NBC/WSJ poll: Gingrich leads Romney; Obama leads Romney and crushes Gingrich

[kpete]

Mr. McInturff's message to the GOP contenders: "You are not going to get elected simply by being the option to the president."

Mr. Hart had a similar assessment. "This is a great start for Obama with a lot of work to be done for the Republicans," he said. "The Republican primary is hurting them, and the improving economy is helping Obama."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/26/1058889/-NBC-WSJ-poll:-Gingrich-leads-Romney;-Obama-leads-Romney-and-crushes-Gingrich?via=blog_1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204573704577185231131679946.html

[still_one]

1. unless the poll indicates who gets the most electoral college votes, it doesn't mean much /nt

[onehandle]

2. Exactly. Numbers won't count until September. And the numbers we want to see...

...are from Ohio and Florida.

This is not 2008.

[yellowcanine]

5. But that big of a popular vote difference (Obama over Newt) would be an electoral landslide as well.

So it does mean something. For the popular vote winner to lose the outcome has to be very close. In the case of Gore/Bush I believe the margin was only 500,000 votes; essentially they were tied at 48 %. And of course there was a fairly strong third candidate showing which threw some states to Bush.

[joeybee12]

3. A Gingrich nomination is an early Christmas present for dems...

The Repuke establishment knows this and they are in panic mode.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. !

:kick:

[Sheepshank]

6. SHHHHH, don't let 'em see the Obama/Gingrich portions of the polls n/t

[Arugula Latte]

7. Newt! Newt! He's our man!

POTUS will stomp his ass -- That's the plan.