetdaily.comm for the truth, they are covering up the NEW Global warming game plan, remember last year man caused global warming and we needed to send billions of dollars to other countries to save them, NOW it happened 120,000 years ago & is happening again & we need to send billions of dollars to other countries to save them, these Marxists just don’t give up, spread the wealth any way you can… REMEMBER 2012 LETS FINNISH OF THE MARIXISTS…

By earl

November 22, 2010 7:19 PM | Link to this

Doesn’t it seem that the major media protects, defends, and promotes President Barack Obama? They, the media, worked hard to place this man in office. And they were successful…making Barack America’s first affirmative action head of state. The “clean and articulate” African-American was extremely marketable, but the package contained no content of any real value. The “hope and change” slogan was only just that… a slogan, much like “where’s the beef” or “show me the money”. People are beginning to understand, that like the scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz”, Barack has a brain..he just doesn’t have any guts.

By Slightly Right

November 22, 2010 6:50 PM | Link to this

@karon You have got to be kidding. Return to his liberal roots? His liberal roots is what caused all the swing votes from the democrats in the mid-terms. I suppose the liberals will just keep blaming Bush.

By Dena Conley

November 22, 2010 6:07 PM | Link to this

The poll means nothing America did not deserve George Bush but we got him. Like I mentioned the poll means nothing.

By karon

November 22, 2010 6:00 PM | Link to this

Obama will only win again if he returns to his liberal roots which got him elected before!

By paul

November 22, 2010 3:58 PM | Link to this

Talk about low expectations.. Obama “leads” Palin!

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