New Poll Puts Mitt Romney In The Deep End (ABC/WaPo)

[maddezmom]

Mitt Romney’s not just treading water, he’s underwater when it comes to personal favorability as the clock ticks down to Election Day.

According to the results of a new ABC News-Washington Post poll out this morning, 40 percent of Americans view Romney favorably while 49 percent unfavorably. That means Romney has been “underwater” in 10 consecutive polls this year. http://abcn.ws/OL7X4x

What’s more, while the the presumptive Republican nominee’s favorables have ticked up by 7 percentage points this year, his unfavorable score is up more than double that — 18 points.

“Mitt Romney is laboring under the lowest personal popularity ratings for a presumptive presidential nominee in midsummer election-year polls back to 1984,” according to ABC News Pollster Gary Langer.

more:http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/new-poll-puts-mitt-romney-in-the-deep-end-the-note/

[doc03]

1. On Morning Joe they showed a poll that had Romoney wining in Colorado and Obama just treading water

the other swing states. They were even talking about Obama loosing the popular vote and winning the EC. The polls are pretty much useless depending who you support you canfind a poll that agrees.

[morningfog]

4. THat's why I follow Nate Silver.

He weights the polls and runs them through simulations to measure their potential veracity.

[Rowdyboy]

2. Thats one statistic that I highly doubt will change before the election....

People have formed an impression of Mittington and it isn't a good one. First impressions in politics are not impossible to change but he has very little time left. All the money in the world can't make people like you-at least I hope it can't.

[dionysus]

23. "Mittington".... awesome...

[Rowdyboy]

24. To be honest, John Stewart deserves credit for "Mittington"...

During the primary season after one of the hilarious Republican "debates" Stewart referred to "Willard Mittington Romney" and thats been my pet name for him ever since. Its just somehow appropriate-for one born with a silver foot in his mouth (to steal a phrase from Anne Richards referring to George Bush senior in 1992)

[morningfog]

3. At this point, it is impossible for a candidate to turn unfavorables into favorables.

They can go the other way, but people are unfavorable only when they know you. SOme favorables are people who know the candidate and some who don't.

If people don't like you, you can't change that. No policy or speech can change that, really.

[DallasNE]

15. His Hardware Store Photo Op

Romney had a long pause before unloading the shopping cart where he seemed confused, like George H. W. Bush was with the optical scanner. It was a "let's see, which bag do I grab first and where do I put it" moment. Oh, and his "hardware stuff" included a 12-pack of Pepsi -- the Republican soda of choice -- no accident there, I'm sure.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. I realize his campaign doesn't have a lot to work with in this area...

But, I suggest they stop the awkward photo ops of him being "normal." Not only are they not about to help, but they're leaving people with a creeped out vibe.

Hmm, on the other hand, I fully support more "creepy Romney" photo ops.

[KurtNYC]

6. At this rate not only will Romney lose but he will be arrested

for tax evasion, cruelty to animals, impersonating a state trooper, treason, violations of national security, influence peddling, soliciting bribes from people under investigation by the SEC....

[SoCalDem]

7. Romney dive

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/diving/highlights-german-diver-lands-on-back.html

[The Magistrate]

8. To Know Him Is To Loathe Him, Ma'am

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."

[yellowcanine]

9. Romney is "underwater." Does that mean he will short sale his campaign?

[freshwest]

10. Just imagine if he takes the donated money and puts it in the Caymans. That's his style, isn't it?

The crowd he associates with probably wouldn't hold it against him. They despise government and the American people.

[sa2968]

11. And the best part is...

...this is BEFORE Obama wipes the floor with him during the debates (assuming, of course, that Romney makes it that far).

[livetohike]

17. Welcome to DU!

and I think Romney will make it to the debates and I think our President will wipe the floor with him .

[librechik]

12. just keep smiling and tap dancing, Mitt--no one can defeat the Republican Party!!!

just keep thinking that mantra over and over--I THIMK I can, I THIMK I can...

