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LOL- Romney Actually Losing Ground During The Republican National Convention According To Gallup (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2012 OP
You have to wait until after their conventio to determine the still_one Aug 2012 #1
Mike Dukakis Came Out Of His Convention With A Seventeen Point Lead DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2012 #2
Until Willie Horton, riding around in a tank, and the flag burning amendment caught up with him. andym Aug 2012 #10
He should have started catching up to Obama after his VP nomination LynneSin Aug 2012 #17
That is a different issue I believe, and you are correct. Ryan is scaring a lot of people I believe still_one Aug 2012 #19
oh, you people!!!!!!!!! napkinz Aug 2012 #3
Would love it to be true, but the shift is small and it is a 7 day moving average karynnj Aug 2012 #4
like Tweety said: Whisp Aug 2012 #5
My prediction has been the more Rmoney is known to the other-than-political-junkies treestar Aug 2012 #6
I agree. speedoo Aug 2012 #7
Which is why IMO he's going to lose millions of votes after his speech Thurs. tridim Aug 2012 #9
Robot = Romney LittleGirl Aug 2012 #11
Sadly.. ScarletFyre Aug 2012 #26
Corporations are people my friends still_one Aug 2012 #20
And I predict the polls will stay close. zeemike Aug 2012 #14
They blew their cover about election rigging DearAbby Aug 2012 #16
It doesn't matter much if defacto7 Aug 2012 #8
not necessarily, this is a 7-day rolling average. WI_DEM Aug 2012 #12
The Romney Bump.... it will be called throughout history now Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #13
I don't think Romney will get much of a bounce out of the RNC. Jennicut Aug 2012 #15
gallup--heavily weighted in favor of Repubs. librechik Aug 2012 #18
I suspect that convention coverage used to be more influential than it is now..... Swede Atlanta Aug 2012 #21
Romney staff have already started to try and lower expectations for a Convention bounce... brooklynite Aug 2012 #22
ha! Their bill to Gallup was no doubt left unpaid with all the hubbub over flamingdem Aug 2012 #23
well ofcoarse maindawg Aug 2012 #24
+1,000 Amonester Aug 2012 #25
Rain MFM008 Aug 2012 #27

still_one

(91,807 posts)
1. You have to wait until after their conventio to determine the
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:25 PM
Aug 2012

full effect

Perspnally I do not think either convention will change the poll numbers that much

andym

(5,437 posts)
10. Until Willie Horton, riding around in a tank, and the flag burning amendment caught up with him.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:50 PM
Aug 2012

When Lee Atwater got through with Dukakis it was a landslide for Bush.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
17. He should have started catching up to Obama after his VP nomination
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:01 PM
Aug 2012

I know that Biden gave Obama a bump after he was announced and that lead led them into a strong convention that pulled Obama into the lead. McCain's weak convention along with the implosion of Sarah Palin pretty much sealed a democratic victory.

It's between the time the challenger names his/her VP and their convention that if the candidate is viable they will show some life in the polls. Ryan was announced 2 weeks ago and yet the polls have hardly budged and in fact got worse in some swing states. I've also read that they are pulling out money from Pennsylvania, pretty much ceding this big swing state to the Democrats. I could see that happening a month before the election, similiar to what McCain did in 2008, but before the primaries is pretty darn bad.

still_one

(91,807 posts)
19. That is a different issue I believe, and you are correct. Ryan is scaring a lot of people I believe
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:11 PM
Aug 2012

karynnj

(59,466 posts)
4. Would love it to be true, but the shift is small and it is a 7 day moving average
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:30 PM
Aug 2012

It could be that a better than usual Romney day rolled out. Wait till the convention is over.

Personally, I think many of the speakers were awful and Ann Romney was not bad.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
5. like Tweety said:
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:31 PM
Aug 2012

Romney looks like Prince Charles visiting New Guinea.

No clue as to how to relate to all 'those people'. lol. Matthews is an ass but sometimes he's just a cheek.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
6. My prediction has been the more Rmoney is known to the other-than-political-junkies
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:33 PM
Aug 2012

the farther down he goes.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
9. Which is why IMO he's going to lose millions of votes after his speech Thurs.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:41 PM
Aug 2012

His speaking style scares people. He's more wooden than the animatronic presidents at Disneyworld.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
14. And I predict the polls will stay close.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:25 PM
Aug 2012

Cause they have to in order to explain a Rmoney win....and to keep the cash flowing in....if the fix is in.
And you will hear rationalizations for it like Rmoney's message is starting to get through....and People want change and Obama did not give it to them....and perhaps a nice October Surprise...(and this could be anything from an attack on Iran to some dirty stuff dug up by KKKarl Rove.)
And most of us will believe it all...cause the alternative is to painful.
Anyhow that is my prediction and I hope I have to eat these word come November.

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
16. They blew their cover about election rigging
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:53 PM
Aug 2012

with all the suppression of votes, and they happened to be people, whose lives will be affected with GOP in power. They deem us as inferior, we should not have the right to vote.

Problem they have had some blabblermouths, and idiots, overstepping in their zeal to suppress. By their cutting hours, has nothing at all to do with Voter fraud...it is for the sole purpose of keeping you people from the polls...Christie said it last night. "We do not govern by the polls, we change them."

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
8. It doesn't matter much if
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:37 PM
Aug 2012

...they can manipulate the voting machines and effectively block voter registration.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
15. I don't think Romney will get much of a bounce out of the RNC.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:27 PM
Aug 2012

I think this is going to be one lackluster, boring convention.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
21. I suspect that convention coverage used to be more influential than it is now.....
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:21 PM
Aug 2012

For many election cycles until the 1990's, the information available to voters about candidates was limited to television spots on network and a few cable channels, local and national newspapers and radio. So the conventions were often some of the first opportunities they had to see and feel the party, the party platform and the candidate in a significant kind of way.

Now people are inundated with media from 24 hour news channels to the internet to Tweets and Twits and whatever.......

So I think the electorate washes out this way...

The vast majority are polarized...for either Obama or RMoney

Some independents will find the convention circus infomercials too much to watch

Few will watch the conventions other than out of curiosity and I doubt many will be swayed one way or the other.

 

maindawg

(1,151 posts)
24. well ofcoarse
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:25 PM
Aug 2012

when the light of day hits these ghouls they are exposed. All they can do is lie and race bait. Their 39 % will follow them to hell but normal people reject their childish rants. Civilized people reject their regressive thuggery. Thats why willard wont take questions from the press. They must hide him and send out bullies and sycophants.
I am looking forward to the debates. I am looking forward to willard having to stand alone and explain why he cant use his record as governor, reveal his taxes or take a stand on one issue. I am looking forward to the deer in the headlights as the president destroys him and makes it look easy.
He is going to loose his cool , and he is going to get caught lying and he is going to say something nasty.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
25. +1,000
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:36 PM
Aug 2012

Keep working for that to happen exactly. No complacency.

But we can't wait for 'the deer in the headlights as the president destroys him' live, on nat. teevee everywhere.

Just.Cannot.Wait!

MFM008

(19,763 posts)
27. Rain
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 05:16 PM
Aug 2012

I would rather have watched the rain come down in NOLA when Issac hit yesterday than watch that bore-a-con last night.

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