memeorandum: GOP Convention, Romney Speech Evoke Lukewarm Reactions (Frank Newport/Gallup)

3:35 PM ET, September 3, 2012

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Frank Newport / Gallup:

GOP Convention, Romney Speech Evoke Lukewarm Reactions — Speech gets lowest ratings of any Gallup has measured since 1996 — PRINCETON, NJ — Last week's Republican National Convention had a minimal impact on Americans' self-reported voting intentions, with just about as many saying …

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

No bounce for Romney in Florida — PPP's newest Florida poll, conducted completely after the Republican convention, finds no change in the Presidential race there. Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 48-47, exactly as he did on our last poll of the state five weeks ago.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Naked Politics and Politico

Frank Newport / Gallup.Com:

No Signs of GOP Convention Bounce Yet — The two-week convention phase of this election is now at its midpoint. We won't know what the impact of the two conventions is until roughly Sept. 7-13, the full week after the Democratic convention closes in Charlotte.

Discussion: USA Today, The Moderate Voice, americanthinker.com, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Balloon Juice and The Reaction

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Sept. 2: Split Verdict in Polls on Romney Convention Bounce — My view is that the consensus of evidence so far points toward Mitt Romney having received a small bounce in the polls of perhaps two or three percentage points from the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla.

Discussion: The Agonist, Capital Tonight and neo-neocon

Tim Mak / Politico:

Poll:Mitt Romney speech has low impact — Americans scored Mitt Romney's GOP convention speech the lowest since Bob Dole's acceptance speech in 1996, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. — Following the Republican National Convention in Tampa, 40 percent of voters …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

LET'S BE FRIENDS … - SPORTS - PHOTO BOOTH - DAILY SHOUTS - PAGE-TURNER - DAILY COMMENT - AMY DAVIDSON - JOHN CASSIDY - ANDY BOROWITZ - RICHARD BRODY

Discussion: Wizbang, Althouse, CANNONFIRE, Talking Points Memo, The New Republic, BuzzFeed and The PJ Tatler

BuzzFeed:

Democrats Wait, Nervously, On Clinton Speech — All other major addresses have been vetted. — Obama speaks as Clinton looks on during a campign event in New York on June 4, 2012. — Image by JEWEL SAMAD / Getty Images — CHARLOTTE, NC — Former President Bill Clinton is slated …

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Bill Clinton on Obama: ‘A Few Years Ago, This Guy Would Have Been Carrying Our Bags’

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, NewsBusters.org blogs and The Gateway Pundit

Byron Tau / Politico:
L.A. mayor: 44 continues 42's policies

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Roger L. Simon

Russell Berman / Ballot Box:
Obama turns to Bill Clinton, the old pro, to help win reelection

Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly, Politico and Outside the Beltway

Politico:

Right rallies for ‘Empty Chair Day’ — The right rallied on Labor Day to celebrate “National Empty Chair Day,” a show of solidarity with Clint Eastwood after his rambling address to an invisible President Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention last week.

Discussion: The Other McCain, Nice Deb, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Althouse

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

National Empty Chair Day (photos from around country) — UPDATE - No new submissions being accepted for now, the response was so overwhelming that there's already a huge backlog. — Today is the impromptu National Empty Chair Day, which I covered on Saturday night when a reader alerted me to the idea.

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Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
‘EASTWOODING’ INSPIRES NATIONAL EMPTY CHAIR DAY ON MONDAY

Discussion: Washington Wire, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Babalú Blog, UrbanGrounds, iOwnTheWorld.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:

Labor tries to soften image with ‘hug a union thug’ booth in Charlotte — This Labor Day, unions are trying a mix of celebrity, social media and humor to polish up the labor movement's image in the eyes of everyday people. — In Charlotte, people will be asked to “hug a union thug” …

Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Gateway Pundit

Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
New N.C. poll gives Romney small lead in presidential race

Discussion: NBC Politics, Outside the Beltway, First Read and Scared Monkeys

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
NC enters convention tied up

Discussion: Politico, The Fix, The Rightnewz and National Review

Kelly Poe / The Charlotte Observer:
Group says it found 30,000 dead North Carolinians registered to vote

Discussion: Riehl World News and The Gateway Pundit

Joe Garofoli / blog.sfgate.com:

CA Dem chair John Burton compares GOP to Goebbels for “telling the big lie” (VIDEO) — Charlotte - Greetings from the California delegation breakfast at the DNC where before he had a cup of coffee Democratic Party Chair John Burton - much like his ol' palGuv Jerry Brown once did …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Wire, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Fix, The Raw Story, Nice Deb, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, Riehl World News and Washington Free Beacon

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Rosie Ruiz Republicans — Remember Rosie Ruiz? In 1980 she was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon — except it turned out that she hadn't actually run most of the race, that she sneaked onto the course around a mile from the end.

Discussion: Truthdig, The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, The Maddow Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TBogg and Bark Bark Woof Woof

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:

Obama Team Readjusts On ‘Are You Better Off?’ — After either saying “no” or refusing to give a straight yes or no answer to Sunday show anchors when asked if Americans are better off today than they were four years ago, officials from Team Obama this morning changed their answers and enthusiastically offered a capital-Y “Yes.”

Discussion: The Reaction, Washington Wire, Althouse, The Raw Story, Election 2012, The Hill and The Fix

Jonathan Miller / NationalJournal.com:
O'Malley Does an About-Face: Yes, We are Better Off

Discussion: Hot Air, The Maddow Blog, americanthinker.com, The Rightnewz and Capital Tonight

Paul Krugman:

Britain's Paul Ryan — In a lot of ways George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) is Britain's answer to Paul Ryan. True, he's a toned-down version — no Ayn Rand, please, we're British — but other aspects of package are there in full force: he's articulate …

Discussion: Associated Press and Outside the Beltway

Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:

Bush Chief Political Strategist: Paul Ryan's Speech Was Full Of Lies — Former Bush political strategist Matthew Dowd — Paul Ryan's speech before the Republican National Convention was riddled with lies, including a tall-tale blaming President Obama for the closure of a GM plant that announced its shutdown in June 2008.

Discussion: Booman Tribune, The Political Carnival, Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story and JONATHAN TURLEY

Hedrick Smith / New York Times:

When Capitalists Cared — IN the rancorous debate over how to get the sluggish economy moving, we have forgotten the wisdom of Henry Ford. In 1914, not long after the Ford Motor Company came out with the Model T, Ford made the startling announcement that he would pay his workers the unheard-of wage of $5 a day.

Discussion: Seeing the Forest and Daily Kos

John Heilemann / New York Magazine:

Joe Biden Isn't Finished — The Paul Ryan selection shone a spotlight on the vice-president. He's ready for it—no matter what just came out of his mouth. — Jesus Christ! " Joe Biden barks, pitching forward in the captain's chair in his cabin aboard Air Force Two.