Poll: Santorum Beats Obama

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14 (see trends).

In a potential Election 2012 matchup, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is at 45% while President Obama earns 44%. This is the first time in any poll that Santorum has led the president.

2 votes

#1.1 - Sat Feb 4, 2012 5:54 PM EST

petridishofideas

I'd really like to kmnow what MORONs they polled and what questions they asked. But then again....if they asked who was a delusional wanna be Christian, icky ricky would win hands down! Old FROTHY strikes agains. hahahaha!

#1.2 - Sat Feb 4, 2012 7:29 PM EST

George Stephanopoulis spews, as a former short stop for the Clinton administrations, Stephan tries (unsuccessfully) to pass himself off as a JournOlist.

Just this morning Steph announced that Mitt's Nevada "landslide" has secured Mitt's nomination....without mentioning the total delegate count for Nevada compared to the rest of the USA. Facts confuse Mathmatically challenged Liberals.

Let me help Stephan out....Delegate counts for GOP by state

Texas 155, Georgia 76, Pennsylvania 72, Nevada 28

1 vote

#1.3 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 9:31 AM EST

Reliant

Rasmussen is a Republican leaning poll, so this is at best when normalized a tie. But find comfort where you can, Rick Santorum will never be President of these United States.

#1.4 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 4:49 AM EST

reliant

Are your predictions of the "future" reliable ? Because the "Mitt Romney is a shoo in" predictions seem to be flawed as of late.

I think I'll wait six months and compare the MSM predictions to the "Reagan Cannot win" predictions of the 1980's. He won, ya know ?

1 vote

#1.5 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:53 PM EST

Reliant

Yeah, I do know that. I voted for him.

#1.6 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 4:29 PM EST

Santorum showed himself to be completely out of touch with people in dealing with the question about prescription drug costs.

I have to hand it to Faux Noise, they have done a great job of brainwashing their audience into voting against their own best interest, what an effective propaganda machine.

2 votes

#2 - Sat Feb 4, 2012 6:41 PM EST

Fox #1 in News for 10 yrs. in a row. Besides, it was not a Fox News poll cited here.

2 votes

#2.1 - Sat Feb 4, 2012 6:45 PM EST

But it is being reported on a Fox Noise web site is it not?

2 votes

#2.2 - Sat Feb 4, 2012 7:03 PM EST

I have countless times taken articles from the AP and other sources that also were carried by Fox or Newsvine and posted them from those places so that when the usual Fox bashing comes in, I point out the real original source and.... By the way, does a story that originates somewhere suddenly lose valididity if Fox carries it too?

2 votes

#2.3 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 3:30 AM EST

JackOL-1666973

Assuming that is true (LOL), wouldn't it be better if he could beat Romney, Gignrich and Paul first?

2 votes

#3 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 6:15 AM EST

Generally, any time Fox Noise carries a story that story automatically becomes suspect because of Fox Noise's long history of dispensing conservatively biased information.

1 vote

#4 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 7:18 AM EST

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/05/thousands-trapped-by-snow-in-bosnia/?test=latestnews OK, here's an AP story carried by Fox News. Tell us how it is suspect.

3 votes

#4.1 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 1:58 PM EST

"Fox reported it".....is about the only Democrat talking point left, for the Left. LOL...

Weak and desperate is the Obama Campaign and it's supporters.

2 votes

#4.2 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 3:32 PM EST

Wow, you found one story that Fox Noise can't benefit republicans by placing some right wing slant on it.

There is no debating it, Fox News is very biased to the right. There are many examples on YouTube of that bias in action. So you conservatives can live in your Fox Noise is pure as the driven snow bubble if you want to but the rest of us prefer to live in reality, and the reality is that Fox Noise is simply NOT fair and balanced.

1 vote

#5 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 7:56 PM EST

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/05/family-lost-for-6-days-found-alive-in-oregon-forest/?test=latestnews http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/05/blast-kills-husband-missing-utah-woman-2-boys-734852263/?test=latestnews http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/05/sources-girl-was-victim-both-california-teachers-arrested-for-lewd-acts/ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/06/as-colleges-obsess-over-rankings-students-shrug/ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/05/occupy-protesters-march-through-oakland-streets/ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/04/navy-8-calif-based-sailors-discharged-for-hazing/?intcmp=trending Here's a bunch more. As usual, fair and balanced and no bias. I think that you like many mix up actual news articles and shows with those that clearly are opinion articles or programs. Which of the above stories is less true because Fox has a conservative editorial/opinion section?

