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Originally Posted by Levin
Perhaps a bump in enthusiasm, but not a bump in gross support. A bump in my mind is a bump in the poll numbers. The right wing are already selecting McCain over Obama in those polls.
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I don't know what you mean by "gross support." The polls don't leave out conservatives and Republicans, and McCain is not currently getting the same support from that base that Bush has historically received.
Romney would likely not give him a boost with Democrats and perhaps not independents either, though for a Republican those are two groups McCain does fairly decent with as it is. In fact, I believe he's tied dead-on with Obama with independents.
Thus a boost from his base would show up in real percentage points in poll numbers.