Give it a bit more time. As soon as the DNC drug wears off the polls will move towards Romney. OTOH, the polls had Carter way up over Reagan.
How can this happen? Voters are sick .
This will fade as more economic news comes out.
There are many dumb, freeloaders among our midst who will be voting. Throw in the fraudulent voters, ie dead ones, illegal voters and our task becomes tremendous.
Is there any better indicator of the failure of the government schools than the fact Obama has more than 10% support?
We have entire generations who cannot make an informed judgement call.
50% disapproval rate. And only a 6% bounce from the convention for a sitting president? Romney landslide a-coming.
Sure has been close for quite some time. The gambling web sites are watching this one very closely.
Everyone needs to chill out. This bounce was expected. Remember these important facts:
1. Jobs report. It will be the sustaining and most influential news over the next 3-4 weeks.
2. Convention euphoria will fade quickly.
3. Obama’s speech was a wet towel. Very average.
4. Clinton’s speech was like a drug — a quick high for the brain-disordered leftists, but Romney’s opponent is Obama, not Clinton. Voters will quickly appreciate that fact.
5. Democrats hate God and Israel. We have it on film.
6. Romney has more money.
7. The primaries showed that Romney does well playing from behind. Multiple primaries required him to take off the gloves and annihilate while trailing. He usually pulled it off.
The objective facts on the ground favor Romney, so remain optimistic. If he’s not solidly leading by the end of September you should begin worrying.
Then, wouldn't this actually be a "Clinton bounce"??? Wouldn't it be a BO bounce if it happened after his speech (which it didn't)?
If Obama’s peak is 46-47 after a week of fawning, I feel pretty good. I would be worried if he hit 50%. His best moment is the ‘big speech’. He just gave his last ‘big speech’ before the election...and I think it is showing that while his speeches usually get good response, they just don’t move the needle.
Actually not much of a bounce. This thing is gonna be close right down to the wire. I expect undecided voter’s to break for R/R, but I’ve been wrong before.
Absolutely expected. In a week, or less, Obama will be back down to low 40s approval. It’s the economy...and we’re not stupid.
None of which, of course, is proposed by Obama.
By the way, the Congressional Budget Office says that "under current law" — that is, budgets passed by a Democrat-dominated Congress and signed by Obama — unemployment will surge to 9.1% next year as the U.S. economy goes over the "fiscal cliff" and into recession.
The president says he needs more time to turn America around. Looks like time just ran out.
i posted this in the AP/Rueters thread....
i heard Ras on Kudlow this morning....basically his message was this is Romney’s election to lose yet Romney has not done enough to win the election....
Ras said no one (electorate) believes obama has any idea or ability how to improve the economy yet at the same time Romney has blown it to date by not giving enough detail on his plan to improve the economy or reduce the deficit (i agree with the latter)...
Ras also said the rats have seen a massive short term bounce in voter enthusiasm....he credits clinton’s speech for it and said that while the rats think obama and clinton compare favorably when it comes to the economy and economic growth, Republicans disagree and more importantly, unaffiliated voters think its a joke...
bottom line- Romney needs to show more detail and according to Ras, his campaign executives told him they plan on doing exactly that this month....
How much could the country have changed in the 8 years since Bush got re-elected? Let’s put aside all the people who have gone on government assistance in the past 4 years due to the recession, as I refuse to believe that a majority of those people have an entitlement mentality, as opposed to simply not being able to find work or pay their bills.
Are there that many more public workers today than there were in 2004? That many more people on Medicare? That many more people living on Social Security?
If the entitlement mentality is so strong, Scott Walker would have gotten destroyed in the recall election. Or better yet, he never would have gotten elected in the first place, in a year when Republicans never would have made their biggest midterm gains in 70 years.
If we’ve reached the point of no return, with the takers outnumbering the makers, why does Chris Christie have the highest approval rating of any governor in New Jersey since they started taking polls?
If we’ve reached the point of no return, shouldn’t Occupy Wall St. have more political clout than the Tea Party?
If all these people are so happy to be getting government handouts, why couldn’t Obama fill the stadium? Why is his fundraising lagging? If we’re right on the verge of a Cloward-Piven economic collapse, why isn’t Soros writing a check for 300 million to help Obama get elected, so he can push us over the edge?
It just doesn’t add up.
Remember, it`s an emotional bond, not policy agreement, that has to be broken between voters and 0bama. His speech Thursday was the equivalent of an abusive husband persuading his beaten, but still devoted spouse to believe that he really didn`t mean it, and he that promises to stop the abusive behavior.
Frankly, in the next couple of days I think it will move a bit more towards Obama, until the Obama-Opium wears off.
I’m 100% certain that a leftist will win the race for ‘12 POTUS.
This too shall pass.