{"id":17119,"date":"2011-12-13T17:45:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T17:45:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-13T17:45:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T17:45:54","slug":"the_gop_s_problems_are_all_my_fault_again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/12\/13\/the_gop_s_problems_are_all_my_fault_again\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOP\u2019s Problems are All My Fault, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: More polling data. Rasmussen: “A poll of likely voters shows that by the whopping margin of 20 percentage points, 55 to 35, Americans support the repeal of Obamacare. This marks the continuation of a striking trend. Since Memorial Day,” this is over six months ago, “Rasmussen has taken 21 polls on Obamacare\u2019s repeal. In all 21 of those polls, repeal has won by double digits.” When a sitting president\u2019s signature legislation is this wildly unpopular, you can bet the economy\u2019s not gonna be the only issue in his reelection campaign. Of course the economy and Obamacare are linked. I don\u2019t know how you delink them. The economy and Obamacare are linked. They\u2019re tied together. So here you have this — and, meanwhile, we\u2019re told that none of these guys can win.<\/p>\n

There are some people — John Podhoretz in the New York Post today. I don\u2019t have his column open, I don\u2019t have his lede right in front of me, but he described, I forget which one, Romney and Gingrich<\/a>; one of them can\u2019t get elected, the other can\u2019t get nominated. So the Republican establishment view is that the two Republican front-runners don\u2019t have a prayer. One can\u2019t get the nomination and the other one, if he does, can\u2019t be elected. This is absurd! What these guys are saying is the only guy in our field who can get elected president is Romney, but he can\u2019t be nominated, and they say that because the polling data shows that 70% of Republicans want somebody other than Romney. So this is all… Folks, that couldn\u2019t have been more wrong.<\/line><\/p>\n

Look at all the polling data! We know the gap between people who fear big government and fear big business is wider than ever, up 16 points, fear of big government, since Obama was inaugurated. We got 21 straight polls double digits, 55 to 35, people oppose Obamacare and want it repealed. What do you mean we don\u2019t have anybody can get elected? We have a lot of people who can be elected! This is absurd to have this kind of shackle around ourselves and be thinking this way. Here\u2019s Podhoretz\u2019s column: “Two Republican presidential candidates — one who increasingly appears unnominatable [Romney] and one who\u2019s probably unelectable [that\u2019s Newt] — have begun firing political and rhetorical cruise missiles pointed at each other that could destroy them both.” I swear, I would love just one day this kind of analysis of Obama and the Democrats, of Harry Reid, of Pelosi, of Debbie “Blabbermouth” Schultz — who said on Fox yesterday, “What do you mean? Unemployment\u2019s gone down during Obama\u2019s presidency!”<\/p>\n