"July was not a good month for Romney."

[ProSense]

Romney’s heavy August workload

By Dan Balz

The best that can be said about how Mitt Romney fared in July is that he survived. That has only raised the stakes for what the presumptive Republican nominee needs to do in August.

July was not a good month for Romney. His foreign trip drew extensive and negative news coverage, though there were also some pluses, and it’s not clear in any case that it will have any real impact in November. Back home, due to the daily combat between his and President Obama’s campaigns, Romney sustained some damage.

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Romney’s image has long been a problem, dating back to the nomination contest. As he fought off one after another of his rivals, and as they went after him, the public saw him in increasingly negative terms, despite the fact that he was winning.

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Romney advisers say the deterioration between June and July is mostly with people who were not going to vote for Romney anyway, which they say worries them less than if they were losing ground again with their core voters. They argue that the Obama threw tens of millions of dollars worth of ads at Romney on Bain, outsourcing and tax returns and that it didn’t dramatically change the race.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romneys-heavy-august-workload/2012/08/04/39b5606c-dda1-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html

Romney campaign "is hoping the waters will recede, and looking for a safe mountaintop"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021066830

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[louis-t]

2. Let's hope August and September are even worse for him.

[ananda]

5. He has two choices.

Either stand back and shut the fuck up.

Or keep talking and making an utter ass of himself.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. K&R and Gotta keep pounding

and ignore the M$M who want a "horse race" so people will rush to consume their nonsense.

[lindysalsagal]

4. 2012 was not a good year for Romney

That's what I want to read!

[customerserviceguy]

6. It doesn't much matter that July sucked for him

The few in the mushy middle who could still be swayed simply aren't paying attention right now. They won't make up their minds until the weekend before the election, as they traditionally do.

[CTyankee]

7. but...but...that's not what Joe Scarborough says on Morning Joe!

He says the republican base is rushing to support Mitt against these unfair attacks by Harry Reid! He says Reid looks like a mean man! He says the American voter just LOVES tax cheats cuz they hate taxes and big gummint! WAHH....!

[nc4bo]

8. deterioration between June&July is mostly with people who weren't going to vote for him anyway.

Well golly, that some genius running the ship, eh. The base alone isn't going to get you into the WH dillweed.

Romney advisers say the deterioration between June and July is mostly with people who were not going to vote for Romney anyway, which they say worries them less than if they were losing ground again with their core voters. They argue that the Obama threw tens of millions of dollars worth of ads at Romney on Bain, outsourcing and tax returns and that it didn’t dramatically change the race.

And this little golden nugget gem: "They argue that the Obama threw tens of millions of dollars worth of ads at Romney on Bain, outsourcing and tax returns and that it didn’t dramatically change the race."

Ouch! It did/is/will. The polls, polls, polls say it working! All we have to do is keep hammering these issues in addition to his governorship of Massachusetts.

Romney as POTUS is completely unacceptable.