Barack Obama would be re-elected in 2012 if he faces the current field of GOP candidates

Mitt Romney would not be able to beat Obama in a one-on-one election for the following reasons 1) He is very pro choice and thinks that abortion should be illegal in a majority of cases and has called out for the repeal of the ruling on the Supreme Court case Roe v Wade. Such a position over a controversial issue may alienate him from those who fiercely support abortion. Many women who fiercely support the protection of women's rights may not vote for Mitt Romney if they feel that the ability to have an abortion is a woman's right that would be taken away if Romney was president 2) Mitt Romney has long been against gun control but he has acknowledged how he would like to put a ban on civilians being able to purchase automatic machine guns and assault weapons. Even though I fully support this idea many of America's gun nuts and right to bear arms advocates, along with the members of the NRA would not support Romney 3) Romney is against Gay marriage and wants to re-install dont ask dont tell. Even though gay marriage rights is not the biggest concern to Americans it is still a very large movement and such a stance on the position would alienate gay voters for voting for him. 4) When the Libya Civil War broke out he criticized Obama for not acting sooner and not considering deploying troops. He supported the removal of Gaddafi from power but this hints that Romney if president could easily entangle America in foreign conflicts and that would make many war-weary Americans uneasy about voting for him. 5) Economics wise Romney is strictly against rising taxes and only wants to cut programs to balance the budget, but he is very supportive in the military and he states that he would not decrease the military budget. In fact he has talked about plans for expanding the military by 100,000 troops and the navy by 40%. The American public has already expressed how defense spending should be cut many times and such a stance about no taxes but more defense spending in a time of debt crisis could further alienate Americans from voting for him. Romney has also taken a stance against unemployment benefits which could also hurt his chances of getting votes from Americans who are struggling to make ends meet. http://www.wired.com... http://abcnews.go.com... http://www.usatoday.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... As for Newt Gingrich 1) Newt Gingrich is against campaign finance reform which could alienate voters weary of politicians who take huge amounts of donations from corporations. 2) In education Newt is very controversial, he supports removing "Under God" from the pledge of allegiance, he says that students should be paid to take hard math and science courses, and prayer in public schools. Such stances on education could easily alienate thousands of voters from supporting him if he were to go against Obama one-on-one 3) Gingrich was one of the few people who were outraged over the construction of a mosque near the 9/11 attacks and said that hatred and fanaticism to Muslims. Such an extreme hatred towards the Muslim population would easily alienate Muslim voters along with other foreigners who may feel intimidated by Gingrich's opinion of foreigners (see video above) 4) Gingrich has been very critical of Obama even before he became president and his slanderous remarks against Obama could give him bad publicity among all voters and it could cost him votes too. He went so far to say that "What if Obama is so outside our comprehension that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior can you begin to piece together his actions?....... That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.ï¿½€ï¿½ 5) the most concerning part of Newt Gingrich may be the negative media he could receive based on his marriage history. He married in high school first to his geometry teacher who was 7 years older than him and they divorced when his wife was recovering from cancer. 6 months later he remarried to someone he met while campaigning, they later divorced when his second wife was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. His second wife though knew he was having an affair with her for a long time, and the woman he was having the affair with became his third wife. He also criticised Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky while all this was going on. http://www.politico.com... http://www.nationalreview.com... http://www.ontheissues.org... http://www.aei.org... http://www.politico.com... http://www.huffingtonpost.com...