Friday, September 30, 2011

Morning Joe team discuss Romney's position in race from this point forward




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Romney Leads Obama in Vital Purple States Polling - Perry Doesn't Play.



Mitt Romney leads President Obama 46% to 43% accross 12 pivotal states which have decided Presidential elections since the 2000 Bush-Gore race, in a new poll released today by Purpel Stategies. These states, which encompass every region of the nation, have swung back and forth between Republicans and Democrats, some with a winning margin as narrow as three points. Obama fares better against Texas Governoer Rick Perry, leading 46% -44%.

According to PR Newswire which carried the story:

"Unlike other polls, the PurplePoll focuses exclusively on the 12 states that have decided presidential elections for the past dozen years, and will do so again in 2012: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. Eight of these states won by President Obama in 2008 have swung between Republican and Democratic candidates since 1996. The four others (NH, MN, PA, and WI) have been decided by three points or less at least once since 2000."

"The survey finds President Obama with a 41 percent job approval rating in the 12 states, all of which he carried in 2008. The poll also shows that in these 12 states, 24% of those surveyed have a favorable view of Texas Governor Rick Perry; among independents, 19% view Perry favorably. Head-to-head matchups show a statistical dead heat: Romney, who is viewed favorably by 32% of respondents, holds a 46%-43% lead over Obama, while the President leads Perry by a margin of 46% to 44% in a general election matchup. On issues, nearly half - 49% - rate "jobs and economic growth" as the most important issue facing America; 23% say "government spending and tax cuts" are the nation's top priority."

The poll breaks out the nation into four regions: The Rust Belt (New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania) - The Heartland (Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota) - The Sourthern Swing (Florida, Virginia and North Carolina) and The Wild West ( Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada).

In the head to heads, Romney leads Obama as follows:

Rust Belt 46% - 42%; South 48% - 43% ; West 45% - 42%, while Obama wins the Heartland 48% - 44%.

On the other hand, Rick Perry demonstrates significant national weakness, loses to Obama in the Heartland 49% - 40%  Rust Belt 46% - 44% and West 45% 43%, while managing to only tie the President in his home region of the South with 46% each.

These results indicate Romney is best positioned to beat Obama and to deny him the Electoral College votes he'll need to secure a second term. He runs strongest in the areas Obama turned from red to Blue in 2008, as well as some swing areas.

There is lots of data in this poll and the group has a nifty interactive format.

About PURPLE STRATEGIES:

Purple is a fully integrated, bipartisan team that excels at merging red and blue perspectives to find effective strategic solutions. We look to build a consensus that will support a public affairs initiative, influence a debate or stimulate change. Our team includes experts in opinion research, strategic communications, grassroots, government affairs, digital communications and creative.

Recognizing the need for a balanced, bipartisan approach to corporate communications and issue advocacy, Alex Castellanos and Steve McMahon merged two well-established Republican and Democratic firms – National Media and Issue & Image – to create Purple Strategies. By joining forces, Purple brings together strategists and communication specialists from across the political spectrum, including veteran political strategists Bruce Haynes, Mark Squier, Rob Collins and Jim Jordan.

For more:
www.purplestrategies.com




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Mitt Romney ad asking Why Governor Perry CREATED A MAGNET for illegal immigration?

Thank you Governor Perry:





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Picture of the Day: Mike Huckabee interviewing Mitt Romney


H/T Andrea Saul



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Ann Romney & Anita Perry on their Husbands (VIDEOS)

I thought it might be interesting to compare 2 potential First Ladies:

Anita Perry, the wife of Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry, speaks at the Polk County Republican Party dinner in Clive, Iowa.

And Ann Romney, the wife of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney makes remarks at a Seacoast Republican Women luncheon in Greenland, NH:

Study shows that Immigration puts a financial burden on the U.S.

There was a study done in April by the Center For Immigration Studies that everyone should really take a look at:
Welfare Use by Immigrant Households with Children

Thirteen years after welfare reform, the share of immigrant-headed households (legal and illegal) with a child (under age 18) using at least one welfare program continues to be very high. This is partly due to the large share of immigrants with low levels of education and their resulting low incomes — not their legal status or an unwillingness to work. The major welfare programs examined in this report include cash assistance, food assistance, Medicaid, and public and subsidized housing.

