Themistocles18
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« on: August 02, 2012, 07:32:05 AM » |
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I don't quite understand why anyone thinks Ryan on the ticket will cost Romney with seniors. Ryan's Medicare proposals don't actually affect seniors and his social security reforms are distant enough- having been dropped from both iterations of his budget- that they're unlikely to get the bulk of the attention. Plus, did anyone watch any of the townhalls Ryan held during his time in the sun? They were full to the brim with seniors. Ryan and Romney are going to have to sell the working age population, not seniors. PPP's Wisconsin poll is instructive. By himself, Romney loses the 65+ cohort 50-43. With Walker, he loses it 49-43. With Ryan, he loses it 48-44. Romney's favorables were 42-49 with the 65+. Ryan's were 43-42. Walker's 49-47. Obama's 50-47. Florida's in no danger with Ryan on the ticket, anymore than it was when Rubio ran on similar reforms. In an extended campaign, seniors realize that nothing Republicans are proposing actually affects them.
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