MN-PPP: Obama leads all Republicans by at least 5 points

[Poundingtherock]

If you heard Bloomberg's speech this morning, I think you'd reconsider her chances in a general election (unless you want to buy what Marist-McClatchy, one of the worst pollsters in the country, is selling).

[Poundingtherock]

Hamilton,

There is absolutely no reason to believe that Bloomberg won't run a hard third-party campaign against both Obama and Palin.

He'll be popping out the rainbows, painting both of them as homophobic and inexperienced.  In other words, he'll be saying the same thing about Palin as Obama will be saying.  Palin would of course help matters by building up Bloomberg by attacking him, rather than Obama, to create the perception that he can win.

She is clearly a heavy underdog in a one-on-one but there is no reason to believe a strong center-left indy will not run against Palin and Obama.

[Poundingtherock]

Everything written about Bloomberg suggests that he will run in the event his two opponents are Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.  As to why he would run.  Who knows but I for one believe there needs to be a "centrist" alternative to Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.  There needs to be someone who can breach the divisions between the right and left.  I'm happy that people who support gay marriage and the public option and tax increases on the wealthy will have a choice and that choice....is to vote for Michael Bloomberg.

[Poundingtherock]

No, PPP showed Bloomberg hurt Romney.

All the reporting suggests that bloomberg will run with Palin as the nominee.  As to why he would run when he couldn't win, why not?  The guy craves attention.  If he gets 20-25% of the vote, he'll go into the history books as a significant figure.

It's not a surprise to me that those who identify with the Democrat Party are the ones so eager to push back against the idea of Bloomberg running.

[Poundingtherock]

Are you sure you want to play this game Minnesota boy?

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-dems-see-gop-2012-field.html

The data I was citing came from one of your own party's pollsters.  8% on average of the Democrat Party votes for her over Obama from the seven states polled.

Around 7.5% of Republicans vote for Obama over her from the same polling (if you exclude Massachusetts Republicans who aren't irrelevant in a general election anway).

It's probably never a good idea for a hack like yourself to ask me what polling am I looking at.  As for bloomberg, all the polling showed was him hurting Romney.  No other republican was polled.