Mitt Romney fares well in poll, nets key California support

Published: Thursday, June 23 2011 9:46 a.m. MDT

Summary

Mitt Romney is receiving several California endorsements Thursday while riding high in the newest polling from Bloomberg.

Romney is in the Golden State today to receive the endorsement of several California politicos including Rep. Buck McKeon, chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee Chairman; Rep. Mary Bono Mack; and state Senate GOP Leader Bob Dutton.

Polling released Wednesday by Bloomberg shows Romney is viewed favorably by 59 percent of Republicans and unfavorably by only 16 percent. Seventy-one percent of voters say Romney's LDS religion doesn't matter.

J. Ann Selzer, president of the Iowa-based Selzer & Co. that conducted the June 17-20 polling for Bloomberg, gives some context to the polling results. "Romney is threading the needle the way a seasoned candidate knows he must. He's saying enough of the things Republicans want to hear while holding the interest of independents."

Blogging Thursday for the L.A. Times, Andrew Malcolm explores Romney's "quiet and steady creep" ahead of his competitors in the Republican presidential field.

"Right now, Republican voters seem to have decided a) they're more interested in winning than refining social issue purity, b) the economy is the top topic (also No. 2 and 3, actually) and c) they seem to be lining up for now behind Mitt Romney as their guy."

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USAlover

Salt Lake City, UT

If your knee hurts, would you schedule an appointment with your hair dresser?

If you need to fix the economy and create jobs, would you elect a law professor who never created a job, balanced a payroll or managed a city, state or More..

10:38 a.m. June 23, 2011
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The Rock

Federal Way, WA

The Mitt/Jimmer 2012 ticket would certainly carry Glen's Falls, NY.
Not sure that Jimmer would want to tarnish his reputation with politics.

Mitt is a good man. He has said many things that I wish that he had not said.
We must More..

10:45 a.m. June 23, 2011
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Tom in CA

Vallejo, CA

"I just can't bring myself to vote for Mitt. Maybe there will be an independent I like!"

splitme2:

Your other option is to vote for Obama. Now what will you do??

12:01 p.m. June 23, 2011
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