President of the Day: A brand new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released today predicts that if the elections were held today, Rick Santorum — the presidential candidate who believes that pregnant rape victims should make the best of it, that free prenatal testing leads to more abortions, and that, contrary to the Constitution, the separation of church and state should not be absolute — would defeat President Obama by three percentage points.
Against Mitt Romney, Obama comes out even at 47% all.
Interestingly, both Obama and Romney are apparently being dragged down by the same thing: Universal health care.
“If they used Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts health care program as a guideline for the Obamacare thing, what’s the difference?” asks 37-year-old Sanford, NC resident Robert Hargrove.
Lynn West, a retired New Hampshire state education official who says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been “fabulous” for her family, has a suggestion for Obama’s campaign on how to strengthen the president’s flagging numbers.
“If I had to fault President Obama or the people that help him put out his message, I think they need to be simpler,” says West. “A lot of times it’s the catch phrases that catch fire, like when he said, ‘Yes we can’ in the 2008 campaign. That’s why the term ‘Obamacare’ has worked — a simple phrase, and they’ve been able to put a negative connotation to it. In fact, they ought to be saying, ‘Obamacare! Let’s rejoice!’”
A silver lining, perhaps: According to the latest poll of battleground states conducted by Politico and George Washington University, Obama’s approval rating has increased by 5 percentage points to 53. Mitt Romney’s approval rating stands at 43, while Rick Santorum is in third place with 42.
[usatoday / politico / dailybeast.]
Terrifying. Really worried for my friends and family in the US right now. =(
if Rick Santorum wins i’m moving to Canada or England
If Rick Santorum wins I don’t want to live on this planet any more.
Fucking no
if santorum wins i am legitimately serious when i say i’m moving to england
i’m already planning on staying there for like 6 months why not just stay there for a few years longer
Moving to canada
Yep
Even if my parents don’t want tooHey, Matt. So, I’ll be moving to your place for the next 4 years or so.
I’m so scared for the future…
(Source: thedailywhat)
Posted March 3, 2012@ 5:04pm
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#remember The only poll that matters is the one on Election Day!
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I wanna move to Canada.
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Please, for the love of god, vote if you can.
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VOTE and donate if you can
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^fuuuuuuck
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I need to start checking out apartments in Canada…
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…Rick Santorum is not going to win. Really. Guys. He isn’t, I promise. It’s either Romney or Obama. The polls have...
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How?…
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OMGOMGOMG. I would vote today if I could. Never have I been so happy to be 18. I am not living in a country run by Rick...
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Well said, person above me.
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fuck are you serious? Santorum is a psychopath, not only in his stance on abortion but also in his foreign policy. If...
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I’m not even American but I want Obama. I don’t like that other dude.
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Rick Santorum scares me. I’m glad that i’m not American, but if that guy becomes the president… The world will change...
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Let’s go. Register today. I registered the day after I turned eighteen.
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I’ll be a few months shy of 18 at the election so I can’t vote, but please, everyone, if your mind wasn’t made up...
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WHAT THE FUCK.
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