PPP: Obama vs. GOP candidates in 2012

[WI_DEM]

We also asked generally whether people would vote for Obama in 2012 or vote for his Republican opponent and that came out dead even at 47%. Those numbers tell us 2 things: 1) that Romney, Gingrich, and Palin are all weaker than a generic GOP nominee and 2) that it may be a little premature to write Obama's political obituary given that he's running even at a very, very bad time for his party.

Mike Huckabee is the only possible GOP contender polling ahead of Obama this month, at 47/44. Going from arguably most pleasant to most angry across the spectrum of leading Republicans you then have Obama ahead of Mitt Romney 46-43, Newt Gingrich 47-43, Sarah Palin 49-43, and Glenn Beck 48-39.

Huckabee is the only candidate we polled this month to post positive favorability numbers, at 35/32. That's because he's relatively inoffensive to Democrats with only 44% having an unfavorable opinion of him. Mitt Romney's favorability numbers are only slightly negative at 33/35. The rest of the GOP folks are highly unpopular with Beck's favorability at 31/41, Palin's at 38/52, and Gingrich's at 30/50.

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/

PPP is right, Obama doing this well at this time says something about his appeal and by 2012 when, arguably, the economy will probably be better he should be almost unbeatable.

[DarthDem]

1. Good Comments

ITA with your thoughts. Huckabee is probably the only threat of any serious degree whatsoever (although I'm with you that there's no way Obama, realistically, is going to lose in 2012), but the Gooper elders detest him and he would be viciously attacked in the primary process while the party anointed someone else. Romney would have the same problems. I'm relatively certain that Failin will be the nominee, and will be absolutely clobbered.

[sadbear]

2. It's fairly obvious by now who's in charge of republican primaries

The Huckster hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell for the republican nomination. Nope. It's going to be Moossolini, and the debates are going to be AWESOME.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. Why would the economy be better in 2012?