Amomg the findings:
  • In 2009 (based on data collected in 2010), 57 percent of households headed by an immigrant (legal and illegal) with children (under 18) used at least one welfare program, compared to 39 percent for native households with children.
  • Although most new legal immigrants are barred from using some welfare for the first five years, this provision has only a modest impact on household use rates because most immigrants have been in the United States for longer than five years; the ban only applies to some programs; some states provide welfare to new immigrants with their own money; by becoming citizens immigrants become eligible for all welfare programs; and perhaps most importantly, the U.S.-born children of immigrants (including those born to illegal immigrants) are automatically awarded American citizenship and are therefore eligible for all welfare programs at birth.
  • ..........
Click HERE to Enlarge Graph
Policy Implications:

Throughout this report we have compared immigrant households with children to native households with children. But it is not at all clear that native use of welfare is the proper yardstick by which to measure immigrants. It can be reasonably argued that because immigration is supposed to benefit the United States, our admission criteria should, with the exception of refugees, select only those immigrants who are self-sufficient. In this view, immigrant welfare use should be dramatically lower than that of natives for every program. Of course, this is not the case.

[...]
Selecting immigrants based on their education levels would seem to be one of the easiest ways to reduce immigrant welfare use in the future. In 2009, 80.4 percent of households with children headed by an immigrant who had not graduated high school accessed at least one welfare program. The corresponding figure for households headed by immigrants with a bachelor’s degree was 25.4 percent. While education level is not the only predictor of welfare use, limiting non-refugee admission to, say, those with a bachelor’s degree is an administratively feasible way of reducing welfare use among future immigrants. But it must be remembered that there are many competing goals when it comes to U.S. immigration policy. The potential cost to taxpayers due to the use of welfare programs is only one of many issues to consider when setting legal immigration policy. Such factors as a desire to admit the relatives of U.S.-citizens, humanitarian considerations, or honoring America’s history as an immigrant-receiving nation may, in the view of some, take precedence over concerns about welfare use.
There is much more to this study and I encourage everyone to read it HERE.
Also, there is a very good panel discussion on videos that explains the findings of the study HERE.

What I got out of this study was that we can't afford the continued influx of immigrants legal or illegal during these hard times if they are not SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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Newt Gingrich: 21 Century Contract with America (VIDEO 09-29-11)

Republican 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich announced his campaign platform at the Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday. He is calling it his 21st Century Contract with America.


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More Information on the Contract for America can be found HERE.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Herman Cain would not support Rick Perry as the nominee

Herman Cain said Wednesday that he would be unable to support Rick Perry for president if the Texas governor were to eventually win the party's nomination.

"Today, I could not support Rick Perry as the nominee for a host of reasons," Cain said on CNN.

He cited specifically Perry's support for in-state tuition breaks for the children of illegal immigrants. Earlier today, Perry apologized for saying that those in the party who opposed the tuition breaks "did not have a heart."

"I happen to think that puts the children of illegals ahead of citizens," Cain said.
The full story is HERE.

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Mitt Romney op-ed: Here is How I Will Control Federal Spending

Posted today on Mitt Romney's Website:
Since President Obama assumed office two and a half years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history, taking us from an already staggering $3.5 trillion in federal spending in 2010 to a projected $5.6 trillion within the next decade.

This is the financial equivalent of speeding against traffic on a superhighway. It’s dangerous. It has to stop.

A household cannot become prosperous by spending all its money and running up a credit card bill.

Neither can a government or a country. Instead of putting the United States on a path toward economic recovery, the Obama administration’s spending binge threatens to turn us into another Greece, a chronic debtor state teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

The indicators are all equally alarming. Since the 1950s, federal spending as a percentage of GDP has hovered around 20 percent.

When President Obama took office, it shot up to 25 percent, a level not seen since World War II. Before the recession, the federal government spent $25,000 per household. That number has now soared past $30,000 and is on track to hit $35,000 within the next decade.

All this money has to come from somewhere. If President Obama stays in the White House for another four years, some of it will come from the higher taxes the administration is seeking to impose. The rest of it will have to be borrowed. Before Obama assumed office, our country’s indebtedness was 40.3 percent of GDP. Current projections have it hitting 69 percent this year.

