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Each company's methodology is a little different, but Mason-Dixon's poll in June also had Mitt as the most disliked GOP candidate, as did Gallup's poll from August. Gallup said that:
* Mitt had the worst favorable/unfavorable spread of any Republican among Republican voters
* Mitt had the worst favorable/unfavorable spread of any candidate among independent voters
To be a "conservative" and get elected in Massachusetts means that he is a liberal in my neck of the woods.
He signed state wide mandatory health care into law in Mass. What more does anyone need to hear about the guy?
Fred Thompson is my guy. A real life Federalist. A Thompson/Hunter ticket, with Newt in the cabinet, be still my little Constitution huggin heart.
I like pretty much all of Romney's stances on the key issues, but if he's unelectable, I'd just as happily go with Fred Thompson.
The article doesn't say, and there's really no way of knowing, but I wonder how much of that is "I won't vote for a Mormon." That'd be a sad commentary on American Society
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
Mitt’s flip-flopping costs him the support of the conservative base.
His religion will cost him at least 5% in the general election, which no Republican can afford (Imagine the October 2008 multi-part Time Magazine cover story series: “What is Mormonism?”)
One conservative family member opposes him because “Mormons are just a little too comfortable with authority for my taste.”
“Fred Thompson is a much more appealing candidate, with far lower negatives.”
Wait until he enters the race. Why do you think he’s waited as long as he has?
I’m no Romney fan, but I’m just not buying this. Not enough people even know who Romney is for him to supposedly have negatives that high. No way.