You’re right about my figure being somewhat dated. However, the current RCP Favorability/Unfavorability matchup is
Romney: Favorable/Unfavorable 36.6 41.4 -4.8
Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable 49.8 44.8 +5.0
They are both even, on the voting @ 46%, 4% Third party and 4% Independant. (Rasmussen).
I interpret those figures as a very “lukewarm” acceptance in the electorate for Romney. No one is excited about him and many of that 46% vote for Willard will stay home.
It might be possible for him to change that with the choice of a very solid Conservative for VP, but as another Freeper predicted, he has a very scary possibility of choosing a Huntsman.
His favorability is weak, and I don’t expect it to ever be strong, but I would expect it to turn positive, as it always does after a primary battle ends and people become resigned that their candidate is gone.
I also don’t believe people are going to stay home, not with Obama destroying our country. But I certainly will not stay home, and I will make the argument why nobody should stay home (I say it that way because I can’t tell people what to do, nor will I bash people if they don’t want to vote for Romney — everybody has to make up their own mind what they think is best, and I can only present my opinion on the subject.