2 votes

#5.1 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 12:58 AM EST

No matter how weak the Obama campaign is, it will be more than strong enough to defeat who ever you folks put out there.

1 vote

#6 - Sun Feb 5, 2012 8:16 PM EST

We shall see in November.

2 votes

#6.1 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 12:59 AM EST

irrelevant, Santorum will not be the nominee.

#7 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 3:07 PM EST

Echo82

1400+ GOP delegates to win the GOP Nomination, and does anyone have more than 100 delegates as of yet ? Exactlywhat is your record on predictions of the Future ?

2 votes

#7.1 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 4:57 PM EST

imho he will not be the nominee. not that it matters who the GOP nominee is, imho President Obama will be re-elected. Romney, Gingrich, Paul, Santorum remind the electorate daily why we should not vote for them. no vision, no plan except reverting back to very same policies/philosophies that got us into the mess we are in. intelligent voters will not accept that again.

#7.2 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 5:12 PM EST

Intelligent people do not IGNORE 4 years of a Democrat Majority in Congress and the Senate from 2007 - 2010....Congress spends and makes unconstitutional laws....and Congressional Failure brought about the 2010 Tsunami GOP wave.....Pelosi was "bagged", Obama is next as the Democrat Senate retirees scuttle towards the door.

Blame Bush has expired for intelligent observers of the Truth about Obama.

2 votes

#7.3 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 8:14 PM EST

There are other things to consider when voting for a president, such as, the Supreme Court. I don't want more conservatives on the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the only thing standing in the way of religious conservatives who wish to turn this country into a Christian Theocracy.

The American people still have unpleasant memories in their minds that refuse to go away because they were forced to endure eight years of the Shrub administration, all thanks to the folks who pulled off some clever electronic voting machine fraud.

1 vote

#7.4 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 9:58 AM EST

"blame bush" will never expire. not until we stop paying for his mistakes. gonna be along time, JayTee. only an ignorant voter would happily embrace the same old failed policies/strategies/exclusion and protectionism that the GOP is advocating for. the lack of a viable plan and new vision for this country is a problem. the candidates know it, their backers don't care.

1 vote

#7.5 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 1:14 PM EST

katlin

new vision for this country is a problem.

that’s the truth, we don’t like the vision..and therefore we are going to change it in nov...bye bye barry..

2 votes

#7.6 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 4:35 AM EST

Santorum is having a great night in the three races at stak on 2-7-12.

2 votes

#8 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 9:57 PM EST

What that means is that the public doesn't really care for any of the republican candidates! They all should quit campaigning and save their breath because Obama is going to be re-elected!

1 vote

#8.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 4:55 AM EST

Religious, rural MN would naturally go for Santorum. Enthusiasm down in MN, CO, MO. That is the trend worth watching. GOP field weak, voters have nothing to show up for.

#8.2 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 12:14 PM EST

Santorum is one of the worst of the republican candidates because he acts as if he wants to be the pastor in chief of the country. He seems to think that it's governments role to be micro managing what other people do in their private lives.

He seems to have little to no understanding of the great wisdom of the founding fathers in making the government secular. A decision that has been one of the great secrets of America's greatness.

He's a relic from the dark ages that we don't need in the White House in this era of enlightenment.

1 vote

#9 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 5:19 PM EST

Obama is not enlightened. He's in the process of denying the religious liberty and consciences of millions of Americans by telling several churches what they must do whether doing so goes against what they believe or not. Obama is making the Catholic church into defenders of religious liberty now.

2 votes

#9.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 9:12 PM EST

katlin

oh, the voters are becoming enlightened about obama and that is bad news for him....and it is not just catholics that are enraged by obama’s transgression against religious liberty..believe me..many dems are now coming forward saying they regret their yes vote on obamacare, and are feeling betrayed, axelrod is trying to walk it back and beohner has vowed to repeal it, not so good news for barry..

2 votes

#9.2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 4:47 AM EST