If anyone wonders why unemployment is stuck above 9 percent, and why some 25 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed, or are no longer looking for work, we should pause on that 69 percent figure. Every dollar that the government borrows for its operations is a dollar that cannot be invested in productive privatesector activity. Runaway federal spending crowds out private investment. At a moment when the public sector is flourishing as never before, it is unsurprising that the private sector has withered.

I have spent most of my life in the private sector, starting companies and turning around failing ones. What the federal government is doing today is a classic formula for ruin. I know how to set priorities and rein in costs.

In 2003, I became governor of a state hobbled by a deficit and shedding jobs as it came out of a recession. Working with a legislature under solid (85 percent!) Democratic control, I cut taxes 19 times, reformed and reorganized state government, and balanced the budget four years in a row. By the time I left office, Massachusetts employers were once again hiring, and the state had a rainy-day surplus of $2 billion.

The steps we must take to undo the damage inflicted by Barack Obama are as obvious as they are politically difficult. We must cut government spending, cap that spending at a sustainable level — 20 percent of GDP is the target I would shoot for — and pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. Cut, cap and balance are three words that are spoken far too rarely in Washington. But they embody my approach.

I will press for full repeal of Obamacare, which will save hundreds of billions of dollars. I will reduce the size of the federal workforce and align the wages and benefits of federal workers with the private sector. And I will set about the hard work of fundamentally restructuring the federal government.

Taxpayer money is today being used to underwrite a maze of rules, regulations and overlapping government agencies whose complexity defies the understanding even of those who inhabit the system. A first step in reform is acknowledging that the federal government cannot be everything to everyone.

There are many functions that the private sector can perform better than the public sector. Amtrak is a classic example. We can also use block grants to enable states to draw on federal resources while tailoring programs to their specific local needs.

That’s how Medicaid should be handled. It is also precisely what I have proposed in a plan under which the federal government will spend $4 trillion less than what the Obama administration — as detailed in its own mid-year budget projections — plans to spend over the next decade. And $4 trillion is just a down payment on future savings to come.

Getting the federal debt under control in the wake of Obama’s spending spree promises to be an arduous task. The good news is that Americans have awoken to the problem. The even better news is that the American people have always known what Washington can’t seem to learn: we cannot spend our way to wealth.



-Mitt Romney



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Rasmussen Poll: Mitt Romney MOST QUALIFIED to be President

Is ......... qualified to be President of the United States? (Yes/No/Not Sure)

Mitt Romney 43/28/29 (+15)
Herman Cain 30/33/37 (-3)
Rick Perry 30/44/27 (-14)
Ron Paul 27/46/28 (-19)
Michele Bachmann 21/56/23 (-35)
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on September 26-27, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points.
The full Story is HERE.


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PPP Polling: Romney and Paul virtually tied with Obama in Florida

Head-to-Head: (Obama/Candidate/Undecided)

Mitt Romney 46/45 (-1)
Ron Paul 45/44 (-1)
Michele Bachmann 49/44 (-5)
Rick Perry 50/43 (-7)
Newt Gingrich 50/42 (-8)
PPP surveyed 476 Florida voters from September 22nd to 25th. The margin of error for the survey is +/-4.5%.
The crosstabs can be viewed HERE.



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Survey USA Poll: GOP Nomination: Romney leads in Florida, Cain close second....VERY STRANGE results!

VERY STRANGE:

In this data set, cell respondents and landline respondents vote differently. Among landline respondents, Romney leads Cain by 12 points. Among cell-phone respondents, Cain leads Romney by 17 points and Perry by 19 points. When the 2 populations are proportionally blended, Romney edges Cain by the 27% to 25% margin reported here.

So Romney blows everyone away on LANDLINE PHONES.....Cain blows everyone away on cell-phones....WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?

My gut  feeling is that a Landline is attached to an address...Cell-phone. anyone could be at the other end...Am I wrong?

