political analyst and a columnist for the washington post. chris cillizza, also an msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics down in washington. we looked at these numbers. let me ask you. let s take a look at axelrod talking on meet the press yesterday about what they are learning. here he is. independent voters are fleeing governor romney now and his numbers are falling. he s under water nationally. this process is not helping him because he s so intent on pandering to those forces on the right of his party, to try and win this nomination. he s on the mark there. some evidence of mitt romney s fall right now among independents in the latest nbc/ wall street journal poll. while those independents rating him overall positively have remained steady, his negative rating has gone up. in november, 22% viewed him negati negatively. in december, up to 29%. now that number is up to 44%. he s rising on the negative side. look at romney and obama, how
political analyst and a columnist for the washington post. chris cillizza, also an msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics down in washington. we looked at these numbers. let me ask you. let s take a look at axelrod talking on meet the press yesterday about what they are learning. here he is. independent voters are fleeing governor romney now and his numbers are falling. he s under water nationally. this process is not helping him because he s so intent on pandering to those forces on the right of his party, to try and win this nomination. he s on the mark there. some evidence of mitt romney s fall right now among independents in the latest nbc/ wall street journal poll. while those independents rating him overall positively have remained steady, his negative rating has gone up. in november, 22% viewed him negatively. in december, up to 29%. now that number is up to 44%. he s rising on the negative side.