Friday, July 01, 2011

Poll: Obama would beat Rick Perry (and Sarah Palin) in Texas — but lose to Ron Paul and other Republicans

The Houston Chronicle reports:
Will the Lone Star state turn blue in 2012?

It isn’t likely — unless Gov. Rick Perry jumps in the ring and clinches the Republican nomination, a new poll from the Public Policy Polling group found.

In the poll’s match-ups, President Barack Obama loses Texas to every notable Republican except Perry and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. If the ballot came down to Perry and Obama, 47 percent of poll respondents said they would vote for Obama. Forty-five percent said they would cast a ballot for Perry.
The real news in this poll is: Obama would lose to Ron Paul in any poll. Shows you how much the country is changing.