Poll: Ryan pick helps cut into Obama lead in Wis.

(CBS News) Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate appears to have energized some likely voters in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll.

As many as 31 percent of Wisconsin voters say Romney's pick of their native son makes them more likely to support Romney in the fall, according to the survey, conducted Aug. 15-21. Fewer (22 percent) say they would be less likely to do so while 45 percent say Ryan's selection makes no difference.

With Ryan joining Romney's campaign, the Republican presidential candidate has gained ground in Wisconsin, where President Obama now leads by just two points, 49 percent to 47 percent. The two-point lead is within the poll's margin of error.

"It seems like the pick of Paul Ryan has had some small beneficial effect for Mitt Romney," Peter Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll, told CBS News' Bill Plante on "Face to Face".

Referring specifically to Wisconsin, Brown added, "Obviously, it's had some home-team effect."

It's official, Wisconsin: You're a swing state

CBS

The race has tightened in Florida, where Mr. Obama is leading 49 percent to 46 percent - equal to the poll's three-point margin of error. Romney holds a double-digit lead among seniors in the Sunshine State.

Mr. Obama has maintained his lead in Ohio, according to the poll, besting Romney 50 percent to 44 percent. The president enjoys a 13-point advantage among women and backing from young voters in Ohio, while Romney wins the support of independents and has an 8-point lead among seniors.

Few likely voters are undecided in these battleground states, and nine in 10 say their minds are made up. Only one in 10 says they could change their minds about who to support.

In all three of these battleground states, Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats about voting this year. Republican enthusiasm about voting has also risen from earlier this month.

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[eyes-wide-open2]

Hopefully, the God fearing Christian people in Wisconsin and the rest of the country will come to their senses and not abandon their faith to support or vote for a Non-Christian cultist. http://www.christianity.com/Home/Christian%20Living%20Features/11628184/

[wildemanne]

wow this is one dead end town if they get excited over a man who condones rape,destroying personal choice,flatly lying to the citizenry on almost every stop???
no wonder the rethuglican party is in such a suck toe mess, if these two are considered choices,one who can barley decide if he needs to get up and go pee in the morning, without 12 people involved,and another extremist right wing-nut schizophrenic???? who believes women can turn off their cervix????????
as old as these clowns are it's too late to re educate them so put them in a place where they will not endanger the rest of humanity, a maximum security nut house and give em lots of Thorazine at least 5 times a day as needed for religiousextremistwingnutz

[F3dUp]

Why are liberals so intolerant? Reality check: you are living in America. It's OK for others to disagree with you. You don't have to demonize and treat them as if they are inhuman. Is your opinion so fragile that you cannot listen to another and debate it on the merits?

[audemus]

...ain't it funny how sometimes we notice our own faults in other people first ?

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The only people Ryan's pick "energized" were the people who were going to vote Republican...excuse me, I mean Teapublican anyway; and now that he's been exposed as an Ayn Rand devotee who's either a liar or an idiot or both, look for the few sensible people left in a once respectable political party to start distancing themselves from these fascist right-wing lunatics who've taken it hostage.

[ForestWalk]

I think Ryan is a good choice. He is a policy wonk who has served his country as a politician all his adult life (like Obama has). But I am wondering if he will add the four gospel writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) to the Romney campaign logo of the three mormon witnesses. However I think Christians would be offended by such arrogance - just as mormons should be offended by Romney's use of the symbols of their religion. Why is Romney so bold as to claim approval of the three mormon witnesses by making them his logo (sure they profiles in are red white and blue - but that is just camouflage) - is he trying to show that he alone has been chosen? Who were these witnesses? Check it out - http://bookofmormonfacts.com/book-of-mormon-witnesses-three/

[mikesfilms]

This is facts, not hogwash from your damaged brain: Reuters poll (8/17/12): 67% of world executives say Obama better for the economy than Romney/Ryan. In the worldwide recession, under Obama, we're doing better than the rest of the world: GM recovered to first automaker in the world. Banks earning record profits. Wall St touching ceiling, and more. Assoc Press 8/23/12: Builders are growing more confident and the recovery of the US housing market will add to economic growth in 2012, first time in 7 years. "Evidence that the housing market is recovering is fairly clear," RDQ Economics, forecasting firm. Associated Press GfK poll: 58% of adults expect Obama to be re-elected. Even 43% Repubs expect Romney to lose. GOP chose worst candidate to defeat Obama.