GOP Nomination:

Mitt Romney 27%
Herman Cain 25%
Rick Perry 13%
Newt Gingrich 6%
Ron Paul 5%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Jon Huntsman 3%
Rick Santorum 2%
Other/undecided 16%
Republican voters with a history of voting in Republican primaries were interviewed 09/24/11 through 09/27/11, using Registration Based sample (RBS) from Aristotle of Washington DC, supplemented with probable Florida cell phone respondents extracted from an online community. Altogether, 1,384 interviews were conducted, out of which 500 were determined by SurveyUSA to be certain to vote in the Florida Presidential Primary and are included here.
The data can be viewed HERE.

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Mike Huckabee to Interview Mitt Romney on his Show

Mitt Romney will sit down with his former Republican opponent Mike Huckabee on this Saturday's Huckabee Show.

Mitt Romney is scheduled to sit down for an interview with a 2008 rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee, this weekend, The Caucus has learned.



As of late, Mike Huckabee has spoken kindly of his former rival, so this upcoming appearance by Romney on "Huckabee" should be in friendly territory.

Will there be an October surprise?

Tune in Saturday October 1st at 8 pm ET to find out.


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Mitt Romney on Morning Joe


This in my opinion has to be one of Mitt's BEST INTERVIEWS.

He sharp, upbeat, and relaxed. He had the morning Joe hosts eating out of his hands:





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Fox News Poll: Mitt Romney back on top. Perry falls to 2nd-Romney virtually Tied with Obama


Perry now garners 19 percent, a drop of 10 percentage points from a month ago. That puts Romney back in the top spot with the support of 23 percent. Last month Romney was at 22 percent.



GOP Nomination: [results from August]

Mitt Romney 23% [22]
Rick Perry 19% [29]
Herman Cain 17% [6]
Newt Gingrich 11% [3]
Ron Paul 6% [8]
Jon Huntsman 4% [1]
Michele Bachmann 3% [8]
Rick Santorum 3% [4]
Don’t Know/Other 14% [18]

Head-To Head: [results from July]

Barack Obama 45 [47]
Mitt Romney 42 [41] (-3)

Barack Obama 47
Rick Perry 39 (-8)

The Fox News Poll is conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). The poll is based on live telephone interviews with a national sample of 925 registered voters, and was conducted September 25-27, 2011 in the evenings. sampling errors, including: Democrats (n = 382) ± 5%, Republicans (n = 338) ± 5.5%. Independents (n = 189) ± 7%, GOP Primary Voters (n = 363) ± 5%, Dem Primary Voters (n = 356) ± 5%.
The full story is HERE.
The crosstabs can be viewed HERE.

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Mitt Romney on a Chris Christie candidacy




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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Photo Of The Day: Food Stamp Excess

H/T Bosco Bolt

ARG Poll: Romney leads in Iowa

GOP Nomination: [Results from July]

Mitt Romney 21% [18]
Michele Bachmann 15% [21]
Rick Perry 14% [2]
Ron Paul 12% [14]
Newt Gingrich 8%[5]
Herman Cain 6% [2]
Sarah Palin 4% [11]
Rick Santorum 2% [5]
Jon Huntsman 1% [2]
Buddy Roemer 1% [0]
Gary Johnson 0% [0]
Other 1% [5]
Undecided 15% [10]
Sample Size of 600 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of likely Republican caucus goers living in Iowa (517 Republicans and 83 no party (independent) voters). Sample Dates: September 22-27, 2011 Margin of Error: ± 4 percentage points, 95% of the time
More information can be found HERE.


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PPP Polling: Romney leading in Florida

GOP Nomination: (Results from June)

Mitt Romney 30% (29)
Rick Perry 24%
Newt Gingrich 10% (10)
Ron Paul 8% (8)
Herman Cain 7% (14)
Michele Bachmann 6% (22)
Jon Huntsman 3% (2)
Rick Santorum 2%
Gary Johnson 1%
Someone else/Undecided 9% (9%)

If the Republican Presidential race came down to just Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, who would you vote for?

Mitt Romney 45%
Rick Perry 36%
Not sure 19%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme.”

Disagree 49%
Agree 37%

PPP surveyed 472 usual Florida Republican primary voters from September 22nd to 25th. The margin of error for the survey is +/-4.5%.
The crosstabs can be viewed HERE.



