Obviously Bad News for Democrats

Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

I jest.

A new poll released by Rasmussen today shows President Obama taking a 10 point lead over the un-”safe” and un-”electable” Mitt Romney in their national tracking poll.

The Rasmussen tracking poll of a possible matchup between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shows Obama with a ten point lead in their polling. The Ras national tracking poll is an average of 500 automated interviews a night over three days. “This is the largest lead the president has enjoyed against Romney in regular polling going back more than a year,” Rasmussen wrote in its analysis. “It’s also the first time that the president has reached the 50% level of support against Romney.”

Rasmussen is a conservative-leaning tracking poll.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this new Obama surge began when voters actually started going to the polls. When voters were forced to start making a choice. It also coincides with a boat-load of scrutiny Romney has faced regarding Bain Capital, overseas tax-havens, his not-conservative record as governor, and strapping his dog to the roof of his car.

The closer Mitt Romney gets to the nomination, the worse his numbers become. I can only assume this means voters are okay with the idea of Mitt Romney, but not pleased with the actual candidate Mitt Romney.

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  • sherifffruitfly

    More excellent news for John McCain!

    • http://twitter.com/bpicampus BPI Squirrel

      Damn. You beat me too it. ;-)

  • http://twitter.com/TVHilton Tom Hilton

    Looks bad for Romney. Obviously his only hope is to run further and further to the right.

    And if that doesn’t work, he should name a real maverick like Michelle Bachmann (edit: or better still, Christine O’Donnell) as his running mate. That should win it for him.

  • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

    First, let’s start talking about a landslide. Second, let’s start dressing our POTUS in some coattails — preferably long enough to reach all the way through 39 state legislatures and the House of Representatives.

    • http://www.politicalruminations.com/ nicole

      I think you’re way ahead of yourself on the landslide thing, Matt. :)

      • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

        I’m not *predicting* a landslide so much as *wanting to create one* — think of me running around a mountain peak throwing firecrackers because the powder looks loose :D

        • http://www.politicalruminations.com/ nicole

          Yeah, but what worries me is the dumbasses who will stay home because they think Obama is a shoo-in. :)

  • http://www.politicalruminations.com/ nicole

    “The closer Mitt Romney gets to the nomination, the worse his numbers become”

    Yes, but we still have almost a full year to go before the election. Anything can happen. We need to make sure we don’t run around telling people not to worry about Obama’s re-election, because his re-election is nowhere near a sure thing.

    Just sayin’………..

    • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

      As Ashby said of Romney a few days ago, “kick him when he’s down.” And kick. And kick. And kick harder. HARDER. [EDIT: Ashby for Bob]

      • JMAshby

        Actually, I said that.

        • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

          Oh yeah! That WAS you. Fixing above comment.

      • http://www.politicalruminations.com/ nicole

        Yeah, kick romney or whoever is eventually the nominee, but that doesn’t mean we should get all smug and contented. :)

        • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

          I’m hardly smug or contented, it’s my killer instinct coming into play :D

  • GrafZeppelin127

    Somehow I have this vision in my head of some random person being asked about a year ago, “Would you vote for Barack Obama, or Mitt Romney?” and answering, “Oh, Mitt Romney.” Then that same person goes and turns on the TV, say a month ago, to watch a GOP debate or a post-primary speech and saying, “Whoa, wait…. That’s Mitt Romney??!?!”