Poll shows Middle East comments backfire on Romney

As I predicted in wake of hearing Mitt Romney's premature, ridiculous and false comments regarding President Obama sympathizing with the attackers in Egypt and Libya based on a statement made by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, of which the president had no part, hours prior to the attacks. 

In a Pew Research Center Poll, which was just released, it showed that 45% of the American public approve of how President Obama is handling the situation in the Middle East, while 36% disapprove - a net of +9. Mitt Romney, meanwhile, did not see such positive numbers regarding his reaction to the attacks. With regard to the comments he made, 26% approve and 48% disapprove - a net of -22. At this point in time, President Obama has a net +31 with regard to his Middle East reaction compared to Sir Romney's.

Sadly for Mittens, the only group with which he scored better than the president were Republicans, who gave him a 58-11% edge. That was the only such group, however. Men and women approved more strongly of President Obama's reaction than Romney's. Every age group felt similarly. Everyone from high school drop-outs to college graduates felt the same way. The president was in the plus regardless of how closely a person followed the news. Democrats, of course, overwhelmingly supported Obama's handling of the situation far more than Romney's. The most striking number of all has to be with regard to independents. While 44% of such voters approved of Obama's handling of the Middle East crisis, only 23% approved of Romney's comments - a net +21 for the president. 

The Romney team has been in desperation mode ever since they saw an Obama bounce in the polls following the Democratic National Convention. This move by Romney further illustrated that and unlike he and his campaign team were hoping and just as I predicted, it's backfired and has only set them back even further. In light of Romney's before-mentioned remarks, I said that he'd officially lost the election. I still stand by the claim that he will lose the election, but based on the Republican candidate's most recent slip up with regard to 47% of the population being fully dependent on the government and in looking back at all his slip ups throughout the campaign, I now have to wonder if Romney lost the election when he first uttered the words, "I will be running for President of the United States...again..."

http://www.people-press.org/2012/09/17/middle-east-turmoil-closely-followed-romneys-comments-viewed-negatively/