Only 38% of Romney's supporters are actually "pro-Romney".

[DCBob]

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..Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has an inordinate share of what might be called anti-support: supporters who support him primarily because they oppose President Barack Obama.

That is beginning to stir some worry among Republican who fret that Mr. Romney’s anti-Obama support may not prove as durable as pro-Romney support would. “The danger is that those votes can slip away easier if circumstances change,” says Ed Rollins, a longtime Republican campaign operative.

The polling numbers on this are pretty striking. A Washington Post/ABC News poll this past week found that just 38% of Romney supporters said their vote would primarily be for him, as opposed to 57% who said their support was actually a vote against Mr. Obama.

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more: http://stream.wsj.com/story/campaign-2012-continuous-coverage/SS-2-9156/SS-2-33343/

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My comments:

This is a huge problem for Romney because that type of support is weak and could fade as the situation changes. Futhermore, those kind of voters are less likely to show up at the polls.

Funny, we ofter hear Republican operatives brag about the anti-Obama fervor and that in itself will probably be enough to win the election. They are so very wrong.

[subterranean]

1. I'm surprised the number is even that high.

You can see the lack of enthusiasm in the small turnout at his campaign events.

[DCBob]

2. There has always been a large chunk of Republicans who will always toe the line..

They are same brainless morans who supported the idiot Bush from day one to the day he left office.

These numbers are big in comparison to past Presidents. Romney is a very weak candidate and the only way he is going to win is if the economy tanks again.