Poll about Mitt Romney

[President Mitt]

There is no Used Car Salesman option.

[President Mitt]

Quick... everyone "flaunt" the language rules of the forum so that Winfield can send me another bitchy msg about cracking down on "foul" language.

Are you serious?

[President Mitt]

The blue states are states that Romney will easily win in 2012, given that Obama's approval ratings are less than 55, maybe even 60%. The only way the South would be when Obama is leading by double-digits. You could also reverse that and say the Northeast could come into play... if Obama's approval ratings are below 40%.

No.

Care to explain?

First, don't act like Romney is already the nominee. Second, he wouldn't "easily" win WV, or SC, and many other Southern states. Also, why is SD blue but ND is gray? They're not that different politically. (I know you'll give ND to Romney before taking SD away, but it's simply meant to point out another flaw in your map). Anyway, the South would definitely be in play if Romney were the nominee. As for the Northeast, the same could be said for pretty much any Republican. That leads me to my last point: where exactly do you expect to find Romney-specific support? Massachusetts?

Romney would not find any friends in the Northeast. Didn't he leave Massachusetts with a >35 approval rating?

[President Mitt]

Oye. Here it is:

Mitt Romney Approval Rating

Nov. 2006:  Approve: 34%  Disaprove: 65%

Ouch. He might have actually done worse than McCain in the Northeast if he was the nominee in 2008.

[President Mitt]

In his defense, much of it was due to Republicans being unpopular nationwide. In May `06, his approval rating was 46%. The way his numbers changed were similar to George H. W. Bush: They were high at the beginning, became average, plummeted at the end, but recovered when he was out of office.

Yes, Bay Staters may not have liked Republicans overall, but the results were fueled primarily by disapproval of Romney and his management of the state. He pretty much destroyed the local Republican party, which is outnumbered 7 to 1 in the state senate, and 9 to 1 in the state House.

Once again, you're just making assumptions based on no factual evidence. Romney must have been somewhat popular in Massachusetts. He easily won the primary there.

And was also utterly crushed in the other Northeastern Primaries: McCain won these by over 30 points: New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Romney won a 10 point victory over McCain in Massachusetts.