Friday, August 10, 2012

Polls Show Obama Lead Holds

A spate of new polls this week show President Obama leading his presumed Rethug nominee and champion of the 1% Willard "Romney Hood" Romney by roughly 7%. More ominously for Romney Hood, the polls are starting to trend away from him. The percentage of voters who view him unfavorably is more than those that view him favorably, compared with the President's 52% favorable vs. 46% unfavorable. It's only early August, but we'd rather be in the President's position than in Willard's.

The polls were taken before the Romneycare gaffe by a campaign spokesperson on Wednesday that infuriated the tea bagger base, so there may be even more slippage. The slow drip-drip-drip of Romney Hood's refusal to release his tax returns, along with the Obama campaign's hard-hitting ads on his economic policy and position on women's issues, is burning in the image of him as an out-of-touch, arrogant gazillionaire who doesn't feel The Help needs to know anything before they crown him elect him President.