Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:39 PM
Hissyspit (40,043 posts)
Romney's Bounce from Convention Looks Short-Lived: Reuters/Ipsos PollLast edited Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:42 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
Source: Reuters
Romney's bounce from convention looks short-lived: Reuters/Ipsos poll By Alina Selyukh Sat Sep 1, 2012 4:22pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A modest bump in popularity for U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney from this week's Republican Party convention looks to be short-lived, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Democratic President Barack Obama regained a narrow lead on Saturday by 44 percent to 43 percent over his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Romney, in the latest daily installment of the four-day rolling poll. Romney was ahead by one point in Friday's online poll and two points in Thursday's survey as his campaign came under a blaze of media attention at the convention in Tampa, Florida. - snip - The convention was also overshadowed by Hurricane Isaac, which caused the cancellation of Monday's events, as well as a bizarre performance right before Romney's speech of Hollywood star Clint Eastwood, who addressed an imaginary Obama in an empty chair. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE87U1CJ20120901?irpc=932
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| Hissyspit | Sep 2012 | OP | |
| Drunken Irishman | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| gcomeau | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| goclark | Sep 2012 | #6 | |
| Drunken Irishman | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| Wellstone ruled | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| heaven05 | Sep 2012 | #9 | |
| Ken Burch | Sep 2012 | #16 | |
| heaven05 | Sep 2012 | #19 | |
| Lucky Luciano | Sep 2012 | #11 | |
| matt819 | Sep 2012 | #7 | |
| SoapBox | Sep 2012 | #8 | |
| heaven05 | Sep 2012 | #10 | |
| Brother Buzz | Sep 2012 | #12 | |
| SoapBox | Sep 2012 | #14 | |
| Jack Rabbit | Sep 2012 | #13 | |
| jmowreader | Sep 2012 | #15 | |
| Amonester | Sep 2012 | #17 | |
| RoccoR5955 | Sep 2012 | #18 | |
| SleeplessinSoCal | Sep 2012 | #20 | |
| tclambert | Sep 2012 | #21 | |
| calimary | Sep 2012 | #23 | |
| tclambert | Sep 2012 | #22 | |
| UrbScotty | Sep 2012 | #24 | |
| aint_no_life_nowhere | Sep 2012 | #25 |
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:42 PM
Drunken Irishman (24,587 posts)
1. LOLz
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:42 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (103,954 posts)
2. I discount any poll that is withing the MOE, the way this one is.
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It's not significant.
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:46 PM
gcomeau (2,907 posts)
3. In this case...
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...it not being significant IS significant. He needed to show some statistically significant improvement in poling numbers as a result of the convention. Not looking very good for him on that front.
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Response to gcomeau (Reply #3)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:18 PM
goclark (30,404 posts)
6. I'm with you!
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I thought it would be higher than that....all those lies were not believed by enough people to impress.
Keep it coming Demoocrats!!! |
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:47 PM
Drunken Irishman (24,587 posts)
4. It's a bad poll and all I have to do is look at the results...
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13% undecided/other? No way, Jose!
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Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:48 PM
Wellstone ruled (1,154 posts)
5. Reuters is a Moonie owned company.
Response to Wellstone ruled (Reply #5)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:16 PM
heaven05 (2,369 posts)
9. i was a moonie
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second coming, he ain't. owns news now? same type of scamp as murdock. can't be trusted.
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Response to heaven05 (Reply #9)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 08:07 PM
Ken Burch (31,228 posts)
16. You were? How did you get out?
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I'd always heard that people in that group had to be involuntarily deprogrammed. Doesn't sound like it was that way with you.
I'd be interested in hearing your story(pm me if that's more comfortable for you). |
Response to Ken Burch (Reply #16)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:06 AM
heaven05 (2,369 posts)
19. nothing to hide
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I had to take a van to moonie base in a woodsie part of Massachusetts to get fixed. While there I was hanging out vibing on Moon, his teachings and walking in those woods. I came upon a woman in those woods. She saw me and started screaming at me in the most incomprehensible manner. Her eyes were full of anger, rage and yes I fear, insanity. Honestly, fearfully, I took off back to the house. I tried to tell people about it and they just passed it off as normal for her and her moonie belief. I was really troubled by this experience. This person acted as if possessed? All the way back to Boston I was troubled. I told people in our group about it and they poohpahed it. I left and never went back. They came around a couple of times, I didn't even answer the door. There was no peace there in those woods. Shook me to my core. Deprogrammed by fear. I did not want to end up that way.
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Response to Wellstone ruled (Reply #5)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:22 PM
Lucky Luciano (5,167 posts)
11. Reuters is owned by a Canadian family worth $20B. nt
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:21 PM
matt819 (3,839 posts)
7. And other polls show no bounce at all (nt)
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:05 PM
SoapBox (5,809 posts)
8. Just as long as Mittens gets no bounce.
Response to SoapBox (Reply #8)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:17 PM
heaven05 (2,369 posts)
10. I wish
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someone would bounce his ass outta this bar!
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Response to SoapBox (Reply #8)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:57 PM
Brother Buzz (8,366 posts)
12. Romney will get a bounce when his free-falling elevator finally crashes into the basement
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A dead cat bounce.
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Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 07:22 PM
Jack Rabbit (40,698 posts)
13. If I were a Republican, I'd have an awful sinking feeling right now.
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Worse would be if I actually believed all that nonsense the Republicans say about Obama. I'd be having a terrible anxiety attack right now.
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Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 07:57 PM
jmowreader (23,919 posts)
15. Romney didn't really get a bounce from his convention
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The normal bounce at a convention is six to seven points for at least a week; Romney managed MAYBE three...and it only lasted a day or so.
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Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:34 PM
Amonester (10,169 posts)
17. Maybe he'll get a 'permanent' bounce when he will release his 1999-2010 tax sheets...
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That is, if there is NO tax 'cheats' somewhere in them...
(And we all suspect that's why he hides them.) |
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 12:46 AM
RoccoR5955 (6,490 posts)
18. Looks like a dead cat bounce. n/t
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 07:36 PM
SleeplessinSoCal (1,634 posts)
20. Eastwood bit best description of Romeny/Ryan Campaign -Tired, Old, Imaginary, & Empty.
Response to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #20)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 08:13 PM
tclambert (5,529 posts)
21. That empty chair represented the Republican Party platform.
Response to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #20)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 08:30 PM
calimary (30,556 posts)
23. True that.
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Tired, Old, Imaginary, and Empty.
Very good, SleeplessinSoCal! |
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 08:24 PM
tclambert (5,529 posts)
22. Nate Silver shows Obama's probability of winning increasing since last time I looked.
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Nate Silver now gives Obama a 73.1% chance of winning, with a likely electoral college vote of 305.5 to 232.5. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
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Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:35 PM
UrbScotty (22,200 posts)
24. Well behind McCain's 10-point lead after the 2008 RNC!
Response to Hissyspit (Original post)
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 05:03 PM
aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