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Quinnipiac Poll: Romney leads in Ohio

GOP Nomination:

Mitt Romney 24%
Rick Perry 20%
Sarah Palin 9%
Herman Cain 7%
Rick Santorum 4%
Ron Paul 6%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Michele Bachmann 3%
Jon Huntsman 1%
Undecided 21%

Head-To-Head: (Obama/Candidate)

Mitt Romney 44/42 (-2)
Rick Perry /44/41 (-3)
The Survey was taken from September 20 - 25, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,301 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The survey includes 423 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.8 percent.

The crosstabs can be viewed here.


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Quinnipiac Poll: Romney leads in Pennsylvania

GOP Nomination:

Mitt Romney 18%
Rick Perry 16%
Rick Santorum 12%
Sarah Palin 8%
Michele Bachmann 6%
Herman Cain 5%
Ron Paul 5%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Jon Huntsman 2%
Undecided 19%

Head-To-Head:
(Obama/Candidate)

Mitt Romney 45/43 (-2)

Rick Perry 46/40 (-6)
The survey was take from September 21 - 26, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,370 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The survey includes 541 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.2 percent.


The crosstabs can be viewed here.



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Bad Lip Readings: Rick Perry

Rick Perry fans not satisfied with his performance at his last debate look to the days when their champion spoke with much more clarity. If only he could return to these bygone days:



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Mitt Romney ad: They Agree!

Democratic Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, President Obama, and Rick Perry all share the same position that illegal immigrants should get tuition discounts at taxpayers' expense.

Mitt Romney believes that illegal immigrants should not get in-state tuition and vetoed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants as Governor of Massachusetts.




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Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted For

This should make you feel all warm and fuzzy about your future travel plans. Thanks President Obama!
The White House announced today it planned to expand a program to secure and destroy Libya's huge stockpile of dangerous surface-to-air missiles, following an ABC News report that large numbers of them continue to be stolen from unguarded military warehouses.

Currently the U.S. State Department has one official on the ground in Libya, as well as five contractors who specialize in "explosive ordinance disposal", all working with the rebel Transitional National Council to find the looted missiles, White House spokesperson Jay Carney told reporters.

[...]

ABC News reported today U.S. officials and security experts were concerned some of the thousands of heat-seeking missiles could easily end up in the hands of al Qaeda or other terrorists groups, creating a threat to commercial airliners.
Read the full story HERE.

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Romney taking Wall Street donors away from Obama

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has raised more than twice as much money from Wall Street donors as Barack Obama. Romney gained that edge by luring away at least 100 donors, mostly investors, who backed the president in 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Megan Hughes reports on "InBusiness with Margaret Brennan."



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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Chris Christie confirms for the UMTEENTH TIME...I'm not Running

Hear that folks?

Megyn Kelly on Fox News just confirmed it. I'll post more information when it's available.



Can we put it to rest NOW or just add this to these?




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Mike Huckabee's Window of Opportunity

The level of GOP dissatisfaction with the current crop of presidential candidates has created a window of opportunity for Mike Huckabee to enter the race for the Republican nomination.

Rick Perry's new attack ad on Mitt Romney rates 3 PINOCCHIOS


Mitt Romney announces his Florida Staff

Press Release from Romney's Website:
“This is the team that will beat President Obama in Florida,” said Romney for President Deputy Campaign Manager Katie Packer Gage. “This team will be critical as Mitt Romney campaigns across Florida spreading his pro-growth message and working to bring jobs back to the state.”

Is Rick Perry looking to alter his image?

There is a rumor circulating that Rick Perry may be interested in participating as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars.

After his pathetic performance at the Fox-News-Google Debate the other night that received reviews like "Yikes"  and "Perry really did throw up all over himself". My feelings are that perhaps his handlers want to show a more relaxed and loose side of Perry.

Some GOP candidates already have 2012 delegates in their column

I came across this interesting site that is keeping track of Super/Automatic delegates for each GOP candidate.

What is a super or automatic delegate?

They are uncommitted delegates usually made up of current or former party officials that are not committed to any particular candidate. Each state and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands all have three super delegates (by my count, 56 x 3 =168 total Automatic delegates). All other delegates are awarded by states to candidates based on who wins a particular states primary or caucus.

