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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMultiple new polls: Obama holding solid lead, Romney fading in all areas
http://www.examiner.com/article/multiple-new-polls-obama-holding-solid-lead-romney-fading-all-areasMultiple new polls: Obama holding solid lead, Romney fading in all areas
With less than two months until the 2012 presidential election, new polls suggest that Mitt Romney is in a deeper hole than he thought.
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With all the negative press piling up, Mitt Romney and his standing with the American people is starting to fall. According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, President Obama is leading Mitt Romney by five points nationally, holding a 48% to 43% lead. A NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that President Obama is holding a five point lead in the key swing states of Florida and Ohio and has a seven point edge in Virginia.
The area where Mitt Romney needs gain is with Hispanic voters. According to a new poll released by Latino Decisions, Romney is trailing the president 68% to 26%, a 42 point margin that could doom the former CEO of Bain Capital's chances in November. In an attempt to chip away at the president's lead, Romney gave a speech at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, but the result was underwhelming.
While the Republican party is often viewed as strong on foreign policy, they are having a hard time getting ahead of the president considering his massive foreign policy successes. The Pew Research Center released a new poll this week asking the American people what they thought about Mitt Romney's speech following the attacks in Libya where he was quick to criticize the Obama administration. With only 26% of Americans supporting Romney's speech, the overall reaction was negative. Nearly half of the American people, 48%, disapproved of Romney's reaction while 26% gave no opinion.
Election day is right around the corner and with the economy still in a slow recovery, Mitt Romney should be in the lead. The president is doing what he should, highlighting the positives and masking the negatives. With Mitt Romney unable to capitalize and continuing to shoot himself in the foot, the Republican party might have to deal with four more years of the Obama family living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Multiple new polls: Obama holding solid lead, Romney fading in all areas (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2012
OP
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)1. Al Sharpton has on Megan Mccain who stuttered when Al mentioned the new polls.
She said she trusted the poll showing the race in a dead heat.
I didn't recognize her especially with the stuttering shocked, clearly caught off guard reaction
fugop
(1,828 posts)2. John's daughter, right?
I assume it's that Meghan McCain.
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)3. That's who she was/is. And yes, she stuttered. :) nt
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)4. Whoops - forgot to edit that "who is she" part from my post.
Pardon me....
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)5. On economic matters, Meggie stand with Mittens.
Just as with Mitt, Meggie inherited her wealth. She does not know what work is.