[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
True. I don’t think he’ll beat Obama.
How many independents see Santourm favorably?[/quote]
40% favorable, 32% unfavorable.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
True. I don’t think he’ll beat Obama.
How many independents see Santourm favorably?[/quote]
40% favorable, 32% unfavorable.[/quote]
Because they haven’t been paying attention…
28 percent of independents either have no opinion of the ex-senator or have never heard of him. Even among Republicans, that number is 17 percent.
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
True. I don’t think he’ll beat Obama.
How many independents see Santourm favorably?[/quote]
40% favorable, 32% unfavorable.[/quote]
Because they haven’t been paying attention…
28 percent of independents either have no opinion of the ex-senator or have never heard of him. Even among Republicans, that number is 17 percent.[/quote]
And, what, 16% have no opinion or have never heard of Romney. But those who have don’t like him. 51% unfavorable!
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
True. I don’t think he’ll beat Obama.
How many independents see Santourm favorably?[/quote]
40% favorable, 32% unfavorable.[/quote]
Because they haven’t been paying attention…
28 percent of independents either have no opinion of the ex-senator or have never heard of him. Even among Republicans, that number is 17 percent.[/quote]
And, what, 16% have no opinion or have never heard of Romney. But those who have don’t like him. 51% unfavorable!
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They have had months, if not years, to get to know Romney. It has been Romney vs. Cain; Romney vs. Newt; now Romney vs. Santorum. Romney is the person they have been reading about and hearing about consistently.
At this time Santorum is still fresh meat to most and hasn’t yet been digested fully yet.
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
True. I don’t think he’ll beat Obama.
How many independents see Santourm favorably?[/quote]
40% favorable, 32% unfavorable.[/quote]
Because they haven’t been paying attention…
28 percent of independents either have no opinion of the ex-senator or have never heard of him. Even among Republicans, that number is 17 percent.[/quote]
And, what, 16% have no opinion or have never heard of Romney. But those who have don’t like him. 51% unfavorable!
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They have had months, if not years, to get to know Romney. It has been Romney vs. Cain; Romney vs. Newt; now Romney vs. Santorum. Romney is the person they have been reading about and hearing about consistently.
At this time Santorum is still fresh meat to most and hasn’t yet been digested fully yet.[/quote]
You’re right. They’ve known him for years, he’s got/had money that no other candidate could hope to match…yet, he had to sweat to keep his home state safe. And he’s only gotten this far by keeping the not-Romney support bouncing around with HUGE negative ad disparities. But, in doing all that, has tanked his own favorable rating. You’re right, they’ve seen him consistently, and they don’t like him.
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Yeah, but people’s memories are short and I’m not sure how many people are paying attention. Most people I know are barely aware that there is even a primary race going on.
The base will vote for Romney in the end because, to them, anybody is better than Obama. Something will come along to get them fired up.
[quote]Christine wrote:
Something will come along to get them fired up.[/quote]
Certainly won’t be Romney.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
Something will come along to get them fired up.[/quote]
Certainly won’t be Romney.
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This is true. Romney doesn’t fire me up one way or the other. While I am definatly liberal, he seams mostly harmless.
Also, the left isn’t really fired up about anything either right now.
Santorum would fire up both ends.
When I see Romney, I think of last lines of “We Don’t Get Fooled Again.”
[quote]Razorslim wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
I have a hard time taking Santorum seriously , I can not picture the American public buying the idea of Ayatollah Santorum[/quote]
I will admit that I wrote Santorum off early and didn’t look into him at all until recently. (As I’m not voting in the Republican primaries, why bother with someone who I thought didn’t have a chance, I guess I was wrong.)
The more I know, the less I like.
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I do not think he can win the Republican nomination let alone Presidency. I do not understand why Romney just does not point out the Religious Zealotry that he is portraying ?[/quote]
Because in doing that Romney would alienate a good portion of the conservative primary voters that he’s trying to win. Remember primaries are all about extremes. Dems lean way left, republicans far right. Santorum is actually doing well because HE IS conservative on social issues (religin etc).If you really want to see some fun stuff keep watching. Should Santorum pull off a minor miracle and beat Romney for the nomination Obama and the MSLM will be doing exactly what you suggest Romney do now. But they will do it at the right time abd Santorum will look like Jerry Falwell’s incarnate.