[MidWestJim]

mikesfilms,

Perhaps you missed the headline? The most accurate predictions of Presidential elections since 1980 have come from a group at the University of Colorado. That group has correctly predicted both the popular vote and electoral outcome for every election since Reagan over Carter. Their analysis?? Landslide for Romney !!

http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says

[MidWestJim]

mikesfilms,

Perhaps you missed the headline? The most accurate predictions of Presidential elections since 1980 have come from a group at the University of Colorado. That group has correctly predicted both the popular vote and electoral outcome for every election since Reagan over Carter. Their analysis?? Landslide for Romney !!

http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says

BTW - If GM is successful - it is primarily because of what they already had in place before Obama was even nominated. All Obama did - after the finanacial crisis caused by liberals pushing subprime loans - was to botch the auto industry aid in ways that will cost GM customers for years - illegally diverting money from bondholders to pay off his union pals.

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB121218756175534083.html#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1

[MidWestJim]

Better add Michigan to the list as well.

Romney will win Michigan. His father was one of the most honorable men to ever serve and Governor - and a brilliant businessman in his own right. Mitt Romney grew up in the Detroit area when his father was both an AMC CEO and a 3 term governor. It was a very pivotal time in Michigan history. In the 1950's and 60's - the Michigan and Detroit economy were the envy of the nation, and people like George Romney were a big part of the reason. Romney first made his name in Detroit during WWII - when he helped improve efficiencies at more than 600 auto related factories that were used for war production and the city became known as "The Arsenal of Democracy". George Romney's terrific job in this role gained him dozens of mentions in national publications like Time magazine. The string of success based on hard work continued for George Romney - through his leadership at AMC, where he saved the company from bankruptcy, and - having taken most of his pay in stock options at the struggling company - became very wealthy. After leading a group that re-wrote the state Constitution, George Romney ran for Governor - winning election to 3 straight terms - each win larger than the last. Unlike Obama - George Romney represented EVERYONE as governor - he didn't try to divide people - he even marched with black civil rights leaders in Detroit. Mitt Romney was there to see all of this. (Barack Obama's childhood was spent in part in Indonesia - attending a madrassa, and eating the dog meat, snakes, and grasshoppers fed to him by his stepfather - quite a contrast).

Shortly after George Romney's last term as Michigan governor, liberal Democrats took over the city of Detroit, and have had undisputed control ever since. They have preached a message of division and dependency - every problem that would arise was always "someone else's fault". 40+ years later - where is the once great city of Detroit? Teetering on the edge of bankruptcy -and a big driver in the following sad statistics for Michigan:

- Half of babies born in Michigan last year were to welfare mothers
- 43% of babies born in Michigan last year to single mothers
- 18% of babies born in Michigan last year to teen mother who already had at least 1 child
- 1 in 5 babies born in Michigan last year to mother without a high school diploma
- 45,000 babies born in Michigan last year onto the welfare rolls
- 47% of Detroit residents are functionally illiterate
This isn't a "black vs. white" thing - I'm pretty certain there are more white people on welfare in Michigan than blacks. What this is about are programs that "push" a life of dependency. It's about pushing a philosophy that de-values education (why improve yourself if your plight is because someone else has your money, or won't pay more in taxes), one that de-values personal achievement ("you didn't build that"). The results above are what happens when you get too many people to accept that "I need government to give me things" philosophy.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120212/OPINION03/202120303
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/05/04/report-nearly-half-of-detroiters-cant-read/

[MidWestJim]

Obama4all,

You should really worry more about the brewing scandal regarding Obama's handouts to his donors from Exelon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/us/politics/ties-to-obama-aided-in-access-for-exelon-corporation.html?pagewanted=all


While your at it - how about grabbing a copy of Obama's college transcripts? - you may find them in the "foreign exchange student" files

[TimeToEvolve]

Ryan wants children and women who are raped to carry the children to remind them their entire lives that they were raped.

Is Ryan a human being? Does he really represent an entire party of inbreds? Are these people actually among us on the streets and in the schools? Man we are in trouble.

[LIBERTY_GRACE]

Obama supports infanticide.

[F3dUp]

Just say anything. It doesn't have to be true, no one is going to check it out anyway. Do you really believe that nonsense?

[TimeToEvolve]

Do they all know that both RobMe and Lyin' Ryan are against birth control?

[TimeToEvolve]

I guess there are a bunch of people in WI also who are determined to destroy their homes, families, jobs and futures by voting for the Republicons.