Only 6% undecided. That’s encouraging.
I guess the only remaining question is exactly HOW are the Clintons and the DNC gonna toss him under the bus before the Convention?
Romney’s not a much of a candidate, but it’s amazing Obama still has so much support. Look at the mess this country is in.
There’s the “Black-Magic Number” once again......44%
Pretty much the high water mark for Hussein and the kiss of death.
“...Mitt Romney attracting 46% of the vote, while President Obama earns 44%.”
I simply do not trust polls, but if those numbers are anywhere near the truth, I can’t see Romney winning.
If Romney doesn’t catch fire very soon, present new and bold ideas, and go after Obama, he is wasting everybody’s time.
Romney needs the votes of folks that can’t stand him (I am one of those), yet he seemingly refuses to give folks a reason to consider him. There is no vision, there is no excitement and there is no clear plan. Simply saying that he is going to fix sh!t just isn’t enough.
I hate Obama’s guts with everything I have within me. I truly believe that if Obama wins another 4 years, he and the dems will finish us off... but Romney shouldn’t count on that sentiment as being enough. He actually has to work at winning it.
To me, it seems as if Romney is simply running out the clock... I do not believe that will work against Obama.
I would have voted for Newt.
There is no reason to start punching zer0 yet.....let zer0 get his post convention bump, then unleash the hounds.....drive his ass down in a concentrated attack on his piss poor presidency.....he won’t recover.
As of now, Rasmussen has Obama leading in the Electoral College. He seems to have taken a few weeks off in state polling.
-PJ
In the privacy of the voting booth, the people will rid themselves of this poser, POS. I think the polls will be the farthest off this cycle than any other.
It’s going to be a very close election, factoring in the Demo-fraud. Forget any landslide. People hate Romney, so the best he can do is eek out a win.
I’d rather see the landslide in both Houses of Congress.
People here on the Free Republic (myself included) tend to be extremely politically active as well as news junkies and we've been following this presidential election pretty much since the day after the last one ended in November of 2008!
What we lose sight of sometimes is that the vast majority of this country won't be paying attention to this presidential race until the leaves start turning.
So while we hunker down here and rend our clothing over the fact that Romney hasn't "come out swinging", most Americans are headed to the beach or flipping hamburgers in the backyard out on the grill. Even Romney himself is out there jet-skiing on Lake Winnepausakee this week.
Romney could spend a hundred million dollars this month running anti-Obama commercials and nobody but us would bother to see them or comment on them.
Now I'm not saying Romney should be sitting on his hands. Let him have this vacation week. But come Monday, I expect that he will resume campaign-related activities full-blast and that he has a staff that is going to adequately prepare him for the all-out war that will be necessary to unseat Obama.
Obama is weak but a sitting president is never to be taken for granted. Unlike Carter in 1980, Obama has a cultivated a cult of personality that would make Mussolini and Kim II-sung blush, and has a huge block of disciples who will follow him no-matter-what, even if he leads them over a cliff. Think Jim Jones. If he fixes poison Kool-Aid, people will line up to drink it. (Chris Matthews...please back off and give me some room, there's really no Kool-Aid, I'm only trying to make a point here...thank you!)
I also want to talk a little bit about human nature. People do not like to admit being wrong and they especially hate to have it pointed out to them. This not only makes them angry but it usually forces them back to their original position - even though they know it is the wrong position. Yes, many people's egos are such that they would rather entrench themselves in a position they know to be wrong then to be forced to admit that they made a mistake.
There are a lot of people who got snookered by Obama last go-around. Deep down inside, they are hurt and disgusted with themselves. As much as the rest of us are tempted, the worst thing we can do is mock them and say "told you so, told you so." All that will accomplish is to force them into a position of defending Obama (as they will see it as defending their own honor and dignity) when otherwise they may have reluctantly admitted, quietly and under their breath, that they made a colossal blunder.
I say let these folks save face and don't make them have to grovel. If a friend or relative tells you they might have erred with their vote in 2008, do NOT make a wise-ass remark or triumphantly exclaim to them that you were right and they were wrong. Otherwise, they will call you a dick and you will drive them right back into their shell and there will be no coming out of it again. They might even go ahead and vote for Obama out of spite.
Instead, let the moment pass without comment and quickly change the subject. Talk about how hot the weather has been or about how much the Red Sox suck this year. Your friend will respect that and at a later time, they will be able to open up to you more and then you guys can have an intelligent discussion about politics without anybody having to apologize.
The GOP convention is not until the end of August. That is when this campaign will really start heating up. That is when the Romney campaign needs to go nuclear.
In Omaha we see Obama adds multiple times each day aimed at Iowa voters. I don’t see any Romney adds. Seems like a waste of money on Obama’s behalf.