Romney should be up way more than 15 points with independents. The independents I’m talking about (and the ones that Palin seems to be referring to in her interview) are the Reagan Democrat crowd... and Romney has some innate disadvantages with them, being seen as an aloof, Wall Street zillionaire from an elite political-family background and a freaky religion. They can probably relate far more easily to Ryan.
Before you start blasting Romney for only being up by 15% with the Independent vote then Obama, remember, McCain lost the Independents, Obama had 10% more then McCain. By contrast, Romney is GETTING 15% MORE of the Independent vote then Obama. Is that sinking it yet? Palin can talk it, but she can’t walk it, they lost the Independent vote, BIG, it’s how we ended up with O. Imagine that, Romney is talking to the conservative base, and he still gets the Independents up 15% from Obama, that’s powerful stuff, and suggests all the negative Romney talk around here is nothing more then Anti-Romney propoganda.