Poll Watch: Minneapolis Star-Tribune Minnesota Political Survey

Trackback URL for this post:
http://race42012.com/2009/09/29/poll-watch-minneapolis-star-tribune-minnesota-political-survey/trackback/

5 Responses to “Poll Watch: Minneapolis Star-Tribune Minnesota Political Survey”

1. Aron Goldman Says:
   September 29th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

   Senate panel rejects public healthcare option
   A Senate panel on Tuesday rejected a government-run “public” insurance option as part of a broad healthcare overhaul, setting up a fight over one of the bill’s most contentious issues. Five Democrats joined panel Republicans to oppose Rockefeller’s amendment, 15-8. The second amendment, by Schumer, failed 13-10 with three Democrats opposed. Democratic Chairman Max Baucus opposed both amendments, and said Democrats could not muster the 60 Senate votes needed to clear Republican procedural hurdles and pass a healthcare reform bill if it includes the public option.
   http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58S58G20090929?sp=true

2. Matthew E. Miller Says:
   September 29th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

   I address this over at my blog. http://aguynamedtim.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/misleading-pawlenty-poll/

   Basically, these types of questions always yield highly negative responses. They’re useless.

3. Aron Goldman Says:
   September 29th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

   GOP Moderate Woes
   http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-our-national-poll-last-week-19-of.html

   On our national poll last week, 19% of moderate Republicans said they voted for Barack Obama against John McCain last fall.

   When we asked them to look toward 2012, 34% said they’d vote for Obama against Sarah Palin, 31% against Jeb Bush, 21% against Mike Huckabee, and 20% against Mitt Romney.

   It’s safe to say there’s no way a GOP President is going to be elected in 2012 if moderate Republicans are even more supportive of Obama than they were last year.

   So it seems like the current crop of leading GOP contenders is not going to cut it with the swath of the party that is mainstream enough to consider voting Democratic.

   More moderate alternatives may emerge- Tim Pawlenty? But it’s going to be a challenge for any more mainstream candidate to make it to the general when 70% of Republican voters are conservatives. We certainly saw that last year with the fate of Rudy Giuliani’s campaign (not that he didn’t cause a lot of his own problems.)

   I think the GOP’s worst enemy in 2012 may be itself.

4. Aron Goldman Says:
   September 29th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

   Crist stands by prediction Obama could face massive defeat
   Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says President Obama could be headed to a Jimmy Carter-like defeat.
   http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2009/09/29/sot.crist.obama.cnn

   Palin and Cheney, the new faces of the GOP?
   A Hardball panel debates whether former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Liz Cheney are emerging as the leaders of the Republican Party.
   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33078899#33078899

   Sarah Palin’s Christian co-author
   http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2009/09/sarah_palins_christian_coautho.html

   Flashback: Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says
   October 25, 2008
   http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html
   http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

   Palin’s father to campaign for Nevada Senate hopeful
   http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/29/palins-father-to-campaign-for-nevada-senate-hopeful/

   Harry situation: What if Reid loses?
   http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27723.html

   Why Are Jews Liberals?—A Symposium
   David Wolpe, Jonathan D. Sarna, Michael Medved, William Kristol and Jeff Jacoby
   http://www.commentarymagazine.com/printarticle.cfm/why-are-jews-liberals-a-symposium-15223

5. American Ideals Says:
   September 30th, 2009 at 11:49 am

   Do you support or oppose including a “public option” as part of health care reform, that is, creating a new government health insurance plan that would compete with private health insurance plans?

   * Support 51%
   * Oppose 37%

   Among Independents

   * Support 51%
   * Oppose 42%

   So good, had to post it again.