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President No-Name
A Republican has opened up a 47 to 39 percent lead over Barack Obama for 2012 in the latest Gallup Poll, but voters don’t know who he or she is.
At this point in their reelection bids, both Bushes were leading generic opponents, even though George H. W. eventually lost to Bill Clinton while George W. defeated John Kerry.
But now, in what the President agrees is a “stressed-out” nation, Americans are venting their anger at the man in the White House.
Understandably so, but when the 2012 GOP challenger has a name and a face and, most important, a record and positions on issues, how will that translate into what they do at the ballot box?
The dilemma of the Republican field of has-beens and never-will-bes is reflected in the first campaign ad of Ron Paul, trying to portray the extreme libertarian as another Ronald Reagan. Lots of luck with that one.
Frontrunner (barely) Mitt Romney is still straddling every position in sight, but opponents are reviving the ads Ted Kennedy used to trounce him in 1994, showing that his vaunted business acumen consisted mostly of merging companies and eliminating jobs.
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2 Responses to “President No-Name”
People also like the idea of lower taxes/less gubbyment until they figure out that just because they have been told an opinion is fashionable doesn’t mean they want to commit to it for ever.
The voters also want tax increases on the wealthy and a less insane distribution of wealth.
So maybe we can all agree that sometimes the vox populi agrees with us and sometimes it disagrees, and thus the vox populi lacks weight, significance and merit in policy arguments since no one is willing to bet that the majority will always agree with us?
It’s a poll. Polls can be anything you want them to be. Right now Gallup wants a race so they asked the right question to get the answer they wanted and Viola! I’m just glad the people elect presidents rather than polls or do they?