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Better Qualified To Serve As President? 42% Say Ryan, 40% Biden

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I find thisII find this to be and amazing statistic..........I think it is further proof what a loser Biden is.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Voters are evenly divided as to whether Paul Ryan or Joe Biden is better qualified to serve as president. Not surprisingly, there’s a huge partisan divide on the issue. Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters say Ryan’s more qualified to be the chief executive, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. But nearly as many (40%) think Biden is a better fit for the job. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided.

Better Qualified To Serve As President? 42% Say Ryan, 40% Biden - Rasmussen Reports™
 
It's a statistical tie:

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 14-15, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
 
Two percent different with a three percent margin of error. Nothing really to be that excited about.
 
I find thisII find this to be and amazing statistic..........I think it is further proof what a loser Biden is.



Saturday, August 18, 2012
Voters are evenly divided as to whether Paul Ryan or Joe Biden is better qualified to serve as president. Not surprisingly, there’s a huge partisan divide on the issue. Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters say Ryan’s more qualified to be the chief executive, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. But nearly as many (40%) think Biden is a better fit for the job. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided.

Better Qualified To Serve As President? 42% Say Ryan, 40% Biden - Rasmussen Reports™

So it is a dead heat at a time when Ryan will poll the best, and done by a polling company that always tends to lean somewhat conservative. I am not sure you want to brag that up NP.
 
It's a boat race. My dog would make a better president than Biden.
 
I dunno where this whole Biden-is-an-idiot meme comes from. Sure, he's a gasbag who says stupid **** from time to time, but I've never gotten the sense that he isn't well-informed on the issues or that he doesn't have the temperament to be president. So why the Biden hate? He seems like one of the most decent, down-to-earth people in American politics today. What exactly is it about him that's so objectionable?
 
To be truthful he is not exactly against anything with two brain cells to rub together. We should all remember that Biden once said that taxes in this country are voluntary.
 
Two percent different with a three percent margin of error. Nothing really to be that excited about.

I believe the point is although Biden has been the VP for almost 4 years it can be so close..........
 
I dunno where this whole Biden-is-an-idiot meme comes from. Sure, he's a gasbag who says stupid **** from time to time, but I've never gotten the sense that he isn't well-informed on the issues or that he doesn't have the temperament to be president. So why the Biden hate? He seems like one of the most decent, down-to-earth people in American politics today. What exactly is it about him that's so objectionable?

Biden has proven to be effective in his career in politics, which suggests he is not stupid. He was the one who used his connections to broker the deal on the debt ceiling raise as one recent example, despite the claims by some that the VP job is just symbolic. On the other hand, I wince every time he opens his mouth because you never know what might come out.
 
I believe the point is although Biden has been the VP for almost 4 years it can be so close..........

VP candidates always get a strong boost in positive ratings when they are announced, as people are introduced. After that negatives tend to rise faster than positives for them, which means that right now is when Ryan will poll best. Biden however is long past that initial bump(by about 4 years) and will probably hold steady. That means that Ryan will, barring something major, never poll this well against Biden.
 
It's a statistical tie:

Two percent different with a three percent margin of error. Nothing really to be that excited about.

So it is a dead heat at a time when Ryan will poll the best, and done by a polling company that always tends to lean somewhat conservative. I am not sure you want to brag that up NP.

Those are all fine and dandy responses... But Joe Biden has been VP for 4 years, and has run for president on his own at least 3 times, dating back to 1988...

So for him to be in a "statistical tie" (meaning behind but within the margin of error) with a newcomer to the national scene, that most people either didn't know or had an unfavorable opinion of him two weeks ago must be a huge kick in the stones...
 
I believe the point is although Biden has been the VP for almost 4 years it can be so close..........

And I would say the point is that Paul Ryan is such a terrible VP pick that people think he is only just as qualified as Biden.

I mean, you think Biden is terrible, right NP? Well, Ryan barely outscored him. So close that it's within the margin of error.

Those are all fine and dandy responses... But Joe Biden has been VP for 4 years, and has run for president on his own at least 3 times, dating back to 1988...

So for him to be in a "statistical tie" (meaning behind but within the margin of error) with a newcomer to the national scene, that most people either didn't know or had an unfavorable opinion of him two weeks ago must be a huge kick in the stones...


It's also evidence that this "newcomer" is just as terrible as Biden.

"VP experience" is a strange way to measure things because VPs don't really... do anything. I mean really, what about the Vice President's job prepares you to be President? Constitutionally speaking, he has two duties: to have a heartbeat and to cast a tiebreaker vote in the senate. (which never happens)

edit: Actually, the last VP kinda showed us the heartbeat is optional...
 
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I find thisII find this to be and amazing statistic..........I think it is further proof what a loser Biden is.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Voters are evenly divided as to whether Paul Ryan or Joe Biden is better qualified to serve as president. Not surprisingly, there’s a huge partisan divide on the issue. Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters say Ryan’s more qualified to be the chief executive, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. But nearly as many (40%) think Biden is a better fit for the job. Eighteen percent (18%) are undecided.

Better Qualified To Serve As President? 42% Say Ryan, 40% Biden - Rasmussen Reports™

What that one VP candidate is 2% higher than the current VP? VP's don't lead. They cast the tie breaking vote in the senate and wait for the President to die.
 
Those are all fine and dandy responses... But Joe Biden has been VP for 4 years, and has run for president on his own at least 3 times, dating back to 1988...

So for him to be in a "statistical tie" (meaning behind but within the margin of error) with a newcomer to the national scene, that most people either didn't know or had an unfavorable opinion of him two weeks ago must be a huge kick in the stones...
People respond to polls whats in the news the current day. They know that Ryan is the VP pick because it's in the news. I'll bet that at least 5% of those that participated in the poll don't know who the current VP is.
 
