Whereas I’m very, very happy that Romney/Ryan received a good convention bounce, I honestly don’t understand how voters can have their vote decided on the basis of a convention, vs. a review of the records and issues. Say’s a lot for why we are in the position we are in.
Many people simply didn’t pay attention until the conventions. Plus, some people want to hear what the parties have to offer.
Many people simply didn’t pay attention until the conventions. Plus, some people want to hear what the parties have to offer.
>>... I honestly don’t understand how voters can have their vote decided on the basis of a convention...<<
Understandable, if you watch political news fairly closely, but tons of people don’t. In swing states they’ve been bombarded with millions of dollars in ads where the Obama campaign attempted to paint Romney as something less than human, and negative ads work, for a time anyway.
Then, if they watched the convention, they saw plenty of evidence that countered the impression the ads were intended to convey. Hence, the bounce. It’s legitimate, and I’d bet that Obama gets no similar bounce because people already know him.
Quite the opposite in fact, if the OWS crowd manages to pollute the whole affair, and they just might succeed at doing that. If I were overseeing the Democrat’s convention, I’d be very concerned right now. It could really go off the rails and stay off. And if it does, how long before Bill Clinton cuts bait?