Why Team Obama Loves the Ryan Pick
Why Obama Loves the Ryan Pick
We'll soon see a significant amount of polling on Mitt Romney's pick of Paul Ryan as his running mate, but for now, we have a Democracy Corps survey conducted last month.
It's conclusion was stunning:
"At the outset, the Ryan budget (described in Ryan's actual language) barely garners majority support. And voters raise serious doubts when they hear about proposed cuts -- particularly to Medicare, education, and children of the working poor. President Obama's lead against Romney more than doubles when the election is framed as a choice between the two candidates' positions on the Ryan budget -- particularly its impact on the most vulnerable. The President makes significant gains among key groups, including independents and voters in the Rising American Electorate (the unmarried women, youth, and minority voters who drove Obama to victory in 2008)."
more: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/11/why_obama_loves_the_ryan_pick.html
SERIOUS ATTACK ON RYAN BUDGET TAKES TOLL ON MITT ROMNEY
Wednesday, July 18 2012
The most recent survey and focus groups by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps reveal deep opposition to the Ryan budget– and its potential to damage Mitt Romney’s candidacy if he embraces it in the coming campaign. [1] At the outset, the Ryan budget (described in Ryan’s actual language) barely garners majority support. And voters raise serious doubts when they hear about proposed cuts—particularly to Medicare, education, and children of the working poor.
President Obama’s lead against Romney more than doubles when the election is framed as a choice between the two candidates’ positions on the Ryan budget– particularly its impact on the most vulnerable. The President makes significant gains among key groups, including independents and voters in the Rising American Electorate (the unmarried women, youth, and minority voters who drove Obama to victory in 2008). This is an important new finding; highlighting the Ryan budget’s impact on the most vulnerable seriously weakens Romney.
Key Findings:
• The Ryan budget is a big target. Even described using Ryan’s own words, support for the budget barely gets majority support.
• Mitt Romney’s embrace of the Ryan budget erodes his support in a close race. Romney’s full-fledged support of the Ryan budget opens him up to attacks on big, decisive issues.
• Voters respond equally to three big critiques of the Ryan budget.Voters reject Ryan’s plan to allow the refundable child tax credit to expire, which would push the families of 2 million children back into poverty. Second, voters are deeply concerned about Ryan’s plan for Medicare and health care spending for seniors. Finally, voters strongly disapprove of cuts to education spending. These three facts about the Ryan budget are the most concerning to voters, especially unmarried women and Hispanic voters.
• Concern for the most vulnerable has a ballot box impact. After hearing balanced facts about the Ryan budget and messages on both sides, we asked voters to weigh the two Presidential candidates based on their positions on the Ryan budget and its impact on the most vulnerable. Not only does focusing on the most vulnerable not hurt the President, it helps him – Obama’s margin widens to 9 points, with his vote climbing above 50 percent.
more; http://www.democracycorps.com/National-Surveys/serious-attack-on-ryan-budget-takes-toll-on-mitt-romney/
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a single payer in the future for you all!
Ryan does nothing - nada - zip - zero - to shore up Rmoney's foreign policy issues.
Its Christmas in August, Maddez. 
and honestly felt like Rmoney gave me a gift. 
Was kind of Willard to treat us all to some cake.
To our other great mate!
You're a wonderful person to share your gift with the whole Democratic party.
This is going to be an awesome election. No more hijacking people with social issues - now they will have to come face to face with the guts of it all and make a decision based on 2 diametrically opposed world views.
LIV RW voters have heard about tax cuts for the rich (or "job creators" as Frank Luntz rebranded those who make their money from Wall Street, not actual work) - and this year, they get to be schooled on exactly where that money offset comes from in order to fund things like the military and our infrastructure.
I. Can't. Wait.
Paul Ryan is the exact arsehole Obama/Biden have been hoping for.
He's hideous.. more so than even Rmoney himself.
This is perfect- because we've already seen people in our nation- who actually
have a moral compass, attack and deride Ryan's budget meat cleaver which
(hopes) to decimate the social safety net. Really? are ALL repugs in congress on
board with this?
doubtful.
so now Obama's job just got much easier... we citizens who actually have a soul/heart
are going to smack Ryan's absurd "budget" down severely.
it's a win for Obama.
