Anyway, with Obama's fairly high ratings among Democrats (who are the ones that vote in primaries) it is assumed that he will have no challenger from his own party. This will allow him to raise a lot more money; democrats won't be funding other candidates. It will also allow him to focus his message on Republican policies and not have to debate against other democrats and their policies like he did during the last campaign.
Public Policy Polling released results from a poll that pitted Obama against potential Republican challengers in Iowa. Obama beat them all.
Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47-43.
Obama leads Mitt Romney 46-41
Obama leads Newt Gingrich 51-38
Obama leads Sarah Palin 53-37
What is interesting is that in Iowa, which is one of the early primary states that every Republican candidate would love to win, is that Republican support for any of these candidates ranges only from 67-79 %. The Republicans are not really unified around any of these candidates. That could translate into low Republican turnout in the election.
Democrats are more unified around Obama in Iowa, ranging from 86 to 91 %, depending on who the potential Republican candidate is.
The poll also showed that among independents, Obama has a 49% approval rating compared to 40% that are not approving of his job performance.
The pollsters say that these numbers are reflective of what they see across the county; unified Democratic support behind Obama, and not so much support from Republicans around any of their candidates.
Things are looking good for Obama, and that means coattails across the country. After two years of Tea Party politics in the House, I think voters will be ready to replace a lot of Republicans with Democrats.
It's going to be an interesting two years of campaigns.
If you didn't get a chance to see Obama's speech at the Tucson memorial, here it is.
Obama leads Mitt Romney 46-41
Obama leads Newt Gingrich 51-38
Obama leads Sarah Palin 53-37
What is interesting is that in Iowa, which is one of the early primary states that every Republican candidate would love to win, is that Republican support for any of these candidates ranges only from 67-79 %. The Republicans are not really unified around any of these candidates. That could translate into low Republican turnout in the election.
Democrats are more unified around Obama in Iowa, ranging from 86 to 91 %, depending on who the potential Republican candidate is.
The poll also showed that among independents, Obama has a 49% approval rating compared to 40% that are not approving of his job performance.
The pollsters say that these numbers are reflective of what they see across the county; unified Democratic support behind Obama, and not so much support from Republicans around any of their candidates.
Things are looking good for Obama, and that means coattails across the country. After two years of Tea Party politics in the House, I think voters will be ready to replace a lot of Republicans with Democrats.
It's going to be an interesting two years of campaigns.
If you didn't get a chance to see Obama's speech at the Tucson memorial, here it is.
How his detractors could find fault with this, I don't know, but they did, with everything from calling the event a "pep rally" to being critical of the college students that attended and the seating arrangement of those involved in stopping the shooter.
I guess when there is nothing to criticize, and when you feel it is more important to jazz up your conservative viewers than to allow the people of Tucson to express their grief and their hope at the same time, that making up controversy is the only thing to do.
To paraphrase John Stewart, hollers of "Who - hoo" in one culture are not that different than people yelling "Amen" in another.
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This was excellent, Joe.
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