It's Official: Obama Wins The Medicare Battle! OH, FL, WI all favor Obama by Wide Margin

[berni_mccoy]

http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Obama-Leads-Romney-in-Florida-Ohio-and-3809679.php

Three-fourths of voters in all three states said Medicare is worth the cost, and 62 percent in Florida, 64 percent in Ohio and 59 percent in Wisconsin said the program should remain as is.
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Florida voters said Obama would do a better job on Medicare by 50 percent to 42 percent. In Ohio, his advantage was 51 percent to 41 percent, and in Wisconsin, 51 percent said the incumbent would do a better job, compared with 42 percent who chose Romney.
“Obama is the clear favorite in handling health care and Medicare,” Brown said.

GOP epic fail again on trying to change Medicare!

[bowens43]

1. unfortunately, voters will probably vote n the economy not medicare....

[DearAbby]

2. Don't hold your breath...Ike was right

[berni_mccoy]

3. 55+ was one of the few demographics being held strongly by Romney

Hopefully, this battle will win permanent ground in that group and give Obama even a 1% edge overall that Romney can't win back.

Time will tell.

[Cosmocat]

4. Not an epic fail

The Rs KNOW they can't convince a majority of the public that they actually care about saving medicare.

They are working the margins and trying to keep the damage to a minimum to give them a shot at getting people on other issues.

[ProSense]

5. Interesting details that

should have Romney worried:

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* In Florida, 48 percent of seniors say Romney would do a better job on Medicare, versus 44 percent who say that about Obama (the Ryan pick was supposed to be particularly problematic in this state).

* In Ohio, 49 percent of seniors say Romney would do a better job on Medicare, versus 43 percent who say that about Obama.

* In Wisconsin, 49 percent say Obama would do a better job on Medicare, versus 46 percent who say that about Romney. Close.

What’s striking is that the poll also finds very big majorities of seniors in all three states support leaving Medicare as it is, while small minorities support changing it so government provides fixed amounts to spend on insurance. In Florida, it’s 67-24; in Ohio it’s 68-22; and in Wisconsin it’s 60-25. Yet in two of the three states — ones that could decide the presidency — seniors support Romney over Obama on the issue. (A Post poll also found seniors view Ryan favorably by 50-35.)

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/in-florida-and-ohio-seniors-back-romney-over-obama-on-medicare/2012/08/23/acab7ab6-ed50-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_blog.html

The "better job" numbers should give Romney pause, these are much too close for a traditional GOP voting bloc.

Now polling isn't necessarily going to correlate with election results, but McCain won seniors (65 and older) by eight points in Florida and by 11 points in Ohio. Wisconsin was split.

The numbers for "leaving Medicare as is" represents a huge opportunity for the Obama campaign. They need to hammer Romney-Ryan on their plan to end Medicare. Shaving a few points off, even to a split, could be disastrous for Romney.

[trailmonkee]

6. not sure if this will translate into votes.... I sure hope so

[leeroysphitz]

7. You are going to jinx us. Nothing is official until November.

[ErikJ]

8. Trusting GOP with Medicare is like trusting

your neighbors mean pitbull to watch your baby.

[berni_mccoy]

9. And that's an insult to pitbulls!

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. excellent