[berni_mccoy]

13. Heh, Mitt is running a worse campaign than Mondale did.

[tclambert]

14. Incompetent campaigning is the one unforgivable sin in a candidate.

His investors, I mean donors, will not forget how he wasted their MILLIONS.

[Jamaal510]

16. During the G0Pee primaries/circus,

I was hoping that R0bme wouldn't get the nomination as I saw him as the biggest threat, and that someone like Herman Cain or Ron Paul would win instead. But he's doing so badly now that I'm starting to wonder if any of the other GOPhers who ran this year would've fared better right about now, even though the others were even more extreme than he is. He's been having trouble stirring up enthusiasm from his base, he is gaffe-prone, he lacks a clear vision of how he'll improve the country, and his unfavorable numbers are on the rise.

[glowing]

18. My boss, who doesn't have time to take a shit

most days because she's running a small business and it literally takes a lot of man hours to get things done... Anyway, they had a blurb on the local news about Romney, convention, and who's the big running mate? So, she asked what the deal with this guy was...

So, I told her about the $12 million dollar home he paid cash for and then had an appraiser de-value it so he could pay less property tax, that he's the only candidate who's ever run for office while also owning foreign bank accounts in shady banking places, and he also parks a lot of items in his wife's name and kids trust fund (also he's seems to be the only person in America with a $100 million dollar IRA - which most Americans can only put up to $30,000 in the bank, I told her about his company Bain Capital (which seemed to be the first in the nation of offshoring jobs and buying companies on the cheap, taking all the profit out of them, and often bankrupting the company which literally devastated towns who operated from the local steal plant of some sort), and that his religion is more like a cult... His great grandfather left the USA for Mexico so his family could continue to practice polygamy; his own father was born in Mexico. So, she chimed in, he's Mexican and they try to make a big deal and say Obama was born in Kenya. (she's an "indian" from Guyana-- so she's an immigrant herself and her darker skin and accent causes prejudiced people to spout their BS all the time at her).

Anyway, she decided on just the few things I could say off the top of my head that he was wrong for America. She said he sounds like and "anchor baby" and laughed...

[MsLeopard]

19. Ha!! Anchor Baby!

Great observation by your boss!

[lindysalsagal]

20. All good news.

Hopefully, since rMoney has alot to lose by getting sent to jail, and no big political dynasty to back him and cover his tracks, his people won't fool with the ballots too much and we'll all get to laugh at him for 4 more years.

He'll be back in 4 to run again, I'm sure, so, we'll all get another good crack at him.

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. K&R

[CoffeeCat]

22. Seriously... Why did they run this ass?

Does anyone know why the Reps ran this loser?? He spent his life creating unemployment and profiting from outsourcing. You're really going to run a candidate with that resume' during a recession?

Mitt is filthy rich--Mr car elevator, with multiple homes, Cayman and Swiss bank accounts and a dancing horse. Totally unrelatable.

They knew before Mitt ran that he couldn't release his tax returns. Just how did they think they could avoid doing so? Why run a man so dishonest that his taxes must be hidden???

Compare Mitt to Newt, Bachman and Santorum. Romney is so horrific and inept during interviews that not only is he unable to do Sunday talk shows, they only trod him out for interviews when it's a PR crisis! He is a horrible communicator and he can't even express his beliefs or policy stances without sounding like an idiot.

Not only has he flip flopped--video exists of him confirming that global warming exists and is man made. He's against Obamacare but he implemented The same plan in his state!

Romney is a disaster on multiple levels. I don't get why the party allowed him to be their guy.

There's no way to make Romney relatable to average voters. Rolling a shopping cart toward your limo and your awaiting driver is not it!!

[ProSense]

25. Kick! n/t

[ibegurpard]

26. doesn't matter

get out the vote like we're behind

[boxman15]

27. These polls that came out today are fantastic.

It's not over by a long shot, but it shows just how successful the Obama campaign has been in framing Romney as the out-of-touch plutocrat that he is. That was vitally important this year. We had to define him before he and his super PAC buddies define him. It appears we've been successful with that. Can't give up now, though. There's a long way to go, and you can bet Rove, the Kochs, Adelson, etc. won't give up.