Polls are polls, they can be skewed one way or the other based on many factors but the 2012 election is ramping up so I suppose we better start getting set for many, many polls ahead. First one for me, this one from The Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College on a key battleground State, New Hampshire:
New Hampshire has voted Democrat in four of the last five Presidential elections, so it’s no surprise Obama gets more support over a true conservative, but the degree in which Romney beats Obama is kinda surprising. He IS ObamaLite tho…so maybe not THAT surprising:
Of the Republican candidates expected to seek the presidential nomination, only Mitt Romney received a plurality of support. Barack Obama received a majority of the vote in matchups against Sarah Palin and Donald Trump. The Republican who performed best against Obama was Colin Powell. Powell was added to the survey in an effort to test the perceived absence of leadership qualities among the Republican candidates and in President Obama. Despite his advanced age and no mention of any presidential aspirations at this time, New Hampshire registered voters in the sample are clearly enamored with the prospect of a Powell candidacy
Huck is in second place to Romney, in the liberal Northeast of all places, kinda weird and those inflicted with PDS will delight in the results, but come on….it’s New Hampshire. It’s a given that the bluer the state is, the better Romney does.
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The party seems to have disbanded, however I urge the readers of FA to look at it as a viable alternative to the old republican/democrat, 2 party both void of ideas. Let’s be honest: 2 party’s is 1 more party than nazi germany had. That’s not saying much…
I will also go on record as saying that I really like the libertarian party platform and any platform with some mention of US constitutionality. I know most people are not into third party’s but what can I say, other than ask that others join in the fight to help stop the corruption and the lack of representation.
The Reform party has had at least two very high profile candidates, including billionaire Ross Perot and former navy seal/wrestler/actor turned conspiracy nut Jessie Ventura. Both of these guys are my favorite kind of candidates: weird ones!
So I am now going on record for the first time on FA, as a man without representation, to voice a personal opinion about a 2 party system. No longer should we have to place a vote for a guy whom is a poor quality candidate, simply because he is better than the other guy, or a guy who has an R or a D beside his name but does not represent the needs of the people.
Here is a part of the reform party platform, hope you enjoy! Vote for the weirdo!
http://rpusa.info/platform.htm
Enact only economic policies that require fiscal responsibility and accountability.
The Federal government should be managed within its means, and not run chronic budget deficits.
Enact a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Pay down the Federal Debt until the principal balance is zero and American taxpayers no longer have to pay interest on the debt.
Use any budget surpluses generated to pay down debt. Surpluses should not be used to fund tax reductions or to fund new programs.
Eliminate programs that are wasteful, outdated or that do not serve an important national goal.
End corporate welfare and special interest subsidies.
Manage mandatory spending programs and government-sponsored enterprises so that they become self-funding.
Review all programs on a regular basis and require mandatory trust fund reports.
Remove all trust fund balances from the budget deficit calculations, so that the true size of the federal deficit is made clear to the American people.
Return fiscal integrity to trust funds such as Social Security, Medicare, government retirement and all programs dealing with future obligations to individual citizens.
The economic projecting functions of the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office should be merged into the General Accounting Office (GAO). This new division of the GAO would be solely responsible for producing the economic assumptions necessary for budget deliberations between Congress and the President. The GAO staff charged with this responsibility should be permanent employees, and the director a presidential appointee subject to confirmation by the Senate.
A ten-year plan to disband the Department of Housing and Urban Development should be adopted that is linked to a revenue guarantee program for municipalities. The plan should require a binding commitment on the part of cities to restructure local systems of revenue generation to promote employment and the construction and rehabilitation of the city’s housing and business infrastructures.
The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) should be confined to promoting Arts Districts within Federal Enterprise Zones. NEA grants for any uses other than the development of infrastructure, such as performance halls and artists markets, should be discontinued.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting should be subsidized at a rate equal to 25% of its budget for the previous fiscal year, so that it does not become too reliant on corporate sponsorship and in turn compromise its news coverage.Â
The Appalachian Regional Commission should be abolished, but its current level of funding should be retained and transferred into Community Development Block Grant accounts for a period of ten years to bolster the revitalization of America’s inner-cities.
Social Service Block Grants should be merged into Community Development Block Grants to reduce the cost of administering the grants, and to enhance the capacity of taxpayers to scrutinize their usage.
The Tennessee Valley Authority should be privatized, after which consideration should be given as to the most efficient way to privatize the regional Power Marketing Administrations.
Third party talk assures Dems win all. Independents put obummer in office . Indes i know want trump . Please. Trump may be in to assure Obum gets in , obum will add zeros to his books also, via Bernake, good old mob payola.
Sitck with Rs make them reform with each voting cycle. third party talk and trusting indes to get a clue is 10 more years of Obummer, because he will be our dictator by then, dollar will collapse and we will all be living under the interstate with our food stamp card and our obama care card. With neither service having any funding left available. He wil fund his crony wall street banks, i guess they are all banks now with little zeros being added to their books as long as they do as told.
Schools, OMG, i went to pick up my nephew at a private school , and ihad to wait in international hall with every flag on the wall you could think of, Glory was at the end. Ok . I look around and the state flag was on a stand near the door. Glory was on a stand furthest from the door in a dark corner. Are we done or are we done. this did it for me . Totally depressed me for Easter week.
MY nephew told me the hall is called international hall because they have all races at the school and want include everybody. I told him we could not fly Glory in any other country, this is wrong. Tampa Day School is a charter school i guess but have heard of others playing obama on big screen for the kids at Lunch time. Lovely.