Day: September 1, 2012
Mitt Romney’s Likability Surges 5 Points Post-Convention – to 31%
31%
Mitt Romney’s likability rating in the first Reuters/Ipsos poll released since the Republican Convention. This represents a five-point improvement over his 26 percent likability rating in the same poll released on Monday before the convention. Among independents, Romney’s likability rose from 16 percent to 20 percent. By contrast, Pres. Obama’s likability rating is 48 percent.
Ann Romney’s Favorability an Anemic 42%
42%
Ann Romney’s favorability rating, according to Gallup. Twenty-four percent have an unfavorable rating while 25 percent have no opinion and 9 percent had never heard of her.
Paul Ryan Says He Finished a Marathon in Two Hours and Fifty-Plus Minutes – Runner’s World Says No
In 2008, Republicans nominated a candidate for vice president who seemingly could not open her mouth without lying. She lied so persistently that after the campaign, Steve Schmidt, a top strategist for the McCain-Palin campaign said, “There were numerous instances that she said things that were — that were not accurate that ultimately, the campaign had to deal with, and that opened the door to criticism that she was being untruthful and inaccurate. And I think that is something that continues to this day.”
In 2012, it appears Republicans have done it again. In his speech accepting his nomination for the vice presidency, bombarded his audience with so many lies that even Fox News could not find a way to pretend to ignore them.
