Romney Least Likely to Defeat Hillary/Obama
From our friend Michael Medved’s Townhall Blog:
To all those who claim that the Mittster is the person most likely to beat Hillary or Obama in November you may want to check out the latest polling. Seems as though you may have it backwards.
PRESIDENTIAL TRIAL HEATS: WHO’S WEAKEST FOR G.O.P?
Posted by: Michael Medved at 4:47 AM
This weekend, CNN released results of general election trial heats, pitting each of the four leading Republican candidates for President against both of the leading Democrats.The unmistakable message from this national exercise (surveying 840 voters on January 9 and 10th) is that Mitt Romney unequivocally qualifies as the weakest candidate the G.O.P. could field.
In the head-to-head contest with Barack Obama he is utterly wiped out, losing by a margin of 22 points (59% to 37%). Against Hillary Clinton, Romney fares little better, falling 18 percentage points behind (58% to 40%).
The results for other candidates show that this is a Romney problem, not a Republican problem.
Aside from the fact that Slick Willard Romney is the most left wing of all the candidates (in spite of the conservative campaign rhetoric and purchased conservative endorsements) and the most dishonest, I have been consistently opposed to his being the nominee because, as I have argued for many months, he is the most unpragmatic choice come November to beat any of the Democrat Socialists.
January 14, 2008 12:45 am 
Hey Johnny One Note,
Yea, we get it. You don’t like Mitt. My guess is beacuse he is a Mormon and not a bible thumping, born again Christian. We know, we know. You’re a better Christian than the rest of us and God likes you more. All of this inter-party sniping does the Republican party no good. Who can beat Hillary or Obama? You offer no canidate who can beat them, just not Mitt. This is getting so tired. It is the whole uber religious right wing of the Republican party that is going to push moderates to vote Democrat out of spite.
Phil, implying I am a bigoted born again Christain who doesn’t like Mormons is pretty silly at this point. Shows you have nothing intelligent to say and can only name call. very rude and childish.
As far as other candidates having a better chance, that was the point of the post which you obviously didn’t read. Medved makes the point that Romney does the worst against the Dems of the frontrunners and that McCain runs even with them (both Hillary and Obama) and Huckabee is within the margin of error both do considerably better.
Since the goal is to defeat Hillary, I want to do all I can to ensure that teh GOP nominates the candidate with the best chance. Since so many people have incorrectly asserted that Romney is that candidate, I thought it necessary to dispel that notion.
The post was as much about the other candidates as it was Romney.
But thanks for taking the time to post your comment even if it was both spurious, sophmoric,and vapid.
Gregg
Gregg, I read the list of problems that you have with Mitt. I am not sure when you wrote that list, but it is so thorough and so well substantiated that I immediately withdrew my support for Romney, not that my support made a lot of difference in the overall scheme of things. If your research effects enough insignificant people then it becomes significant. I am now earnestly supporting by every means possible, the only true conservative that is viable, Fred Thompson.
840 voters is nowhere near a representative sample size. Your purported statistics are as useful as those gathered from a chimp favoring baked cheese curls over fried.