Gallup: Reaction to Ryan as VP Pick Among Least Positive Historically

[ProSense]

Earlier, the USA Today article compared on the basis of "only fair/poor." Looking at the "excellent/pretty good," Palin's number is 7 points higher and Quayle's 5 points higher than Ryan's.

USAT/Gallup Poll: Paul Ryan gets low marks for VP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021122804

Reaction to Ryan as VP Pick Among Least Positive Historically



http://www.gallup.com/poll/156545/Reaction-Ryan-Pick-Among-Least-Positive-Historically.aspx

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Somehow I am not surprised.

[Honeycombe8]

2. Interesting & good. But I don't know if it's important. Look how "excellent" Edwards & Lieberman

were viewed, and l look at how little that made a difference.

[ProSense]

5. Gore

won the popular vote, and we know the details of the 2000 selection.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. No, but they weren't really the reason either lost, so...

The best you can hope for from your running mate is someone who's competent and doesn't step in it too much. Edwards & Lieberman did neither and while they didn't boost the ticket in the end, they didn't cost the ticket like Palin might have cost McCain in the long run.

[ProSense]

8. Judging from

Ryan's debut, Romney may want to go back to talking about his tax returns and Bain.

We can do both.

[Honeycombe8]

12. My point was that popularity of the VP doesn't seem to matter. BTW, Edwards didn't do well...

in the debate with Cheney.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Quayle'd

[customerserviceguy]

4. It's a reflection on how much we've had to say about him thus far

Let's hope he lives up to the scorn in which we hold him. You could say that he's got no place to go but up, being as the 39% who like him are solid GOP'ers who would never diss him.

[ProSense]

7. Interestingly,

the poll data linked to at the end of the piece, shows Ryan's "poor" at 18 points, the same as Palin's. It does not break out the numbers for Quayle.

[pscot]

9. And most of those "excellent" responses are from Democrats.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. K&R

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. I rate it as excellent.

He was so far down my list that I didn't think Rmoney would dare go there. I was still holding out that Suzanna Martinez would get a nod before Ryan - and she was like 10th.