Debates deliver favorability edge to Romney

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Mitt Romney crossed a major threshold early this week, moving above 50 percent in his favorability rating with voters, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls — and for the first time in the campaign he now leads President Obama on that measure.The Republican presidential nominee has clearly benefited from the debates. He had a 44.5 percent favorability rating at the end of September, before the debates. But by Monday, when he and Mr. Obama faced off for the final debate of the campaign, Mr. Romney’s favorability average was up to 50.5 percent.
Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, said Mr. Romney’s favorability surge “really has been remarkable.”
“It was inevitable that Republicans were going to warm up to him once he became their nominee, but ever since his big victory in the first debate, his numbers with independents have improved a good deal as well,” he said. “We’re actually finding in our national tracking now that Romney’s favorability numbers are better than Obama‘s, which no one could have imagined six months ago.”


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Well, when demo pollsters start calling your candidate "remarkable" there is something different than what we hear in here going on....No?

There is no question that Romney looked much more presidential then Obama.

Obama is stuck in the mud. He has been all along due to the economy. The only question would be whether Romney could get his crap together. It has taken him too long, but he is getting there. The question is whether he waited a week or two too long to come to the center. Romney is up and down but Obama never moves.

It is a good thing we don't need to have an election or anything, or that no swing states matter. We should just inaugurate hiom tomorrow based on 2000 people who took a poll. oh wait, MSNBC runs a poll every night and romney never gets over 5 percent. i guess that trumps your poll since there were far more than the sample set of those polls responding. I guess those polls said your guy lost in a landslide. Too bad so sad. try again next year.

See, I can flaunt polls in front of your also. Don't worry two weeks from now we will see who is president. Then once the votes are counted and whoever lost gets over their months of lawsuits about vote fixing, then if it is romney you will have four years of gloating if he doesn't get impeached. It is just 14 days from now, so perhaps we could wait with the daily gloating which certainly doesn't show a clear romney victory in the electorate at all considering the sweep he needs of most of the battleground states. unless you don't think you will be able to gloat anymore in 14 days.

let us remember, that three debates later and despite everything mittens has thrown at obama and every supposed lie about his failures you have spouted, obama still seems to be right there, if not ahead where it matters. it will be really sad come two weeks from now if all of that dishonesty, selling out your morals, and settling for a substandard candidate that tosses you under the bus results in 4 more years of obama. You have given up everything you value for this man, and if he fails you don't even have your pride anymore. hell, even if he is elected you don't have your pride, honesty, or much else aside from a mormon rich boy who likes horse ballet and firing hard working midwest people. i am now torn between Obama and the damage Mitt romney will do to the lioves of the people who vote for him. 4 years from now under romney we will be in multiple wars, probably have a draft where you and your kids will be fighting inw ars he won't let his childrebn fight in, your houses will be worth squat, you will be fighting for minimum wage jobs or for chinaman money, your retirement funds will be gone, and you will have vouchers for your health care that won't even get you service in a free clinic. oh and romney will be richer than ever.

i am really getting tired of protecting republicans from themselves. I will be fine at the end of this no matter who is in office, where will you be?

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Well, when demo pollsters start calling your candidate "remarkable" there is something different than what we hear in here going on....No?

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There's no doubt in my mind that the debates were more Advantage-Romney. Why am I so sure?

Because the American people got to know him. He consistently performed, at the least average, at best, most excellently. Did he win every debate in my opinion? No. Clearly the first; the other two appeared tied or maybe slight advantage Obama. But that was enough of a performance to introduce him to America. Is it enough to get him elected? Frankly, I don't think so. But perhaps it'll be quite the horse race, and Romney will get the satisfaction of knowing for sure that, in the end, it was "Job Well Done."

I think many of Obama supporters might have been disappointed in his performance. And that's strictly from reading here on DP. His supporters thought he was going to come back and kick butt. That just didn't quite happen.

This is astonishing. Look at Intrade today. The gain/loss is substantial.

Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012
54.7%
CHANCE
Last prediction was: $5.47 / share
Today's Change: -$0.61 (-10%)

Mitt Romney to be elected President in 2012
45.3%
CHANCE
Last prediction was: $4.53 / share
Today's Change: +$0.56 (+14.1%)