Last night, facebook’s US Politics site asked, “Regardless of whether you would vote for him, do you think Mitt Romney would be a good or bad President?”
Over 51,000 responded, including yours truly – the results were encouraging:
- 14% – Very Good
- 15% – Good
- 7% – Not Sure
- 21% – Bad
- 43% – Very Bad
So, about 29% thought Mitt would be a good or very good President.
Considering this is a 4 or 5 man race, 29% is “not too shabby.” You have to think the hardcore move-on.org democrats that support Barack or Hillary immediately check ed off the 43% “Very Bad”. McCain & Huckabee folks probably make up the 20% “Bad”. Romney supporters probably chose the 14% “Very Good” and 15% “Good” with 7% essentially undecided.
Of the four front-runners, Romney is the least well-known so he probably has the most upside and may sway some of those undecided his way.
The big caveat in this, and the head-to-head national polls, is that Mitt has yet to campaign head-to-head with Hillary or Obama. Although his head-to-head numbers may not look good now, it’s hard to imagine they won’t go his way big-time when Mitt faces Hillary in a debate, for example. On character and issues, he dwarfs her and will make her seem petty, almost unqualified, to share the stage.
At the web site for facebook, you can publish your own answer for the question about Mitt and then you can write a 300-word-or-less summary. Here’s mine:
- “OMG – this is a no-brainer.
- Economy – Mitt has a Harvard MBA & 25 years of success turning around companies to compete in the global economy.
- Immigration – Mitt will not accommodate the 12 million here illegally.
- For McCain and Clinton “the jobs ain’t coming back but the illegals can stay”
The more Romney supporters that go to national blogs, debates and commentary to share our view, the better. Please go to this site and express yourself @ http://www.facebook.com/politics/debate.php?id=23397320012.
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