CNN Poll: Romney's likability fading -- among Americans Ron Paul scores second only2 Obama

[sailingaway]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/14/cnn-poll-romneys-likability-fading/?iref=allsearch

in part:


In the new survey, 54% of Republicans said they hold a favorable opinion of Romney, while 67% said the same in January. Among all Americans, 34% described the candidate as likable, down from 41% last month.

Meanwhile, Santorum's recent victories have boosted his standing among Republicans, 56% of whom had a good opinion of the former Pennsylvania senator, up from 49% in January.

The survey was conducted Friday through Monday, the tail end of a big week for Santorum with three contest victories followed by a spike in fundraising and poll numbers.

But among all Americans, Santorum's favorable rating has remained flat. Thirty-two percent held a good opinion in the new survey, while 31% said the same in January.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich received positive reviews from roughly half of all Republicans.

But those numbers declined when Americans of all political affiliations were surveyed. In that case, Paul came in at 42%, ahead of Romney and Santorum, and Gingrich's favorable rating fell to 25%.

That leaves only one presidential candidate in the race with a national favorable rating above the 50% mark: President Barack Obama.

Among all Americans, Obama received positive reviews from 53%, with the poll suggesting he may have grown more popular in recent months.
So there you are. Ron is WAY ahead of Romney and everyone else for general election purposes.

[BUSHLIED]

We all know that Ron stands the best chance against Obama. It's just getting the damn nomination with the MSM and the establishment against you...but not just against you but actively undermining you etc...we need more money!

[Mckarnin]

Nice find! Reposted.

[RecoveringNeoCon]

No One But Pablo

[Paulitics 2011]

Too bad he needs to win a nomination to win the election.

[sailingaway]

Too bad he needs to win a nomination to win the election.

but it is somewhat circular. Republicans are saying they aren't voting for him because they think he won't win, often.

[J_White]

good timing, it will take some time for the favorability to turn into votes.

[Karsten]

I love my life.

[economics102]

This article is a perfect example of media bias. Ron Paul leads the Republican field in favorability, which is the SUBJECT OF THE ARTICLE, yet Paul gets one small reference 2/3 of the way through the article, in a way in which an unthinking reader (aka most readers) might not even piece together the facts scattered in the article to realize "oh, Ron Paul has the best favorability in a general election against Obama!"

[anaconda]

We all know that Ron stands the best chance against Obama. It's just getting the damn nomination with the MSM and the establishment against you...but not just against you but actively undermining you etc...we need more money!

The MSM would brutalize Dr. Paul in a general election as well.

[LibertyEagle]

Wow. That is excellent news. His favorability ratings have really turned around. :)

[economics102]

The MSM would brutalize Dr. Paul in a general election as well.

The MSM doesn't have nearly as much power once it's a 1-on-1 (or 3-way) because each candidate (and their surrogates) get much more time to defend themselves both on TV and in debates, etc.

It's easy to smear Ron Paul when he only gets 5 minutes or less in each debate. The fact that he does so well despite that is a testament to how damaging to the MSM/establishment 5-minutes of unvarnished truth bombs are.

[anaconda]

The MSM doesn't have nearly as much power once it's a 1-on-1 (or 3-way) because each candidate (and their surrogates) get much more time to defend themselves both on TV and in debates, etc.

It's easy to smear Ron Paul when he only gets 5 minutes or less in each debate. The fact that he does so well despite that is a testament to how damaging to the MSM/establishment 5-minutes of unvarnished truth bombs are.

Actually they will have far more time to brutalize Dr. Paul in a one-on-one scenario.

[jamezelle]

This article is a perfect example of media bias. Ron Paul leads the Republican field in favorability, which is the SUBJECT OF THE ARTICLE, yet Paul gets one small reference 2/3 of the way through the article, in a way in which an unthinking reader (aka most readers) might not even piece together the facts scattered in the article to realize "oh, Ron Paul has the best favorability in a general election against Obama!"

lol you noticed that too, wtf!

[RPit]

The problem: No electability pointed ads. No ads making the case that the media is full of shit. Ad so on.

Unless you spell it out for them and prove you are electable, don'e expect the brainwashed sheeple of America to ever come this way. We need to break the image created by the media. Where's the ads!!!

[RickyJ]

I don't believe Obama is that popular, no way!

I do believe Ron Paul is more popular than the other Republicans, but there is no way Obama is over even 40% favorable rating.

[Paul Or Nothing II]

We all know that Ron stands the best chance against Obama. It's just getting the damn nomination with the MSM and the establishment against you...but not just against you but actively undermining you etc...we need more money!

Establishment is irrelevant, we need to reach the GOP voters & make them realize that Paul is the ONLY Republican candidate that can beat Obama by pulling enough Independents & Democrats on his side, not to mention, if Paul isn't the nominee then that guarantees an Obama-win as Paul-supporters will desert GOP so it's essentially Paul or Obama & most GOP-voters are going "anyone but Obama" so we need to spread this message about Ron being the best answer to Obama, he's the only one who can ask him about the lies he made about "peace", he's the only one who can ask him about the state of the economy since Paul himself predicted the collapse & so on

The more GOP voters realize that Paul is their ONLY alternative to Obama, the more the establishment will be cornered & they'll have to cave in to the demands of their patrons!


The problem: No electability pointed ads. No ads making the case that the media is full of shit. Ad so on.

Unless you spell it out for them and prove you are electable, don'e expect the brainwashed sheeple of America to ever come this way. We need to break the image created by the media. Where's the ads!!!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++1

YES, make ads about how Paul is the only one capable of taking on Obama due to his ability to draw more Indies & Dems than any other GOP-candidate