Wenzel Strategies, run by Republican pollster Fritz Wenzel, shows that one in five GOPers are leaning toward President Obama.
The latest WND/Wenzel Poll shows none of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates has solidified the base of the party, with one in five GOP voters leaning toward support of Obama in November.
“The improvement in Obama’s prospects compared to the four remaining Republican challengers stems largely from two factors,” suggests pollster Fritz Wenzel. “First, Obama has largely avoided the political limelight while the GOP candidates savage each other with increasing intensity. Second, a smattering of evidence indicates that the economy is getting a little better, which helps the White House in the eyes of the voters. Secondly, the bloody fight for the Republican presidential nomination – by most estimations the nastiest GOP fight in memory – has really hurt the images of the challengers in the eyes of both Republicans and, especially, independent voters. For Republicans, each candidate carries with them now some taint that cannot be ignored.”
In every case except the match-up against Ron Paul, more than 20 percent of Republican voters said they are more likely to support Obama than the Republican challenger. And Ron Paul is close, as 19 percent of Republicans said they are more likely to support Obama than Paul.
Wenzel polls for the Ron Paul campaign.
Submitted by Cheston Catalano
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to overrule a lower court ruling that put the Ohio execution of a condemned killer on hold.
The court on Wednesday denied the state’s appeal of decisions in inmate Charles Lorraine’s case that said Ohio had strayed too far from its execution policies to be trusted to carry out the death sentence for now.
The office of Attorney General Mike DeWine had argued that minor deviations in policy don’t mean the system is unconstitutional.
DeWine had said that without Supreme Court action, Ohio is in danger of having dozens of executions …
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Women will be permitted to serve closer to the front lines.
According to defense officials, the new rules are expected to continue the long-held prohibition that prevents women from serving as infantry, armor and special operations forces. But they will formally allow women to serve in other jobs at the battalion level, which until now had been considered too close to combat.…
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A marriage equality bill has been introduced.
Reps. Greg Harris, Deb Mell and Kelly Cassidy have introduced the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, which would allow same-sex couples to marry in Illinois.
“We commend these leaders for taking yet another step towards full equality for lesbian and gay families in Illinois, and we are grateful to them for their leadership. This is just the beginning: the road to marriage equality is sure to be long, but it is one that we must travel together,” said LGBT organization Equality Illinois in a statement.…
Read more » Posted in Liberaland by Alan February 9, 2012 • Comments He also says they should see a marriage counselor as the result of an incident where the wife claimed the husband didn’t wish her a happy birthday, followed by him pushing her against the couch and grabbing her neck.
“He’s going to stop by somewhere and he’s going to get some flowers,” Hurley said at a hearing, according to Florida newspaper Sun Sentinel. “And then he’s going to go home, pick up his wife, get dressed, take her to Red Lobster. And then after they have Red Lobster, they’re going to go bowling.”
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Democratic State Senator Steve Holland has introduced HB 150.
“For all official purposes within the State of Mississippi, the body of water that is located directly south of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties shall be known as the ‘Gulf of America.’” The Mississippi House’s Marine Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the bill, and if it is approved by the legislature, Mississippi would begin recognizing the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” on July 1.…
Read more » Posted in Liberaland by Alan February 8, 2012 • Comments 
A poll by Winthop University makes one wonder what country many of the respondents live in.
Nearly 30 percent of adults in South Carolina have no idea, according to a poll released Wednesday by Winthrop University. 29.3 percent of adults polled in the Palmetto State could not identify the current vice president — Biden.
Almost a quarter of those surveyed had no answer to the question, three percent provided the wrong name and another three percent identified Dick Cheney.…
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Former Arkansas governor, former Republican presidential candidate and Fox News host Mike Huckabee will be vying for listeners and affiliates opposite Rush Limbaugh.
If the radio show is embraced by stations and listeners, it will ensure that Mr. Huckabee remains heard by Republican voters for years to come. When asked if he would contemplate a presidential bid again, he began his answer by saying that the show was “an opportunity to comment on issues that are of great importance to me and, I think, the country.“
He continued, “If, a few years down the road, I see an opening, I …
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PETA sued to give killer whales 13th Amendment rights, but a judge threw it out.
Monday, U.S. District Judge Jeffery Miller heard the case. Miller was the first judge to ever hear arguments over animals’ constitutional rights.
Miller did not immediately dismiss the case — instead, he took it under submission Monday after about an hour of questioning.
“As ‘slavery’ and ‘involuntary servitude’ are uniquely human activities, as those terms have been historically and contemporaneously applied, there is simply no basis to construe the Thirteenth Amendment as applying to non-humans,” Miller stated in his ruling.…
Read more » Posted in Liberaland by Alan February 8, 2012 • Comments The state of Washington would be the seventh state to allow same-sex partners to wed.
The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying it was a violation of the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples.
The Washington House passed the bill on a 55-43 vote. The state Senate approved the measure last week. And Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign the measure into law next week.
Opposition groups pledge to get in the way by creating a ballot measure that could interfere before any wedding bells could …
Read more » Posted in Liberaland by Alan February 8, 2012 • Comments • Father Jonathan Morris of Fox News and David J. Nolan of Catholics for Choice debate the Obama administration’s birth control mandate.
• California State Sen. Mark Leno (D) shares his thoughts on yesterday’s gay marriage ruling.
• Rabbi Shmuley Boteach discusses his run for Congress and his controversial new book, Kosher Jesus.…
Read more » Posted in Radio Show by Joel February 8, 2012 • Comments 
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