It won’t be pretty for those of us who want Obama to go into retirement. For those of you who want Obama reelected you’ll be loving it. [/quote]
I know there is a percentage of America that are Religious , But I have a hard time believing that even the majority of Religious people want to legislate morality
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Please name 1 law for me that isn’t based on a moral tennent[/quote]
Good point
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
Something will come along to get them fired up.[/quote]
Certainly won’t be Romney.
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This is true. Romney doesn’t fire me up one way or the other. While I am definatly liberal, he seams mostly harmless.
Also, the left isn’t really fired up about anything either right now.
Santorum would fire up both ends.
When I see Romney, I think of last lines of “We Don’t Get Fooled Again.”[/quote]
We would not be fooled again , he would be just like Obama. Yeah he would have some minor differences but if there were no news source , I bet no one would know the difference
Huffington Post extreme anti-Catholic bigotry:
If there is a God then Religion has to be his biggest nemesis. You can see it in the PWI if you are anti Religion then some how you are anti God
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
If there is a God then Religion has to be his biggest nemesis. You can see it in the PWI if you are anti Religion then some how you are anti God[/quote]There is large truth to this statement, but not the way you mean it. /hijack (for me at least)
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
I think that Santorum’s surge has officially fizzeled and Romeny won’t have much of a fight come super Tuesday.
Unless it’s Ron Paul’s turn?
LOL[/quote]
Romney was supposed to win these two. It would have been flat out devastating had he lost Michigan. Santorum still ended up with a strong showing in Romney’s home state. This isn’t close to being over. Romney had to dump money to hold onto his home state.[/quote]
But Santorum also dumped money into Michigan. And while he was out spent and will always be out spent (one more bad omen) the little campaign money that he does have was spent in Michigan and essentially wasted. And that was his chance to shine…Now tell me do you think his contributions will rise or fall after defeat in two more states?
By the way both you and Michael Moore agree–You both want Santorum to win.
Tell ya anything about who the dems are more afraid of?
[quote]Christine wrote:
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The fight will continue, but Romney will end of the winner. He will continue to outspend and the more people know about Santorum, the less they like him.
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You are essentially correct Christine. Santorum’s social right wing rhetoric is sinking his chances of pulling an upset. As I’ve said all along he’s not ready for prime time.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
And Romney won the majority of Catholics in both Arizona and Michigan. That bodes poorly for Catholic Santorum.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
And Romney won the majority of Catholics in both Arizona and Michigan. That bodes poorly for Catholic Santorum.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
True. I don’t think he’ll beat Obama.
How many independents see Santourm favorably?[/quote]
40% favorable, 32% unfavorable.[/quote]
Because they haven’t been paying attention…
28 percent of independents either have no opinion of the ex-senator or have never heard of him. Even among Republicans, that number is 17 percent.[/quote]
And, what, 16% have no opinion or have never heard of Romney. But those who have don’t like him. 51% unfavorable!
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And as I predicted Santorum would lose women to Obama, just as he did to Romney in both states last night.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Only 33% of independents see Mitt favorably, 51 unfavorable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73308.html[/quote]
That’s because he’s had to pull further to the right to win the nomination. That will change about 53 times before the general election as I’m sure you know.
[quote]Christine wrote:
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Yeah, but people’s memories are short and I’m not sure how many people are paying attention. Most people I know are barely aware that there is even a primary race going on.
The base will vote for Romney in the end because, to them, anybody is better than Obama. Something will come along to get them fired up.[/quote]
Once again you’ve hit the nail on the head. As I’ve said many times on this board, most people don’t start paying attention to the Presidential race until after Labor Day. We sometimes kid ourselves thinking that “everyone” is watching and that “everyone” has an opinion the February before the election and that is laughable. Most people don’t realize how difficult it is to even take a poll this early as most people have no opinion. They have to call 10 people to get one reasonable answer.
And you are correct in that every republican voter from moderate to conservative will show up in large numbers to vote for Mitt Romney vs Barack Obama. No one should be so naive as to fall for the rhetoric about how conservatives will be staying home. That is shear lunacy and nothing more than cheap primary talk. And as you can well imagine it has happened many times before. What republicans need to keep in mind is that when we nominate someone too conservative (not named Ronald Reagan) we get our heads handed to us notice there was not President Goldwater?