Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Presidential politics Romney flunking the likeability test
Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:36 AM
It might be hard for the Arkansas diehard Obama haters to believe, but when you look at the country as a whole, the president is viewed more favorably than Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Romney's numbers are drifting downward.
According to the ABC News/Washington Post survey, 49% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, while 40% see him in a favorable light.
Cold, clueless, evasive and a flip-flopper. Not a formula for high poll numbers.
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