Posted on 08/09/2012 3:54:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Mitt Romney has had a tough couple of weeks on the campaign trail -- and it shows in the latest Fox News poll. After a barrage of campaign ads, negative news coverage of his overseas trip and ongoing talk about his tax returns, Romney’s favorable rating and standing in the trial ballot have declined. As a result, President Obama has opened his biggest lead since Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee.
The president would take 49 percent of the vote compared to Romney's 40 percent in a head-to-head matchup if the election were held today, the poll found. Last month, Obama had a four percentage-point edge of 45 percent to 41 percent. This marks the second time this year the president has had a lead outside the poll’s margin of sampling error.
Obama’s advantage comes largely from increased support among independents, who now pick him over Romney by 11 percentage points. Some 30 percent of independents are undecided. Last month, Obama had a four-point edge among independents, while Romney had the advantage from April through early June.
There was also an uptick in support for Obama among women, blacks and Democrats.
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No. You did not raise an idiot. Your daughter, just like my youngest, has been indoctrinated by liberal media and educational institutions. It will take some years and a lot of patience on our part to bring them back into the light.
Romney sucks as a candidate, and alienates an ever growing number of Republicans and independents each day.
Every time he opens his mouth he exposes himself as a phony.
He expects to win this election by hiding and using attack ads, well the communists are masters at that game, and will crucify and make him look like the hypocrite coward con man that he is.
Ideally the Indonesian national wins reelection and is then exposed as ineligible and forced to step down.
All legislation he signed would be ruled invalid, and the POTUS would be the imbecile Biden for a few years, leaving the door open for a decent candidate in 2016.
somehow this eliminates the GOP elite
You can be sure if nobama pull off re-election there will be no more GOPe or GOP or Tea Party, we will be outlawed.
Now tell us again that Romney is the “worst Presidential candidate in the history of America”. He may not be who you wanted or I wanted, but he damn sure is not the worst, we now have the worst.
Romney sucks as a candidate, and alienates an ever growing number of Republicans and independents each day.
Every time he opens his mouth he exposes himself as a phony.
He expects to win this election by hiding and using attack ads, well the communists are masters at that game, and will crucify and make him look like the hypocrite coward con man that he is.
Ideally the Indonesian national wins reelection and is then exposed as ineligible and forced to step down.
All legislation he signed would be ruled invalid, and the POTUS would be the imbecile Biden for a few years, leaving the door open for a decent candidate in 2016.
You forgot the ‘perhaps America wants a bit less Marxist in their liberal’ factor.
Romney lost to McLame who lost to a Black Nationalist/Marxist for president of the United States.
LOL
Daughter 1980 - her and her husband are both staunch conservatives
Son 1983 - him and his wife are both staunch conservatives
Son 1987 - vegetarian liberal
Dems were oversampled AND it is among registered voters, not likely voters.
Looks like we are in the Sky is Falling crowd.
Until after the convention, any polls will lean to incumbent. Once that mark is past we will see things begin to turn. We should not expect the MSM, even Faux, to try sampling perfection, they all are shite-stirrers and spin-doctors. Remember Carter’s polling right before Regan kicked his butt.
All legislation he signed would be ruled invalid, and the POTUS would be the imbecile Biden for a few years, leaving the door open for a decent candidate in 2016.
Sick, sick, SICK!!!
By forcing the chosen loser on the GOP,
YOU are insuring the end of America.
Romney’s promises are worthless. They are nothing. It really doesn’t matter what either of the candidates say, because once they are elected, they can do pretty much whatever they want, like McCain. Once elected, these guys are virtually untouchable.
It’s ridiculous to think conservatives can hold a President Romney’s feet to the fire in any way after the election. Romney and his ilk are what they are regardless. The man is a slimy moderate, and he’s not a young man. He’s set in his squishy RINO ways. That’s why primaries are so important.
If by some chance Romney actually manages to get elected and governs even remotely as a conservative, I would consider it an amazing surprise. I would be thinking along the lines of, “Amazing how Romney hid his conservatism so well for so long!”
Obama in office is good for Fox ratings.
LOL, he's a moron. But he is a black moron promising to give other peoples moeny to the 50% of Americans who pay no federal taxes. So he gets their vote in the polls. Luckily, not all the gimmee guys and girls vote or conservatives would never win a national election and that's the damn truth. Forget the crap about if only we had a hard right conservative as our nominee he would be smashing Obama in the polls. The truth of the matter is that America has crossed the Rubicon and the slide into European socialism and thus bankruptcy and eventually riots in the streets is assured.
Romney can and may win this race but it won't change anything because there are no politicians with the balls to tell the takers that the taking days are over. I hate to be the bearer of ill tidings but the numbers don't lie. Half of Americans don't pay for the services they get. And they like it that way.
You seem to see politics as a way to “Play Peter at the Gate”
It is not our job, in politics, to save souls.
It is our job to get souls who agree with us to the polls.
Your efforts are very helpful to Obama.
Romney is, head and shoulders, a better person and a better citizen than Obama.
You have chosen Obama.
“. Remember Carter’s polling right before Regan kicked his butt.’
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I’m old enough to remember the Truman/Dewey fiasco.(Wrong team,but proves polls are useless)
The law does not work that way.
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