Obama retakes lead in 2012 generic ballot

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

President Obama jumped ahead of a nameless Republican challenger in Gallup's monthly survey of the generic ballot.

Registered voters shifted toward Obama over the last month, erasing the advantage a generic Republican challenger to the president had enjoyed over the two previous months.

Forty-five percent of registered voters said they would pick Obama, versus 39 percent who would favor "the Republican Party's candidate."

The generic GOP candidate had led Obama 47-39 percent in mid-July, and 44-39 percent in mid-June.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/176127-obama-retakes-lead-in-2012-generic-ballot

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I'm going to wait and see if the "nameless Republican challenger" signs an anti-tax pledge...

[jpak]

1. NNOOOoooooo oooo !!1111

:evilgrin:

[gateley]

2. Yeah, that anti-tax pledge is music to so many ears, even though

they have no inkling of what it means is in store for we the (little) people.

[Kablooie]

3. So he'll be the Generic Party's candidate next time?

[Scurrilous]

4. Terrible news!!1!

:o

[mzmolly]

5. Unbelievable under the circumstances.

Regardless ... :toast:

[Pirate Smile]

6. Will this get the flogging that last months poll did? Of course not.

[JJW]

7. So silly

Isn't running against a generic candidate, like running against a fence post?

[bowens43]

8. Wow. So Obama can beat "nameless Republican challenger"

by a little bit.

BFD. If he hadn't screwed his base so royally he could probably beat an actual person.

[daa]

9. But in the state by state he is in big trouble nt

[russspeakeasy]

12. as soon as he finds his shoes.....look out.........

[russspeakeasy]

13. I wonder how the voters in Wisconsin feel about him..

:smoke:

[Kahuna]

10. As Ralph Kramden would say: Har har HARDY har har!

:rofl:

[Muskypundit]

11. While these polls seem like B.S ....

The nameless candidate has been trouncing Obama the past year, while every repug candidate individually Obama would lead.

Which says to me voters are misinformed about which parties stand for what, but not which candidates stand for what. After this debt ceiling fiasco its became obvious to everyone what the repug party stands for. The challenge is in making this stick until election day. I cant wait for his commercials.

[bluestateguy]

14. I would remind people of one thing

The incumbent always polls worse against a generic unnamed opponent as compared to a matchup against a real flesh and blood candidate.

Hence for Obama to have a small lead against Generic Republican at this point in time is very remarkable, as that means his numbers against a real Republican (which is who he has to actually run against) are likely even better.