re: #98 palomino

I’ll try to find a link, but recent polls back up your impressions. 75% of those who support Obama say they will be affirmatively voting FOR him. OTOH, 65% of Romney supporters will be voting AGAINST Obama. This does mesh with the poli sci conventional wisdom that reelections are referenda on the president. But the gulf in numbers is so huge that there’s probably more to it.

Indeed, the polls show Obama leading on all character traits and qualities except one (and it happens to be a biggie). He and Mitt are essentially tied when it comes to the question of who’s more capable of fixing the economy. Other than that, Mitt wouldn’t have much of a chance. As it is, he’s in the thick of the race because Obama didn’t miraculously fix an unfixable economy.

I saw this too. I honestly think he gets too much credit from voters on economics issues. I won’t call the man economically illiterate but his proposed policies are more of the same that we’ve been hearing since the 1980’s. Also, I think the only issue he leads on within the economy is controllign the debt. Obama has him beat on controlling unemployment.