Posted on 09/19/2012 5:53:13 PM PDT by YankeeReb
Three in four Americans feel they have little or nothing in common with Mitt Romney, while nearly 60 percent feel the same way about President Barack Obama, according to an Esquire/Yahoo! News poll.
In the wake of Romney's remarks dismissing nearly half of Americans as self-identified victims who are dependent on government—videotaped at a donor event earlier this year and posted online this week by Mother Jones magazine—these new numbers are more bad news for a candidate struggling to connect with ordinary Americans. The margin of error for the survey, conducted shortly after the two national political conventions, is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Further complicating the Republican ticket's image problem is that a Romney presidency is viewed as significantly more beneficial to wealthy Americans than a second Obama term would be. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed said the wealthy would be better off under Romney than Obama. That split reverses when Americans were asked who would benefit the poor: 57 percent say Obama, 30 percent say Romney.
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I’m looking for a PRESIDENT, not a husband, for Pete’s sake.
I have never dispised anyone so much as this President. I am aghast at the media and our educators that are doing everything in their power to insure this snake’s reelection. Are they just ignorant or are they under Obama’s control??
Since when do any of us feel the need to have a "personal connection" to a President or Presidential candidate any way?
That's nonsense and psychobabble.
Just a clue, guys: he's running for PRESIDENT, not Homecoming King. I don't care if I feel a "connection" to him, as long as he can do the job. It's obvious the nimrod currently stinking up the White House CAN'T.
This isn’t some stupid TV show, and no one’s asking people to marry the guy.... just vote for the guy who doesn’t want to destroy the country. How hard can that be?
Which is funny, because whatever problems I may have with Mitt’s politics or campaign strategy, I think he’s easily the one I’d rather hang out with. I understand he’s not a beer kind of guy, but I’d definitely pop a couple of Caffeine Free Cokes with him.
I’d rather have someone who is a competent business like leader who gets worthwhile things done than have some one I “personnally connect” to who is an incompetent wastrel layabout.
I hate to break it to Brendan whatshisname, but I never felt a personal connection to The First Rapist, the Peanut Farmer, LBJ...
Certainly not to an ignorant, incompetent, inexperienced, neighborhood activist trying and failing miserably at learning on the job!!
LOL!
If I want a personal connection, I got a dog and two cats. And none of them are motormouths; well, maybe one of the cats.
For President, I prefer an experienced, competent, informed and rational leader and doer.
Where do the morons who dream up this crap come from, anyway?
I have one very big thing in common with Romney. I want him to beat Obama.
For President, I prefer an experienced, competent, informed and rational leader and doer.
Considering all our options presently at hand, we might be better served by your motor mouth cat.
Liberal Logic:
Millionaire Mitt Romney is “out of touch” with middle class America. But yet NYC Mayor BILLIONAIRE Michael Bloomberg is a man of the people...
“But yet NYC Mayor BILLIONAIRE Michael Bloomberg is a man of the people...”
The 13% of this country that felt a personal connection to Obama in 2008 is now having a hard time relating to him. At no point did any more than that ever feel a personal connection to our Muslim mulatto president who throws like a girl and has to read from a Speak-and-Spell.
Well, I’ve never met the guy.
We have the North Korean media now
We are choosing The Commander In Chief for the next four years. Deal with it Media.
Oh I too have a lot in common I too was, oh wait no that’s right I am all white not just half.
75% to 60%. Take out those who say they are connected to Obama because they are black and what number does that leave you?
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