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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 05:53 PM Sep 2012

Poll: Romney Speech a Dud

Mitt Romney’s RNC speech wasn’t very impressive, according to a new Gallup poll. Of those surveyed, only 38 percent thought his speech was excellent or good—the lowest score for a presidential candidate’s convention speech since Gallup started scoring them in 1996. Last week’s convention had the second-lowest amount of viewers of all eight conventions since 1996. “Americans’ relatively weak reaction to the Republican convention does not appear to have hurt their likelihood of voting for Romney so far, although it apparently is related to the lack of a typical convention bounce,” Gallup said.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/09/03/americans-uninspired-by-rnc-mitt-s-speech.html

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Poll: Romney Speech a Dud (Original Post) Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP
For $5, I could have told them that.. russspeakeasy Sep 2012 #1
It was the most passionless speech I have ever heard from a major candidate XemaSab Sep 2012 #2
even my dust bunnies died of boredom.... MFM008 Sep 2012 #3
My pet rock curled up into a fetal position burrowowl Sep 2012 #4
Throughout his speech, I kept hearing echoes of George W. Bush rustydog Sep 2012 #5

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
2. It was the most passionless speech I have ever heard from a major candidate
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 05:59 PM
Sep 2012

I've heard news anchors who read off the teleprompter with more emotion and conviction.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
5. Throughout his speech, I kept hearing echoes of George W. Bush
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 06:59 PM
Sep 2012

It was eerie, but the speech could have been written for dubya.

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