In a side by side match up with each of the potential Republican Presidential candidates for 2012, essentially Obama eats their lunch for them according to
Real Clear Politics.
Here is the breakdown.
Against Mitt Romney, who will surely emerge from the primary much more battered, bruised, and politically damaged than he is right now, President Obama polls at 4.3% higher in a potential 2012 election match up.
(By the way, Romney is in fact the GOP's best hope.)
Against Libertarian favorite Ron Paul, President Obama enjoys a 9.8% lead in the polls.
(But believe me the American people do NOT yet know about the racism, crazy conspiracy theories, and batshit crazy ideas. Once those come to light, Paul's chances shrink to somewhere between "slim," and his buddy "none.")
Against "Let God handle it" Rick Perry, President Obama maintains a very comfortable 11.6% lead.
(The thing about Perry is the farther away from him you are, the better he looks politically. But up close?)
Tim "TimPaw" Pawlenty is nowhere even close to providing a challenge with Obama leading him at 12.3%.
(You know I was going to write more about Pawlenty, but I kept nodding off. I understand that when sheep suffer from insomnia they count TimPaw's boring public statements until they fall asleep.)
Michele Bachmann is trailing right behind Mr. Ho-hum with the President enjoying a 12.4% lead over the batshit crazy, "pray away the gay" lady.
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| "I can't believe my numbers are that high. Maybe batshit is the new black." |
Now Jon "The other Mormon" Huntsman is trailing behind Obama by about 14%.
(You might as well get used to seeing the picture above, because if Huntsman looks like he is actually presenting a challenge to any of the other GOP candidates, you will see it showing up in third party TV ads over and over again.)
Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich share the seventh spot, both trailing the President with an embarrassing 14.7%.
(After over thirty years in politics, I can only imagine how thrilled Gingrich is to be tied with the Godfather's Pizza guy!)
Okay well that is just about everybody, and NOBODY (With the possible exception of Mitt Romney) has any real shot against our President in a head to head match up.
Wait! Somebody IS missing. (Oh my God, who could possibly be lower than 14.7% this early in the polling? They must have ZERO name recognition or something!)
In fact it is lower. MUCH lower.
In a match up with President Obama, everyone's favorite teabagging reality star, trails by a whopping 20%.
That's right Palin-bots, your idol trails the President by 20% and is in absolutely the LAST place on the list of potential GOP Presidential contenders for 2012, when it comes to viability.
You know
somebody, the person's name escapes me right now, said that "2012 can't come soon enough."
I could not agree more.
(P.S. I just noticed that Santorum is not even on the list so I am guessing that he polled even lower than Snowdrift Snooki. Ouch, that has to hurt!)