Former CEO/Chairman Of General Electric Endorses Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney has received a lot of notable endorsements lately from high profile political leaders such as Tim Pawlenty, Thaddeus McCotter and Arizona Republican Congressman Jeff Flake. He's also received a slew of endorsements from elected officials around the country such as Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire and Massachusetts
 
While Mitt Romney is racking up an impressive list of endorsements from political leaders around the country, he's also getting endorsements from businessmen who know what it takes to create jobs and what is required to keep the economy healthy. One such businessman is Jack Welch, the former CEO and Chairman of General Electric, who recently explained why he was endorsing Mitt Romney: 

Monday, September 26, 2011

CNN/ORC Poll: 2012 Presidential Race and GOP Nomination

Please tell me whether you agree or disagree that ...... has the personality and leadership qualities a President should have.
(has qualities/does not/No opinion)

Mitt Romney 60/36/5
Barack Obama 58/41/1
Rick Perry 45/49/6
Ron Paul 42/53/5
Michele Bachmann 37/59/4
Sarah Palin 30/70/*


Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with ... on the issues that matter most to you. (agree/disagree/No opinion)

Mitt Romney 46/50/5
Barach Dbama 46/52/1
Rick Perry 39/56/5
Michele Bachmann 37/59/4
Ron Paul 36/57/7
Sarah Palin 34/65/1

Head-To-Head -Resistered Voters: (Obama/Candidate)

Mitt Romney 49/48 (-1)
Ron Paul 51/47 (-4)
Rick Perry 51/46 (-5)
Sarah Palin 58/37 (-21)
Michele Bachmann 54/42 (-12)

GOP Nomination: [results from Sept 9-11]

Rick Perry 28% [30%]
Mitt Romney 21% [18%]
Newt Gingrich 10% [5%]
Herman Cain 7% [5%]
Sarah Palin 7% [15%]
Ron Paul 7% [12%]
Michele Bachmann 4% [4%]
Rick Santorum 3% [2%]
Jon Huntsmann 1% [2%]

Note: Romney has picked up 5 Points on Perry
Interviews with 1,010 adult Americans conducted by telephone by ORC International on September 23-25, 2011. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. The sample also includes 917 interviews among registered voters MOE +/-3%. GOP nomination 447 Republicans MOE +/- 4.5%.

Other data and questions can be viewed HERE.



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Roanoke College Poll: Add Virginia to the states where Romney is kicking Obama's Butt

Wake Up all those who are looking for the next anti-Romney Candidate.


Head-To-Head:


Mitt Romney 45% (+8)
Barack Obama 37%

Rick Perry 42% (+2)
Barack Obama 40%

Barack Obama 43%
Ron Paul 33% (-10)

Barack Obama 46%
Michele Bachmann 35% (-11)

Barack Obama 50%
Sarah Palin 31% (-19)

The Poll includes interviews conducted with 601 residents of the Old Dominion between September 6 and September 17. The Poll has a margin of error of + 4 percent.

The full Story is HERE.
the crosstabs can be viewed HERE.



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Chris Christie Won't run for President...Know why?

I'm 110% positive that Straight talking Chris Christie is not going to run for President in 2012. Know Why? Because if he does, he'd look like a horse's ass.

How many different ways does the man have to say he's not running?

There was this way.....


and this way......



here and here......


oh.....and here......









..........Get it?


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SNL GOP Presidential Debate

The following is Saturday Night Live's spoof of the Fox News-Google Debate the other night:



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Sunday, September 25, 2011

INTRADE: Romney in front by 23 POINTS. Rick Who?

H/T Mike Zaloom

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 I guess the folks who are putting their money where their mouth is are saying the following:

1. How do you spell Rick Perry.....T O A S T

2. They are satisfied with Romney as the SOLID front runner

3. They weren't impressed with Herman Cain's victory in the Florida Straw Poll. Notice he's not even listed in the TOP 10. He actually is in the 11th spot.


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National Journal Hotline/National Association of Home Builders Straw Poll: Romney trounces all in Michigan

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney trounced Rick Perry and the rest of the GOP field to win the National Journal Hotline/National Association of Home Builders Straw Poll of GOP activists attending a weekend conference in Michigan.

Mitt Romney 51%
Rick Perry 17%
Herman Cain 9%
Ron Paul 8%
Michele Bachmann 4%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Rick Santorum 3%
Jon Huntsman 2%

651 Votes Cast

The rest of the story is here.



