Update. Well Treepers it appears the left is (as expected) proclaiming this article and cooresponding poll to be some bellweather of actual reality. The Obama supporters, and those of like minded association, also share an opinion of you. The original WND article was picked is post was picked up by a progressive site called “coralatlas newsvine”, and then within the discussion thread they engage in discussion of our perspective. Here is a typical prog perspective of the Treehouse thread:
From Wiseguy: Here is the same article posted on a right leaning website..as you can read the comments most of their followers are undaunted and just won’t believe it…..they can’t spin it so they disavow it…it is the “head in the sand syndrome”….
https://coralatlas.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10360883-20-of-republicans-leaning-to-obama
Perhaps you of “head in sand” ignorance might want to drop by their site and check out their perspective. It’s quite incredible actually that within their highly evolved elitist perspective they are so much more intelligent than us, yet they pontificate with strengthened ideological disparagements. Typical progs….
You might have noticed that we rarely, if ever, link to articles highlighted by WND. In part because much of their content is sensationalized, and in part because some of the articles they have previously presented contained some factual inconsistencies. However, this particular article about Republican defection has gained some traction.
Check it out and provide your thoughts. Can you accept that 20% of Republicans would prefer to vote for Obama term 2 as opposed to any of the existing candidates?
WASHINGTON – For critics of Barack Obama, 2012 has been portrayed as a do-or-die year for the country – an election that will determine whether America stays on the road to European-style socialism or veers right to reclaim its positions as the most vibrant economy in the world and the home of individual liberty.
But the 2012 election is looking more like a replay of 2008 than a do-over.
The latest WND/Wenzel Poll shows none of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates has solidified the base of the party, with one in five GOP voters leaning toward support of Obama in November.
The results are from the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies. The poll was conducted Feb. 1-3, 2012, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.44 percentage points.
“The improvement in Obama’s prospects compared to the four remaining Republican challengers stems largely from two factors,” suggests pollster Fritz Wenzel. “First, Obama has largely avoided the political limelight while the GOP candidates savage each other with increasing intensity. Second, a smattering of evidence indicates that the economy is getting a little better, which helps the White House in the eyes of the voters. Secondly, the bloody fight for the Republican presidential nomination – by most estimations the nastiest GOP fight in memory – has really hurt the images of the challengers in the eyes of both Republicans and, especially, independent voters. For Republicans, each candidate carries with them now some taint that cannot be ignored.”
In every case except the match-up against Ron Paul, more than 20 percent of Republican voters said they are more likely to support Obama than the Republican challenger. And Ron Paul is close, as 19 percent of Republicans said they are more likely to support Obama than Paul.
Making the situation more bleak for opponents of Obama, independent voters are apparently quite put off with the Republican nomination fight. While polls last fall showed them leaning Republican by roughly a two-to-one margin, they are now either split evenly or favoring Obama. (continue reading)