Nice Job Mitt: Ryan Polling Worse than Sarah Palin. He's NET NEGATIVE.

[berni_mccoy]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-vp-unpopular_n_1772763.html

Ryan's ratings were less positive than those for any other vice presidential pick part of Gallup since 2000, including Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and Dick Cheney. The only other recent vice presidential selection to gain net negative ratings was Dan Quayle in 1988.
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Ryan was rated as an "excellent" or "pretty good" selection by 39 percent of Americans, and an "only fair" or "poor" selection by 42 percent. Just 17 percent said the pick made them more likely to vote for Romney, continuing a trend of vice presidential selections that don't immediately have much effect on presidential races.

[WI_DEM]

1. ABC trying to put positive spin on their numbers...

Americans split nearly evenly on Paul Ryan’s selection as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate, a divided response that nonetheless represents a sharp gain for Ryan compared with the negative tilt that preceded his pick, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll has found.

In weekend interviews 38 percent responded favorably to Ryan joining the Republican ticket, up from 23 percent in pre-selection interviews last week. Positive views rose among independents as well as among Republicans, and among women. And Ryan was notably well-received among senior citizens – a group of interest given his plan to reshape Medicare.

See PDF with full results, charts and tables here.

At the same time, 33 percent of adults – disproportionately Democrats – continue to see Ryan’s selection unfavorably, about the same after the announcement as it was before. The movement in his favor came among undecideds, 45 percent before the announcement, a still-substantial 30 percent after it. Enough are left to tilt the balance as they come to their judgment on the choice.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/near-even-split-on-ryan-but-with-positive-movement/

[Skidmore]

6. ABC has two or three reporters, including the chief political reporter, Jonathon Karl, who

practically glow when they talk about Ryan. He's such a manly downtoearth guy---with muscles and he makes his own sausage and he... and he...and he.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Wow.

That is some majorly slanted cant. Jesus.

[joeybee12]

2. Thing is, he riles up the nutcase base, but those with a brain hate him

KNR

[Submariner]

3. Looking forward to VP debate

Biden in training after hearing of Mitt Romney's VP selection (from Kos)

[chelsea0011]

4. It will only get more interesting as time moves on

Mitt has already said that it is his budget plan that will be implemented, not the Ryan Plan. It is interesting that Mitt took all of 1 day to announce this. He undercut the only thing Ryan is known for, so why was he picked? It only means that Mitt is a lying SOS and doesn't want the media to focus on the Ryan Plan so that if elected the Ryan Plan will be policy. For months look for deflection away from the Ryan Plan and see if the media stops asking about it.

[flamingdem]

5. salivate

do I see winning congress in our future?

It will be all about gotv and preventing election theft / vote suppression

[WillyT]

7. More Here:

Link: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/13/polling_ryan_the_numbers_so_far/singleton/





& Rec !!!

[Arugula Latte]

8. Heckuva job, Brownnosie

[lpbk2713]

10. BWAHAHAHA

Mittens, you're in deep shit. When you get to Tampa you might
as well tell all the other dipshits "It's over. Let's go home."