Ouch: Romney loses home state to Hillary 60-34...

[SaveElmer]

Guess the people who got to know him best didn't like what they saw...

If former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wins the Republican Presidential nomination, he isn’t likely to deliver his home state’s Electoral Votes to the GOP.

A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Romney trailing Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by 26 percentage points, 60% to 34%. He also trails John Edwards by 21-points (54% to 33%) and Barack Obama by 18-points (54% to 36%).

Rudy Giuliani doesn’t fare any worse than Romney in the Bay State. The former Mayor of New York City trails Clinton 58% to 33%. The newest entrant into the Presidential race, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, trails Clinton by and even larger margin—61% to 27%.

Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are the top three candidates in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Giuliani, Thompson, and Romney are tops in national polling for the GOP race.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of Massachusetts voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton while 62% offer an upbeat assessment of both Obama and Edwards. The Republican candidates don’t fare as well. In the Bay State, 47% have a favorable opinion of Giuliani, 43% say the same about Romney, and 36% have a positive assessment of Thompson.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/massachusetts_2008_presidential_election

[MissMillie]

1. I'm not sure how he got elected in MA

(come to think of it I'm not sure how any of those GOP governors got elected here), but when it comes to national politics, this state has a very solid record of being blue. It's no surprise that a dem wins here.

[ecstatic]

2. It boggles the mind

I could see Utah or something, but MA? :crazy:

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. He ran as a moderate and had a lousy Democratic opponent

Also, MA Democrats seem to like voting for Republican as Governors, despite not elected them to Congress or the White House. Until last year, it had been 20 years since they had elected a Democratic Governor.

[vireo]

3. Michigan isn't much better for him

With her current support, Clinton leads Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani by nine percentage points (49% to 40%), Mitt Romney by ten (49% to 39%), Fred Thompson by thirteen (50% to 37%), and John McCain by thirteen (49% to 36%). In other state polling, Romney is often the weakest of the GOP candidates when matched against Clinton. However, his father served as Governor of Michigan in the 1960s. The elder Romney had also been Chairman of the American Motors Corporation in an era of better times for the auto industry.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/michigan_clinton_leads_gop_hopefuls_by_9_13_points

Utah is probably the only state he's resided in which he stands a chance to win.

[fujiyama]

15. That's certainly good news - haha, getting crushed in daddy's state

It's amazing how far McCain has fallen. This was the state where he beat Bush in the '00 primary by a good margin...and he used to be extremely popular among many independents...

[rinsd]

4. Getting crushed by each of the Big 3 in his home state?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Mz Pip]

5. Says a lot

about how much he's respected in his home state. :rofl:

Mitwit is always talking about what a terrific job he did in MA. The people of MA seem to differ with his opinion.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Ian David]

7. Romney's "Home State" is either Utah or Planet Brillcreamulon. n/t

[jmp]

9. Brillcreamulon

:rofl:

[Netbeavis]

10. its Vitalis n/t

[Mass]

8. I thought you meant UT - Concerning MA, no surprise though.

The man chose not to run again because he would have lost.

[Ian David]

13. Not only would he have lost, he would have been tarred, feathered, pilloried, ridden out on a rail..

and ridden back in on a rail just so we could do it all to him at least one more time.

[Netbeavis]

11. how does he figure to win N.H?

N.H has very close ties to Massachusetts and many politic beliefs are regional there. If he is getting blow out at home, even if there is some room for error, how can he figure to win in N.H.?

[AZ Criminal JD]

12. He is not running against Hillary in N.H.

Each party will have a primary in N.H. and Rommney will be running against the other Republicans.

[Netbeavis]

14. but if he polls so badly, how can he win the primary againt Gules or Fredo?

[IndianaGreen]

16. Actual headline: No Home Field Advantage for Romney in Massachusetts

Romney is a Utah transplant in MA. The Big Love of Utah is Romney's home.

Suffering from Tony Snowbilis?

BTW, your "girl" did good today with Petraeus, the "suspension of disbelief" comment was on target.