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Michael Medved: Plenty of confidence at GOP convention

BY Josh Kerns  on August 28, 2012 @ 10:51 am (Updated: 12:51 pm - 8/28/12 )

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Delegates from Texas pray during an abbreviated session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday. (AP image)

There's plenty of confidence coming out of Tampa and the Republican National Convention Tuesday, according to our colleague Michael Medved.

The author and host on AM 770 The Truth reports from Florida it's a huge change from the past two conventions.

"People here are expecting to win in November and I think there's good reasons for those expectations," Medved told the Ross and Burbank Show.

He pointed to a newly released CBS/NY Times poll showing Mitt Romney and President Obama running in a virtual dead heat ahead of Romney's acceptance of the GOP nomination.

"That poll shows that after supposedly the devastation of the Todd Akin fiasco, after the tremendous expenditure by the Obama campaign to try to discredit Mitt Romney, that right now more people view Barack Obama unfavorably than view Mitt Romney unfavorably," Medved said.

The poll finds 45 percent of voters viewed the president unfavorably, compared with 36 percent for Romney.

"Romney has a much better chance because far more people are uncertain about him," Medved said, suggesting as more people get to know him this week and beyond, the more likely they'll be to vote for him since President Obama is so well known.

When asked about Romney's "likeability", Medved called that a red herring concocted by the left and perpetuated by the media.

Medved pointed back to the poll as proof it's a non-starter.

"I do think that as people hear a message of optimism and economic growth and basically getting a hold of federal spending, the biggest single issue (along with) the budget deficit, that people are going to decide not based upon who am I going to have a beer with...they're going to decide based upon who can actually turn this critical situation around," Medved said.

"Mitt Romney will never be as cool as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney will never be as cool as Paul Ryan. A lot of our great presidents have not been particularly cool," Medved said.

The Michael Medved Show is heard Monday through Friday from Noon to 3 p.m. on AM 770 The Truth

Medved is in Tampa all week covering the convention.

Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Are you guys reduced to blogging about your sister station's hosts now?
    August 28, 2012 1:01 pm
    A bit envious YOU didn't get to go Dave ?

    So, what do WE comment on here? The convention, or Michael Medved?

    Considering, though, that everyone at 97.3 and 770 (and maybe even 710) will afford you comment space this week and next, why not a more novel post? ... How about Dori as a topic? Or Ron and Don? Or even (chordel, chordel) Luke Burbank?

    Might actually get some fresh viewpoints. On politics, we pretty much know what out commentors are going to say before they post it.

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  • CH wrote...
    Michael Medved: Plenty of confidence at GOP convention . . .
    August 28, 2012 3:40 pm
    Dear Leader Obama will be reelected. Sorry losers.
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  • mnpat wrote...
    Just more talking points from a liberal point of view
    August 29, 2012 5:16 am
    Dave and the most of the bretheren @ KIRO, gotta find something wrong with the convention if not the canidate or the optimism....wait till the DEM convention and everyone @ KIRO will be falling all over themselves with love of their leader which I'm sure will be talking to us minions from his perch at the top of some mountain.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    So Left wing Parrots,
    August 29, 2012 7:19 am
    while you Useful Idiots parrot left wing talking points of how terrible that it is that rich white Republicans are warm dry and safe, just a few miles, blocks, away people are suffering and dying as a result of your heralded Hurricane Issac!

    More to my point, why isn't YOUR Dear Leader Obama out there and on the ground and helping out? Instead of Campaigning for his failed re immaculation just blocks, miles, away from all the suffering and death?

    Well, Parrots! Why is this? Why did not your Dear Leader alter HIS schedule??

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  • boulder440 wrote...
    Magic pants on fire
    September 12, 2012 6:09 pm
    Is that constipated look that Mittens mugs each time he issues what he thinks is a clever sound bite ('the trees are all the right height', 'I'm unemployed too', 'where did these cookies come from? the bakery at the 7-11' - my psychologist friend is sure the Mitt is autistic) that look ..simply a grimace in reaction to the flames coming from his magic underpants? As a Bishop in the LDS church, will he attend to the issues that effect the real world - clearly he's alienated Europe and the middle east, but Morons always know that the planet Kolob will be polygamy heaven (like the Mexican compound where George was born)and his respite for eternity. Autism is treatable but not recommended for those in stressful jobs. The Mittens - hated by his own party - clueless of his own astounding gaffs - Ann Coulter's dire prediction of doom.. the sad sack that the Pubes reluctantly settled on - only since he was the last to leave the clown car. But common - Medved? seriously - this second hand hack is glassy eyed - pale as a cadaver, jerking out paeans to Bush - the guy who lied us into war etc etc and so many more disasters which made W take the prize as the most hated president in history.. Who brought Michael out of the wilderness - the rest of us had forgotten him but vaguely remember that he was on some show where he whined asthmatically about films .. sad sad pale MM .. now chewing on delusion
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