It couldn’t be any more clear in the polling. Willard “Mitt” Romney would be a disaster for the Republican party in the general election.
A pair of recent head-to-head matchup polls from Hotline paints a pretty clear picture of the current situation…
McCain 47%, Clinton 43%
Clinton 49%, Romney 37%
Obama 41%, McCain 39%
Obama 56%, Romney 26%
McCain beats Clinton and keeps within the margin-of-error on Barack Obama. But Romney loses to Clinton by more than 10% and loses to Obama by much more than that!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
The polls are saying that now, but when the time comes for the general election, and it’s actually a head to head contest, all of that could change. Sure, if people were to vote right now and Obama and Romney were the choices, and there weren’t any other choices, Romney would lose. However, in another 9 months, we have no idea what will happen. Hell, 9 months ago Guiliani was beating EVERYONE. Not so anymore.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I think it is a good indicator of how unlikable Romney is though. He won’t win independents, he won’t motivate conservatives, and he won’t win the election.
On a personal level, I’d sooner vote for Bloomberg or a Libertarian than I would Romney. This country needs some sort of change and a return to actual leadership. A slick, smarmy politician willing to bend his positions time and again isn’t going to do anything for America.