President Obama "destroys the field of 2012 GOP candidates" in a poll from...FOX NEWS!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

New Fox News Opinion poll still has President Obama beating all right-wing challengers in 2012
By John Amato Friday Jan 22, 2010 4:00pm

The president's first year in office has come to an end, so it's time for new polling to commence. His health-care bill is still stuck in limbo and he's been under siege by conservatives and Fox News the whole time -- all of which has put his favorables down at their lowest point.

But yesterday, Fox News released a new poll which had some interesting results. (It was done by Opinion Dynamics Corp., so there's that too.)

The poll does say that voters want a change in 2012, but the hypothetical head-to-head match ups are quite revealing.

In hypothetical head-to-head matchups, President Obama tops each of the Republican candidates tested.

By 47 percent to 35 percent Obama bests former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The president has an even wider edge over former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (55 percent to 31 percent), and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (53 percent to 29 percent).

Finally, twice as many people say they would vote for Obama (48 percent) as would back a candidate from the Tea Party movement (23 percent).

Even with Fox actively trying to undermine the President, he still destroys the field of candidates at the top of the GOP's list.

Mitt Romney is the closest, but is down by 12 points.

Sarah Palin just came off of an incredible PR blitz with her new book tour and still is down 24 points.

Newt Gingrich and his ever-changing marriages and religions is down by 24 points.

Tea Partiers are down by 25 points.

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/new-fox-news-opinion-poll-still-has-pre

[Hekate]

1. See? I've been saying people still like him. However, we'll have to wait until the corp. votes...

... are all counted before we can call him the winner in November 2012. :eyes:

Hekate

[Old Codger]

2. For sure

There is not a candidate out there that has anything going for them at all, the main place anyone can fault Obama is that he seems to take everything too slow, there is a time to study and hesitate and look at things for longer time but then there is also a time when you need to jump in and get things done.. He seems very hesitant almost always , most of the problem that everyone is carping on is the so called health care gift to insurance, that is all on congress, they are crying the blues now because they lost a seat in the senate but they had a majority for quite a while and have done nothing with it so they really don;t have a leg to stand on with that complaint... My only real gripe there has been the apparent lack of push from the white house... As far as most other things from Obama he has done fairly well and is magnitudes ahead of anything dippsy george ever did in his lifeand is way out in front of any possible challengers.

[INdemo]

3. Why shouldn't he..he has moved so far to the right he is no longer left handed

[AlinPA]

4. This poll was taken before SCOTUS ruling.

[Generic Brad]

5. What does that have to do with the results of this poll?

Just curious. I don't understand the connection between Obama's potential opponents and the recent Supreme Court ruling. The executive branch does not have control over judicial branch.

[AlinPA]

6. I am thinking that when attack ads paid by corporations start running heavily now, they will hurt

Obama in the polls. Corporations' pro republican ads will improve the standing of their potential candiates, not becasue they are better candidates but the huge amounts of money (potentially hundreds of millions) spent on them will have an effect on polls.

No, the judicial branch is not controlled by the executive branch. I don't see how I may have implied that.

[jasi2006]

7. This is FOX's way of sending the message on how to vote in future polls. nt

[Cha]

8. k