Rasmussen Poll: Ron Paul 41% Obama 42% in 2012 Matchup

a virtual tie.

Election 2012: Barack Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41%
(4/14/2010 Rasmussen Reports)

"Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is – virtually dead even.

"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters finds Obama with 42% support and Paul with 41% of the vote. Eleven percent (11%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided."

The Political Class is a totally different story. According to the poll, 58% of Main Street voters prefer Ron Paul, while 95% of the Political Class prefer Obama.

Not surprisingly, the Republicans seem to have mixed feelings about Ron Paul. The Republican Party establishment have been trying to marginalize and ridicule Ron Paul (and his ever-growing supporters) for a long time.

What's interesting though is this: Significant chunk of Republicans haven't decided what to think of him.

"Twenty-six percent (26%) of GOP voters think Paul shares the values of most Republican voters throughout the nation, but 25% disagree. Forty-nine percent (49%) are not sure.

"Similarly, 27% of Republicans see Paul as a divisive force in the party, while 30% view him as a new direction for the GOP. Forty-two percent (42%) aren’t sure."

The Republican Party leadership must be scared.

A 19-year-old college student whose political role model is Ron Paul has become the new mayor of a Wisconsin town, with a solid support from townfolks fed up with their city council not listening to them and wasting money on projects no one wants.

Maybe, just maybe, a change (a real one) is afoot.

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