While you can always find one or two (FOX, WSJ) polls that will show anything you want, I challenge you to show me a plurality of polls-—even the bad ones-—that show Mitt losing ANY ground with indies over this. Further, do you really think that ANY Republican will abandon him over this? So, we are left worrying about which portion of that 47% is offended (could care less) and which is inspired to GET OUT. I think the latter group is probably 5-6%. When you combine them with groups a and b mentioned above, the result is momentous. But say you’re right and they all are turned off by the comment. It doesn’t change a thing. Romney still wins by 3.
wow...good luck with that...i really dont have much faith in any of these polls, nor do i have a dog in this progressive fight...
i simply stated that publicly stating that 47% of the population is immaterial to a candidate is rather...um...UN-Presidential ???