Romney Campaign Spins Low Turn Out: Voters Staying At Home Secretly Support Romney

[ProSense]

Romney Campaign Spins Low Turn Out: Voters Staying At Home Secretly Support Romney

By Adam Peck

With just 33,000 voters showing up to the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, Republicans may be quietly concerned about a lack of enthusiasm for their candidates — and especially front-runner Mitt Romney — after another primary state produces lower-than-expected turnout.

But not former New Hampshire governor John Sununu. The Romney campaign surrogate appeared on MSNBC this morning and offered a novel interpretation of the low figures:

SUNUNU: In an odd sense when turnout is down, contrary to what you are hearing, people are satisfied with the winning and the candidate that’s winning. They are satisfied with Mitt Romney.

Watch it:

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In fact, a new poll out today shows that the more voters are learning about Romney, the less they like him.

Nevada Republican Party Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian initially predicted as many as 70,000 Nevadans would participate in this year’s caucus, but final results show that fewer than half as many actually turned out. The 33,000 figure is not only lower than expectations, but more than 10,000 fewer than participated in Nevada’s caucus in 2008. And even though Romney topped 50 percent of the vote for the first time in this primary season in the sate, his vote total was more than 25 percent lower than it was in 2008, and his percentage of the vote fell slightly as well.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/02/06/419439/sununu-low-turnout-spin/

New Poll Finds The More People Learn About Romney, The More They Dislike Him

By a more than two to one margin, Americans say that the more they learn about Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, the more they dislike him, per a new Washington Post / ABC poll:

Overall, 55 percent of those who are closely following the campaign say they disapprove of what the GOP candidates have been saying. By better than 2 to 1, Americans say the more they learn about Romney, the less they like him. Even among Republicans, as many offer negative as positive assessments of him on this question. Judgments about former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who denounced Romney on Saturday night in Nevada, are about 3 to 1 negative.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/new-poll-finds-more-people-learn-about-romney?ref=fpb

[JustAnotherGen]

1. First

Not surprised the Romney campaign is putting this spin on it - if it helps them sleep at night.

Second - I guess I'm still shocked that Republicans and IndieTeaPublicans seem to have had this babe in the woods thing going on. They act like he never ran for President before . . .

[ProSense]

2. Now

"They act like he never ran for President before . . . "

...Trump is taking credit for Mitt's Nevada win (http://sync.democraticunderground.com/1002274402), and Mitt's playing along (http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=274617)

It's hilarious to watch.

[zbdent]

9. Republicans could put a positive spin on

someone getting up in front of the GOP convention, declaring that he's voted for Republicans his entire life, endorsing the GOP nominee, and then putting the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth and ending his life on nationwide TV.

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Well said!

[Arugula Latte]

3. Doubleplusgood.

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

[gopiscrap]

5. I love the bullshit spin

the gopers have gotta be just about ready to piss all over temselves..they've let the idiot wing of their party to poison the entire gop well!!!

[Spazito]

6. LOL, if that doesn't smack of desperation, I don't know what does...

"None of the above" generates more enthusiasm than any of the circus clown repubs running.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. Yeah, that's the reason.

[Retrograde]

8. "The lurkers support me in email!"

(for you young whippersnappers who don't remember the wild old usenet days, this was often the retort of last resort by the loser of a flamewar^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H opinionated discussion).

Grasping at straws this early in the year? It's going to be a long nine months.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. So, the Great Silent Majority is in play again ?

Interesting precedent to go by.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. ...and we expect them to also stay home in November

to again show their support.



Republicans satisfied with Romney that is a good one

[highplainsdem]

12. Martin Bashir just mentioned this fanciful theory on his show, and his guests laughed, and one of

them asked, "Is this Saturday Night Live or the Martin Bashir show?" (It was Jonathan Capehart who said that. The other guest laughing was Krystal Ball.)

[tanyev]

13. Ooh, secret supporters. Fiendishly clever.