After accepting the Republican nomination with a terrific speech
Thursday night, former Governor Mitt Romney is flying to the New Orleans
area Friday to inspect storm damage caused by Hurricane Isaac.
Romney
will meet with Gov. Bobby Jindal and first responders and thank them
for their work and see areas impacted by the storm. Romney found it
important enough to make such a visit that he is skipping a previously
scheduled rally with his vice-presidential running mate Paul Ryan in the
battleground state of Virginia this afternoon.
Romney's
presidential-like storm damage inspection stands in sharp contrast to
President Obama, who has been too busy flying around the country
conducting campaign rallies in Iowa, Colorado and Virginia and has not
even announced any plans to visit the storm ravaged area.
The new Washington Post-ABC News poll
finds Romney leads 47 to 46 percent among likely voters. Yes, that is
well within the poll's 4 percent margin of error, but like previous Post-ABC polls, this skewed poll greatly under sampled Republicans giving it a Democrat-leaning bias.
This poll's sample was 31 percent Democrat, 22 percent Republican, and 39 percent Independent. We've been through this before.
As mentioned in connection with a previous ABC News/Washington Post
poll, based upon exit polling, the 2008 electorate was 39 percent
Democrat, 32 percent Republican, and 29 percent Independent. In 2010, it
was 35 percent Democrat, 35 percent Republican, and 29 percent
Independent.
It's still all about the economy.
The Post-ABC poll found 72 percent of voters say the president’s
handling of the economy will be a "major factor" in their vote this
November. In light of President Obama's failed stimulus, unemployment remaining at or above 8 percent
for the entire Obama presidency and the now $16 trillion national debt,
that's bad news for Obama. The poll found Romney with a solid
seven-point advantage among registered voters on handling the economy.
The
poll also found Romney has a 48 to 39 percent advantage on dealing with
the federal budget deficit. Not surprising considering Obama continues
his trillion dollar deficits for years to come. According to the Post, on all the other issues, the "two are about even or one is ahead by an insignificant margin."
There is more bad news in this skewed poll for Obama:
Obama's
efforts to make Romney's tax returns have failed. Only 20 percent see
Romney’s handling of his tax returns as very important to their vote.
Obama's
big lead on enthusiasm is gone. "In the new poll, 48 percent of Obama’s
backers say they are 'very enthusiastic' about his candidacy, compared
with 42 percent of Romney backers who feel that way about the
Republican’s campaign — a difference that is not statistically
significant. Obama had a 13-point edge in July in this measure; his lead
was 25 points in May."
The new Post/ABC poll should have the Obama campaign very worried.
"I believe in America and in the American people.
That I believe that this nation is unique and exceptional and that we
have everything we need to continue to lead the world in prosperity and
in peace." – Mitt Romney
Romney believes in America. He said it when he announced
his presidential campaign and today he told Chris Wallace during an
appearance Fox News Sunday he hopes the one thing voters take away from
his acceptance speech on Thursday night is that he believes in America:
Here's a transcript of the exchange:
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS: "What do you hope to achieve over this next week in Tampa?"
MITT ROMNEY:
"Well, I’d like people to stand back and say what are the big issues
that America faces. And what are the answers that I have and that Paul
Ryan has for the issues that we face. And I believe that if people stand
back and consider all that America has to deal with going forward,
they’ll recognize that we’re the only team that has answers for these
challenges. And they’re big and bold answers. America needs that kind of
help at a time when so many people are out of work or underemployed or
having a hard time making ends meet."
CHRIS WALLACE: "If voters take away one thing from your big acceptance speech on Thursday night, what do you want that to be?"
MITT ROMNEY:
"That I believe in America and in the American people. That I believe
that this nation is unique and exceptional and that we have everything
we need to continue to lead the world in prosperity and in peace."
According to Fox News, when asked what his father would say to him on this occasion, Romney told Wallace that his father would tell him to be bold:
"He
gave some advice to the new governor of Michigan, John Engler, years
ago. And I've heard him give it to many people, which is be bold. Don't
worry about what people think, just be bold, get the job done. That's
the advice he'd give me."
That advice reminds me of the meme associated with recent landing of the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, on Mars; dare mighty things.
While that may have been appropriate meme for the audacious sky crane
landing of Curiosity, NASA didn't originate the phrase. It comes from
Theodore Roosevelt's "The Man in the Arena: Citizenship in a Republic," speech delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910.
Imagine if we elect President Romney, who will dare mighty things and has the experience to accomplish such goals.
Recent Comments