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Mike Huckabee: Rick Perry is not ready for Primetime





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Putin is coming back as President of Russia

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ended months of speculation by saying he will run for president next March in an election that could open the way for him to stay in power for 12 more years.

Putin's announcement was greeted by a standing ovation on Saturday at a congress of his ruling United Russia party, but it alarmed critics who say his return to the presidency could herald an era of political and economic stagnation.

[...]

Putin, 58, accepted a proposal by Medvedev to return as president in the carefully choreographed congress in a Moscow sports stadium.

"I want to say directly: (Medvedev and I) reached an agreement between ourselves long ago, several years ago, on what to do in the future, on who should do what," Putin said.


This adds to the urgency to retire President Obama. We don't need an apologetic lightweight in the Whitehouse to deal on the world stage with Mr KGB.

The full story is HERE.

Take a look at the expression on Medvedev's face in the audience as he listens to Putin. It has the look of someone who might have found a horse's head in his bed.



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Charles Krauthammer feels Republicans have a decision to make

On this weekend’s broadcast of “Inside Washington,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer points out that Romney may be the most conservative candidate who can win:




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Mitt Romney will be the nominee....GET OVER IT!

Are you getting tired of the "Who's the next flavor of the month" syndrome?

I am.

Another one bites the dust....Perry who?

Maybe Jeb Bush....Paul Ryan....ah..duh....Chris Christie?

I know, GHW....he was only President for one term, maybe we can talk him into it?......blah.....blah.....blah!

HELLO!...HELLO!....Is there anybody in there?

Mitt Romney is the best candidate out there.

Does anyone look at the state-by-state Head-To-Head matchups between Romney and Obama?

Does anyone look at who's sucking away independents from Obama in 90% of the states?

So to you ANYONE BUT MITT folks, GET OVER IT! Romney is THE BEST WE'VE GOT!

HE WILL BE THE NOMINEE....despite all the wishful thinking that continues to waste some peoples time.


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Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Florida Straw Poll Results: Cain the Winner

The Florida Straw Poll Results:

Herman Cain 37.11%
Rick Perry 15.43%
Mitt Romney 14.00%
Rick Santorum 10.88%
Ron Paul 10.39%
Newt Gingrich 8.43%
Jon Huntsman 2.26%
Michele Bachmann 1.51%

Total votes: 2657


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CAIN and SOCIAL SECURITY

First, let me say that I live in Atlanta. I know and admire Herman Cain. I voted for Herman Cain. But Herman needs to do some research on the " CHEE-LAYIN " Social Security system, rather than take Cliff Notes from The Cato Institute.

I've been to Chile many times. I have many friends who are Chilean. Here's what I can tell you about the system:

The system is about 30 years old. It replaced an old Pay - as - You - Go system, after the overthrow of Pinochet , in 1981. The system is on VERY shaky financial grounds due to

1. High management fees: Almost a third of contributions go to management fees and the net return to workers over the last thirty years has been about 5 % or the same as a bank savings account.

2. Low participation rates: Half of Chilean workers do not participate, including the military, due to the structure of the country's economy.

3. Heavy dependence on an inadequate safety net: The government is obligated to provide subsidies to workers failing to accumulate enough money to earn a minimum pension. Thus, the government pays for all people who can't afford to contribute to a private system or whose private pensions have gone bankrupt or whose investments have failed. But, the government often can't access enough funds leaving retirees with a small fraction of their SS. Often, they receive nothing. Over 41 % of retirees continue to work in Chile because their investment accounts are too small or too infrequent.

4. Prohibitive costs to the government: The transition costs , from the old to the new system , averaged 6.1 % of GDP for the first ten years of transition and are now averaging about 4.5 % of GDP and are expected to continue at that rate for the next 25 + years.

The bottom line ? The old system, in 1980, paid a maximum of $ 1250 per month. To receive that under the new system requires a lifetime contribution of $ 250,000. Only 500 out of 7 MILLION retirees receive this maximum amount.

So, Herman, old friend, be careful what you advocate. Do your homework. Go the Chile ( Not Chilis ). I hope your 9-9-9 plan is better researched than your SS " FIX "

CraigS



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