Is Romney The Only Chance For Republicans?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 5th, 2011 4:39 am by HL
Is Romney The Only Chance For Republicans?
Tom Jensen looks at a number of Public Policy Polling surveys on the presidential race from swing states Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Hampshire, Virginia and North Carolina, finding one trend that stands out almost across the board: Mitt Romney is the only Republican who can beat President Obama.
“A broad theme has been emerging in our state by state Presidential polling over the last couple months: if the Republicans nominate Mitt Romney it’s a toss up. And if they nominate anyone else it’s 2008 all over again… Voters disliking the Republican candidates really is a vital component of Obama’s horse race numbers holding up as well as they are even as his approval numbers struggle. It remains to be seen whether he can really get reelected by being the lesser of two evils or if the election will end up being solely a referendum on him regardless of who the GOP puts forward.”
