LANDSLIDE: Limbaugh Predicts 2012 Election

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PALM BEACH, Fla. ā€“ While polls across America show Barack Obama in a tight race for president with potential Republican nominees, top-rated radio host Rush Limbaugh doesnā€™t think the outcome of the race will even be close.

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ā€œIf the election were today, it would be a landslide loss,ā€ Limbaugh said this afternoon. ā€œLet me define landslide: five to seven points. Itā€™d be big. It would be huge.ā€

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ā€œMake no mistake about it,ā€ he continued. ā€œOf this I am as confident as anything. I know itā€™s not reflected anywhere else in the media and itā€™s not reflected too many other places in conservative media. But Iā€™m telling you, heā€™s toast. Just as Jimmy Carter was toast, and nobody knew it until election night [in 1980].

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Limbaugh cited Gallup polling about Obamaā€™s personal approval ratings among voters, and he says the forecast is not bright for the president.

ā€œForty-two percent approve, 49 disapprove. Among white people, Obama is down to 35 percent approval. In 2008, he had 43 percent of the white vote. Among Hispanic people, Obama is at 46 percent, down from 67 percent. By age group, Obama is at 47 percent approval among voters under 30. In 2008, he got 66 percent of their vote. ā€¦ I mean heā€™s plummeting, folks. He has been in a downward spiral for two years and it continues.ā€

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Limbaugh put little faith in professional pollsters who continue to show an even matchup with whomever the Republican nominee is going to be.
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