Question for Romney supporters

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Estimate, if you can, the percentage of your support for Romney that is because you like him as opposed to just dislike Obama.

Try to be honest, even though you know purpose of the thread is for me to point out that no one in GOP seems to really like Romney as much as they simply want Obama out, no matter who the GOP candidate is.

I'll hang up and listen (for awhile, anyway).
 
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It's about 75/25 in favor of wanting Obama out. I'm not even ashamed to admit it. I don't think Romney will be a very good president, but I'm confident he'll be better than Obama. For now, I can live with that.
 
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80/20 in favor of wanting Obama out. I'm not very convinced that Romney will do much better, but I am certain that he couldnt do any worse. Its a real shame that these two are the only real candidates with a shot at winning.
 
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I think Obama has been a disaster, but I will not vote for Mitt Romney.
As a resident of Tennessee, I don't think it will matter. Alf could be on the GOP ticket and get the vote in this state.
 
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70/30 Obama out. 80/20 Romney was the best option among the final R contenders. Would have felt better about Huntsman, a slight bit better about Johnson and even with Paul. I do think Romney has some executive leadership qualities that will serve him well and I doubt he'll push much of a social agenda and will focus on the economy so that gets my support independent of my feelings about Obama.

I would bet the same is true on the Obama side of the equation - I doubt the majority of his votes will come from people that are really enamored with him.
 
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Panthro said:
I think Obama has been a disaster, but I will not vote for Mitt Romney.
As a resident of Tennessee, I don't think it will matter. Alf could be on the GOP ticket and get the vote in this state.
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So Barry has been a "disaster" but you won't vote for the only person able to replace him?
 
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volfanjustin said:
So Barry has been a "disaster" but you won't vote for the only person able to replace him?
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I think there are probably a lot of people frustrated enough with the nomination of Romney that they say right now that they won't vote for him, more or less as protest.

But by the time the election rolls around, they probably will go ahead and hold their noses and pull the Romney lever to try to oust Obama.

In fact, I imagine that a main reason that the polls are tightening up this past week is that folks' disdain or disappointment for Romney as the nominee is fading and at least some people who said three weeks ago that they would not vote for Romney have thought better of that decision.

Question is whether the lingering people who wanted a true conservative will either not vote or write in Paul or something, just to register their unhapiness and would it make a difference.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I think there are probably a lot of people frustrated enough with the nomination of Romney that they say right now that they won't vote for him, more or less as protest.

But by the time the election rolls around, they probably will go ahead and hold their noses and pull the Romney lever to try to oust Obama.

In fact, I imagine that a main reason that the polls are tightening up this past week is that folks' disdain or disappointment for Romney as the nominee is fading and at least some people who said three weeks ago that they would not vote for Romney have thought better of that decision.

Question is whether the lingering people who wanted a true conservative will either not vote or write in Paul or something, just to register their unhapiness and would it make a difference.
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I agree with that. I am not worried about people voting for Paul or Johnson, there won't be enough of them to change the outcome either way.
 
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Panthro's comments were clear - his vote won't matter in his state since it will go Romney. If he lived in NC or FL it would be a different story and not voting for Romney would in effect be a vote for Obama.
 
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Of all the candidates real and potential, the only one where I'd say my desire for that specific person to lead the country outweighed my interest in preventing Obama from winning = Mitch Daniels.
 
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I'm 90/10 (if that high) wanting BO out vs wanting MR. The main reason for the 10% wanting Romney is the good possibility of 1 or 2 seats on the SC comming open within the next 4 years and we can't afford another Obama appointment.
 
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hog88 said:
I'm 90/10 (if that high) wanting BO out vs wanting MR. The main reason for the 10% wanting Romney is the good possibility of 1 or 2 seats on the SC comming open within the next 4 years and we can't afford another Obama appointment.
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Well that would be 100 pct anti-Obama, then, wouldn't it ?
 
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volinbham said:
I would bet the same is true on the Obama side of the equation - I doubt the majority of his votes will come from people that are really enamored with him.
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I agree with that. A lot of progressive liberals are not happy with Obama but they will vote for him anyway. The base of both parties are irrelevant. It's those elusive undecided swing voters that make up about 20% of the voting population.
 
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I firmly believe that he is hands down the best candidate (out of all of them) to run this country

He is smart and a PE guy whose firm was/is well respected. He will be able to cut the BS and keep what is needed. His Mormonism is a plus because he undertsands how important religious freedoms are. The strong belief in religious freedoms will tie into other freedoms that we cherish
 
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I am not voting against Obama because I "dislike him". I'm voting against him because he has failed to deliver on nearly all of his key objectives and has done a generally poor job imo.
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
His Mormonism is a plus because he undertsands how important religious freedoms are. The strong belief in religious freedoms will tie into other freedoms that we cherish
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Saw this today about how that isn't always true, at least not for the Catholic Church. (I should say that I don't think Romney will be a die hard social conservative.)

Maryland gay marriage: Catholics should not vote to overturn gay marriage - baltimoresun.com

At the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, where my wife and I are parishioners, Mass this past Sunday concluded with the reading of a letter from CardinalEdwin F. O'Brien, strongly urging Catholics to support the referendum against gay marriage. The basis of the opposition is that gay marriage is inconsistent with the Christian concept of marriage. In The Sun the same day, former Gov.Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.advanced a slightly different claim, that gay marriage is inconsistent with our Judeo-Christian heritage.

Catholics should know better. In Colonial Maryland, Catholics were denied the right to vote or hold civil office because they were out of step with the prevailing religious norms. The illustrious Charles Carroll of Carrollton could not vote in Maryland when he signed the Declaration of Independence. Jesuit priests were expelled from the Colony in chains.

Religious freedom imposes burdens and benefits. It freed Catholics to observe their religion. But it also means that Catholics cannot turn around and deny a civil right such as marriage to those deemed in conflict with Catholic teachings.

John C. Murphy, Baltimore
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