Hot Air says that Mitt Romney’s polling numbers are way down in Florida:
Why has Romney fallen so far? I think part of the reason he polled so well earlier in the year is that he was the anti-Palin. Palin’s favorability numbers with GOP voters in Florida are a good deal worse than they are most places and Romney did well in those earlier surveys as one of the few named alternatives to her. As more response options were provided in later polls the anti-Palin sentiment was diffused across several candidates and Romney’s mile wide but inch deep support declined further and further and further to where it is now.
Romney’s chances at the Republican nomination really might be contingent on a small pool of candidates running- the more ‘reasonable’ folks there are in the mix the worse Romney does because he doesn’t have a real solid base of support. If there are 5 ‘competent’ folks who have been Governors or Senators running it may be hard for any of them to break out as a strong alternative to Palin should she make the race.
Nobody likes poor Mitt.
I can’t believe we’re talking about this already.
Nobody cares.
Go away.
Bug us in 2012.
Besides, we all know it’s going to be either Palin/Vicks or Palin/Hitler.
Even if Mittens wins the nomination he’ll never get elected b/c nobody’s prejudiced against the Mormons like the fundie Christians are. One you eliminate the crazy base, how can a Republican win a national election?
@3 well, there is always the Supreme Court …
Palin was just voted the 2nd most popular woman on earth.
Who else is it going to be?
I refudiate your claims!
What parents in their right mind could name a kid ‘Mitt’?
Is this some kind of pretentious Ivy-league moniker?
Stewart: “What happened to the Romney campaign?”
Jason Jones: “He was well-funded, and he certainly looked the part,” answered Jones, “but I don’t think the Romney camp ever recovered from the fact that Mitt Romney is a douchebag.”
I tend to believe that come 2012, if unemployment is still hovering around 10%, Romney will have a decent shot. He’s got plenty of bank to swamp the other republican wanna bes and a business background that he can use to position himself as a responsible fiscal stewart in contrast to a perception of Obama as one that cannot manage the budget or the economy. If he stays on message and doesn’t flip flop like he did in 2008, he’ll be in good shape. Plus, the corporate media luuuves republicans.
With the conservative christian types, I suspect a white mormon will trump a black president with an african name any election of the week.
I don’t believe McCain was polling too well with the base 2 years out from the 2006 election, yet if it wasn’t for the “yoot” of america voting in droves for Obama, McCain would be our President today.
I tend to believe that come 2012, if unemployment is still hovering around 10% with a lot of young people who voted for Obama unemployed or underemployed, Romney will have a decent shot. He’s got plenty of bank to swamp the other republican wannabes and a business background that he can use to position himself as a responsible fiscal stewart in contrast to a perception of Obama as one that cannot manage the budget or the economy. If he stays on message and doesn’t flip flop like he did in 2008, he’ll be in good shape. Plus, the corporate media luuuves republicans.
With the conservative christian types, I suspect a white mormon will trump a black president with an african name any election of the week.
After all, I don’t believe McCain was polling too well with the base 2 years out from the 2006 election, yet if it wasn’t for the “yoot” of america voting in droves for Obama, McCain would be our President today. Will the “yoot” vote in 2012, if they’re out of work and eating ramen? Who knows.
Sorry about the double post
Double posted and yet still half baked.