I'm astonished the majority of Floridians trust Romney on Medicare more than Obama

[Auntie Bush]

according to the latest poll. If they believe this they have been lied to. I wonder what the advertizing has been like down there. I don't see old people or young people wanting Ryan's plan to privatize or give vouchers for Medicare.

At what cost will old sick people, maybe those with cancer, diabetics or something serious, even get someone to insure them and at what cost? Those insurance companies are really going to make a KILLING... including a lot of old people.

[bluestateguy]

1. There is no evidence for that

And polls are not evidence. So don't go there.

[kelly1mm]

3. If polls are not evidence of what a majority (at least of those polled) thinks,

then there would be no evidence the other way around either. So, since you have no evidence that seniors in Florida trust the President more than Romney/Ryan on Medicare (since, remember, polls don't count) then I suppose anybody can say anything they want.

[DonCoquixote]

2. There is a LOT

Of false polling done here, because they are trying to make Democrats stay home.

[Iggy]

4. I'm Totally NOT Surprised...

A preview of what is coming in November was the pathetic recall effort in Wisconsin.

but let's back up and ask why did Walker get elected in the first place??

anyone want to venture a guess here??

[Zoeisright]

6. Because he cheated.

Just like he cheated in the recall election.

[Iggy]

10. NOPE.... Wrong

answer.

try again.....

[Zoeisright]

5. Then they'll get what they deserve, won't they?

[Odin2005]

7. They are old people who will get grandfathered in.

We young folks could drop dead all they care.

[Auntie Bush]

9. Well then, when young folks of today get old...who will give them insurance and at what cost?

That confounds me and I wish someone could answer that question.

[regnaD kciN]

8. "A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth..."

And swing-state voters have been getting a steady diet of ads telling them that Barack Obama cut Medicare by $716 billion and used the money to help minorities.

It's called the Big Lie, and what makes it insidious is that, once accepted as Truth, it remains so even after it has been thoroughly debunked. Why else is it now still conventional wisdom, even after having been disproven again and again for years, that "Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet"...? A truly-effective Big Lie enters the American political mythology, moving beyond objective truth or falsity, so that "even if it isn't strictly true, it ought to be" -- and thus becomes so in the mind of the average American.

[AnnieBW]

11. A lot of Seniors in Florida are FOX News Viewers

And will believe anything that the blonde bimbos and Hannity tell them.

[Cass]

12. I'm not. Rick Scott was voted in as governor.

His company was involved in the largest medicare fraud case in US history. I live here and these people are nuts.

[Auntie Bush]

14. So glad we didn't move there back in the 90's.

I couldn't stand people like that. Obama needs to get down to those retirement homes and educated them. The state is too important to lose but I guess we can win the election without them.

[Cass]

18. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that Rick Scott is the governor.

After that happened, I feel like anything is possible. These people will vote for anything or anyone as long as there's an R after their name. You're lucky you didn't come back, its not the same place it was in the 90's.

[MariaM83]

13. which poll is this exactly that we are discussing???

if it's the NYT/CBS/Quinnipiac poll from August 15-21, that poll found this from Florida participants:

"Regardless of how you intend to vote, who do you think would do a better job on Medicare -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?"

Obama 50%
Romney 42%
don't know/not applicable 8%

[Cha]

15. I thought I remembered a poll like

that.

Thanks MariaM!

[Auntie Bush]

16. I didn't hear. I think it was discussed and reported when Rachael was on earlier this evening.

It was a brand new poll after the convention started. Sorry I didn't hear the details...just the comment.

[RagAss]

17. Where is your link for this poll?