2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumUndecided voters lean from Romney toward Obama
WASHINGTON For Mitt Romney, making a comeback in the race for president will require changing the minds of voters like Barry Hubscher, Cathleen Kimmel and Michael Gray.
All three had considered voting for the Republican nominee as recently as August, but lately they have found themselves leaning toward President Obama. Listening to them and others like them helps explain the shift in polls toward Obama since the Democratic convention and illustrates the magnitude of the task that lies before Romney as he tries to catch up in an increasingly challenging race.
In an effort to explore the sentiments behind the poll numbers as Romney approaches the first of three presidential debates, Los Angeles Times reporters over the last week interviewed four dozen voters who in mid-August had told pollsters for The Times and USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism that they were undecided or only weakly committed to their candidates.
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Asked an open-ended question about what news regarding Romney or Obama had stuck in their minds over the last couple of weeks, 1 in 3 spontaneously mentioned Romney's videotaped remarks about the 47% of Americans who do not pay income tax the only incident to be so widely recalled.
more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-undecided-voters-20120930,0,4062228.story
Its remarkable how much impact that 47% comment has made on the race.
Raven
(13,899 posts)how he said it. He practically spit out the word "entitlement". There was so much distain in his voice about us and such a cozy tone when he was sharing his election strategy with the diners. I also notice that the MSM mostly quotes the "take responsibility" part of what he said and often leaves out the "care for their lives" part. I thought the "care for their lives" part was just devistating.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)His true colors showed through clearly.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Ive ever heard Romney sound the least bit authentic. After he loses spectacularly, the GOP will look upon it as the day his campaign died.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Its like looking into his brain.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)That's what they have been saying and counting on all along.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)then the truth is the exact opposite.
doc03
(35,363 posts)on my family tree.
polichick
(37,152 posts)...that video caught their interest like a reality show bit.
doc03
(35,363 posts)stickers on his car and a sign in his yard, suddenly turned last week. I don't ask, I don't want to lose a friend but I suspect it was his 47%
remark. One thing I know for sure he suddenly went back to his Cowboys hat and lost his bumper sticker. This guy wasn't undecided he was a die hard Romoney
supporter.
BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)It's socially safer to be for Obama now.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)an idiot.
Indykatie
(3,697 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Most NORMAL people want a President that believes in the American people, and cares about them.