OH-PPP: Ohio = Lean Obama

[Tender Branson]

Do you approve or disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance?

Approve .......................................................... 48%
Disapprove...................................................... 48%

...

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Mitt Romney?

Favorable........................................................ 37%
Unfavorable .................................................... 53%

...

Barack Obama................................................ 50%
Mitt Romney.................................................... 43%

Obama-Biden.................................................. 49%
Romney-Portman............................................ 44%

Obama-Biden.................................................. 50%
Romney-Kasich .............................................. 43%

Obama-Biden.................................................. 49%
Romney-Boehner............................................ 42%

...

Sample:

Democrat ........................................................ 41%
Republican....................................................... 39%
Independent/Other.......................................... 20%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_OH_050812.pdf

[oakvale]

This is going to be a very boring election.

[Pacific Councillor LiberalJunkie]

This is going to be a very boring election.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

anything having to do with Romney is going to be boring.  he has sucked all the enthusiasm out of the GOP.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

A lot is gonna hinge on the debates for Mr. Romney.

[Governor NVGonzalez]

A lot is gonna hinge on the debates for Mr. Romney.

If this is true then he is screwed.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

This is going to be a very boring election.

Maybe this really is 1996 all over again.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

A lot is gonna hinge on the debates for Mr. Romney.

If this is true then he is screwed.

Not necessarily. They'll be the only occasions Obama will ever have to come head-to-head with his record.

[Senator MaxQue]

A lot is gonna hinge on the debates for Mr. Romney.

If this is true then he is screwed.

Not necessarily. They'll be the only occasions Obama will ever have to come head-to-head with his record.

As the US is one of the countries which went through the crisis the most easily (despite Republicans destabilising it), it shouldn't hurt him to face his record.

[Governor Scott]

Romney-Boehner

Oh, the thought.

[Comrade Shmoo]

Romney-Boehner

Oh, the thought.

Those House Republicans are really popular, aren't they?

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

This is going to be a very boring election.

Haven't I been saying this for quite some time?

[PulaskiSkywayDriver]

I didnt know this forum was a subsidiary of the DNC!

[King]

I didnt know this forum was a subsidiary of the DNC!

Opinion Polls: A Subsidiary of the DNC.

[IDS Speaker Ben Kenobi]

Dammit - I have to replace another sarcasm detector.

[marvelrobbins]

If Obama continues to perform like this In Ohio Romney Is done for and 2012 really will be 1996
redux.Obama Isn't the clowns Romney had to face In Primarys.In debates Obama will call out
Romney.Ask Mccain If Obama Is a pushover In debates,

[HagridOfTheDeep]

The thing about Gov. Romney is that he's really good at eeking out favourable outcomes at the last minute. When he has to perform, he tends to perform pretty well. Romney is not going to take these debates lightly, and I expect a strong showing from him.

I actually can't really picture an astonishing debate performance out of Obama this time around. His ads and campaign message have been so diversionary... It will be easy for Romney to call him out. Maybe shake the foundations of BHO's personality cult.

[marvelrobbins]

Oh please.There Is no personality cult.

Romney has been lying through his teeth and on debate stage when he tries that to Obama's face
he gets called out on It.Romney has never been called strong In Debates and Obama Isn't
the clowns Romney ran against In Primarys.Mccain was suspose to be such strong debater at
least according to MSM and obama beat him In those debates.And again your doing what
many have done and underestimate Obama.

[Landslide Lyndon]

The thing about Gov. Romney is that he's really good at eeking out favourable outcomes at the last minute.

You mean like Iowa 2008 & 2012 or Florida 2008?

[pbrower2a]

The thing about Gov. Romney is that he's really good at eeking out favourable outcomes at the last minute. When he has to perform, he tends to perform pretty well. Romney is not going to take these debates lightly, and I expect a strong showing from him.

I actually can't really picture an astonishing debate performance out of Obama this time around. His ads and campaign message have been so diversionary... It will be easy for Romney to call him out. Maybe shake the foundations of BHO's personality cult.

Personality cult? If there were one he wouldn't be subjected to the crass sniping from your side. We would see President Obama being shown with fresh additions to his life story (that is, I was a Marine officer, but I was too modest to admit that in the campaign...) People calling him about such fraudulent achievements would find their careers coming to abrupt ends.

 

[HagridOfTheDeep]

The people on this forum aren't the types of people that would fall for the personality cult stuff. But the way African Americans and young people rally around Obama is certainly... unique. And yes--in a certain way, he's got a personality cult among these voters.

As for Romney's ability to eek out wins... He's been good at it this year, and that's what counts. I refuse to believe he lost Iowa. Some results are lost. So basically, thanks to a botched caucus, Iowa is an unknown.

He's performed when he has to perform. Back Romney into a corner and he'll fight his way out.

[Lief]

Romney is an awful debater. Obama will annihilate him.

[oakvale]

Back Romney into a corner and he'll fight his way out.

Hilarious that you'd say this considering how terribly Romney's performed under pressure at the debates - in a one-on-one debate he's flustered and angry, as we saw on several occasions during the primaries.

[Progressive Realist]

Back Romney into a corner and he'll fight his way out.

Hilarious that you'd say this considering how terribly Romney's performed under pressure at the debates - in a one-on-one debate he's flustered and angry, as we saw on several occasions during the primaries.

YOU WONT LIEK MAH WHEN IM ANGRY

[pbrower2a]

The people on this forum aren't the types of people that would fall for the personality cult stuff. But the way African Americans and young people rally around Obama is certainly... unique. And yes--in a certain way, he's got a personality cult among these voters.

As for Romney's ability to eek out wins... He's been good at it this year, and that's what counts. I refuse to believe he lost Iowa. Some results are lost. So basically, thanks to a botched caucus, Iowa is an unknown.

He's performed when he has to perform. Back Romney into a corner and he'll fight his way out.

That is as meaningless as saying that any Republican pol has a personality cult among business executives. He's simply a good match for certain demographic groups. We have yet to see how Mitt Romney does against President Obama.

By no means do I count out the fighting spirit of Mitt Romney. But a fighting spirit is not enough. 

...If I am a Movement Conservative I would be alarmed about the youth vote.   As for Iowa... the PPP poll this week suggests that Iowa is going to be a very tough state for Mitt Romney.

Things look much as they did on Election day, 2008.  That is a better position now than it was in November 2008 because a long shot is better than a sure loss. Most long shots become sure losses at some point.