Romney Gets No Convention Bounce

      In the aftermath of Romney's speech Thursday night, Steve Smith thought Romney would get a significant bounce from the speech, giving him a lead greater than the margin of error.

      Judging by the first post-convention poll from Reuters/Ipsos, Romney did not get his bounce. A poll now shows them effectively tied.

    "With the Democrats set to nominate Obama for a second term this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, the race to the presidential election on November 6 is all knotted up at 45 percent for Obama and 45 percent for Romney among likely voters, the survey found."

     "The findings were from the seventh day of a rolling online poll conducted for Reuters by Ipsos to judge voters' attitudes around the political conventions."

       "A week ago, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said Obama led Romney 46 percent to 42 percent. The Republican's own convention last week in Tampa, Florida, gave him a small boost, vaulting him into an even position with Obama but no further."

      "Now Obama, who is to accept the nomination on Thursday, is poised to get his own convention bounce. Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said she was confident Obama's numbers would improve during his convention

     "The fact that Obama and Romney are still tied signals to me that we're not going to see any sort of sustained bump for Romney," Clark said. "As we go into next week's convention, Romney will struggle to maintain even footing with the president - we'll likely see a shift back towards Obama."

     http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/02/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSBRE87U1CJ20120902

      I've noticed that even a number of conservatives are saying Romney didn't really get it done at the convention. He made some big promises but no indication of how we get there.

     On the other had Paul Ryan's reputation took a real beating among the mainstream media. Whether or not Romney gained in being more likable I don't know as this poll doesn't get into this. But I don't think even here it was a home run.

     Romney's campaign is seeming more and more like John Kerry's failed run in 2004-Kerry too got no bounce.