Those are all fine and dandy responses... But Joe Biden has been VP for 4 years, and has run for president on his own at least 3 times, dating back to 1988...

So for him to be in a "statistical tie" (meaning behind but within the margin of error) with a newcomer to the national scene, that most people either didn't know or had an unfavorable opinion of him two weeks ago must be a huge kick in the stones...

OK, here is the thing, people get a bump in the polls when they are chosen VP. It does not last. But don't let facts get in the way of your story...
 
People respond to polls whats in the news the current day. They know that Ryan is the VP pick because it's in the news. I'll bet that at least 5% of those that participated in the poll don't know who the current VP is.

Another good point. "Qualified to be President" is a fairly vague question and a lot of people have no idea what the VP does from day to day. Other than his periodic verbal, erm, mishaps, how many people here can think of anything that Biden does? What's Biden's stance on foreign relations with Iran or same-sex marriage? I have no idea.
 
I'm not qualifying the polls... I think most polls are ridiculous...

Still... if you're Biden, and you've been in politics since the 80s... and ran for president at least 3 times, and have been vice president for 4 years...

I don't care how big a "bump" you want to credit for causing it...

Big mouth Joe is behind in the poll of who is more qualifies to be president... and he's sitting there a heartbeat away from the job, without faith of the American people, who would prefer this newcomer that the Dems have been trying to discredit since he put out his budget in 2010...

its embarrassing... (then again... most of what he says is anyway)
 
I'm not qualifying the polls... I think most polls are ridiculous...

Still... if you're Biden, and you've been in politics since the 80s... and ran for president at least 3 times, and have been vice president for 4 years...

I don't care how big a "bump" you want to credit for causing it...

Big mouth Joe is behind in the poll of who is more qualifies to be president... and he's sitting there a heartbeat away from the job, without faith of the American people, who would prefer this newcomer that the Dems have been trying to discredit since he put out his budget in 2010...

its embarrassing... (then again... most of what he says is anyway)

I am not crediting Biden with getting any jump, I am crediting Ryan with one. That makes sense with what I said, what you are assuming would not make sense. It's not embarrassing, it is normal. If anything, Ryan has gotten lower than normal positives out of his bump: In Picking Ryan, Romney Makes an All-In Move - NYTimes.com

It’s too early to say how the pick will play out, but the early reviews on Mr. Ryan are lukewarm. State and national polls conducted since the selection have shown, on average, a one-point gain for Mr. Romney in his race against President Obama.
It might be thought that a one-point gain is better than nothing. But vice-presidential announcements in past elections have also produced bounces in the polls, and they have usually been larger, averaging about five percentage points. Mr. Ryan is underperforming so far on that basis.

Likewise, polls conducted on the personal favorability of a new vice-presidential candidate are typically strong at first, with the public initially saying they like the candidate by two to one or three to one. Mr. Ryan’s favorability numbers are only slightly better than break even.
 
It's also evidence that this "newcomer" is just as terrible as Biden.

"VP experience" is a strange way to measure things because VPs don't really... do anything. I mean really, what about the Vice President's job prepares you to be President? Constitutionally speaking, he has two duties: to have a heartbeat and to cast a tiebreaker vote in the senate. (which never happens)

edit: Actually, the last VP kinda showed us the heartbeat is optional...

Actually VPs are kept to speed with what the president is as far as security briefings and are also in many meeting the president has with advisors and company... (we've all seen the pics of joe in there as they watch the attack on OBL's ranchero)

They are trained as if they are one heartbeat away...

Certainly a lot more experience at being president than being a Representative from WI...

Then again, not according to this poll (poor joe :lamo)
 
I am not crediting Biden with getting any jump, I am crediting Ryan with one. That makes sense with what I said, what you are assuming would not make sense. It's not embarrassing, it is normal. If anything, Ryan has gotten lower than normal positives out of his bump: In Picking Ryan, Romney Makes an All-In Move - NYTimes.com

LMFAO.... I never said Biden got a bump... I said no matter how big a bump you want to credit it as... Joe Biden SHOULD be way out in front, regardless... He's supposed to be the old wise veteran who is prepared for that position...

No one sees it that way, even Obama...

Obama picked Biden for 3 reasons, 1) distance himself from the Clintons, 2) needed help with low-class white voters in the mid-atlantic states, 3) job security... No one is going to want to assasinate Obama to get to Biden...
 
If we're talking purely in terms of resume, then BOTH of them are more qualified than the President.

Just sayin'...
 
If we're talking purely in terms of resume, then BOTH of them are more qualified than the President.

Just sayin'...

That isn't true anymore. Obama has had four years with Presidential experience. Whether he was good or bad doesn't matter, the fact is he has more experience than anyone else running right now at being the President.
 
LMFAO.... I never said Biden got a bump... I said no matter how big a bump you want to credit it as... Joe Biden SHOULD be way out in front, regardless... He's supposed to be the old wise veteran who is prepared for that position...

No one sees it that way, even Obama...

Obama picked Biden for 3 reasons, 1) distance himself from the Clintons, 2) needed help with low-class white voters in the mid-atlantic states, 3) job security... No one is going to want to assasinate Obama to get to Biden...

Why should Biden be ahead? It would be exceptional if he was. Why would you expect it?

Your hilarious set of reasons for Obama picking Biden are just that, hilarious. Keep making stuff up, you entertain to no end.
 
Why should Biden be ahead? It would be exceptional if he was. Why would you expect it?

Your hilarious set of reasons for Obama picking Biden are just that, hilarious. Keep making stuff up, you entertain to no end.

um... because of all the reasons I've already stated...

like it or not, those are the reasons...

However, the smartest thing Joe Biden ever said, was that picking Hillary Clinton would've been a better choice than him...
 
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