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[Sirpopopop]

I think it's very telling that BO is attacking Romney rather than talking about the hope and change he plans to bring the next four years. Very telling...

Also not surprised to see that Romney has finally pulled ahead in likability in some polls.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/for-f...ting-tops-obamas/article/2511203#.UIGZq4V9m52

A lot of those polls were done pre-debate.

It's cherry picking by the Examiner.

 

[PhoenixDark]

This is why Obama, or any sitting President, shouldn't go on shows like The Daily Show and all of those sorts of things. I agree that he didn't really mean anything by it, but when the mother comes out like this, it just makes it look that much worse.

*apparent banned site*

yawn

Seems to confirm Romney will run with this on Monday. Good luck

 

[Forever]

It would be deliciously ironic if Romney won, signed the Ryan budget, and Kevitivity lost his government job.

 

[AniHawk]

Hmm. So the PPP poll and the Marist poll actually agree in nearly every respect -- about a third of voters have voted already and Obama wins them about 3-2, while among voters who will vote on Election Day Romney leads by about 15-17 points.

The difference between them is that Marist breaks out an additional ten percent of voters who say they are GOING to vote early but haven't yet done so, and Obama leads them by a large margin as well. That boost, plus the reduction in the "will vote in November" demographic, accounts for the large swing.

I'm honestly not sure what to make of that, but it's clear at least that lots of people have voted early in Iowa and that Obama leads among them solidly. Remember that this is a likely voter poll and that Obama's early voting campaign is targeted at converting unlikely voters to banked votes. Overall I think the picture is still good in Iowa.

that's pretty encouraging.

using 2008 numbers:

votes cast in iowa per ppp polling:

obama: 245,520
romney: 119,040

election day split:

obama: 322,920 | 568,440 | 47.37%
romney: 463,680 | 582,720 | 48.56%

...

well i guess that literally is their 1-point difference in favor of romney. interesting. romney is going to get a LOT of support on election day. obama really needs to pull people in between now and then.

 

[Father_Brain]

All those other age groups between 65 and dead!

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...ads-by-1-point-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire.html

Has to be a typo, if only 23% of IA respondents were over 65. I assume it was intended to read "voters under 45."

 

[RDreamer]

It would be deliciously ironic if Romney won, signed the Ryan budget, and Kevitivity lost his government job.

That job must be a figment of his imagination. Government doesn't create jobs.

 

[Suikoguy]

CNN poll will either be tied or +1 Romney.

That's a rather safe bet, all CNN polls are tied.

 

[DragonSworne]

It would be deliciously ironic if Romney won, signed the Ryan budget, and Kevitivity lost his government job.

He shouldn't even be posting during work hours.

It's great to see my tax dollars go towards him posting on neogaf.

 

[AniHawk]

RCP average has Obama up nationally for the first time in like two weeks.

that's kinda funny considering the state polling is now looking not-so-awesome suddenly.

i think if ppp polls ohio again, we'll find it more like +2 or +1 than +5 like last time.

 

[thekad]

Good thing for Obama is the early votes are already locked in. If he's leading by huge margins at what's been called Romney's peak, the pressure is on Romney to be perfect from here on out.

 

[bananas]

yawn

Why are you not trolling anymore?

 

[mckmas8808]

It would be deliciously ironic if Romney won, signed the Ryan budget, and Kevitivity lost his government job.

Do we have to personally attack him because he's conservative?

 

[DragonSworne]

Do we have to personally attack him because he's conservative?

Stating a truth in the hypothetical situation of Romney winning is peronsally attacking someone?

 

[Y2Kev]

that's kinda funny considering the state polling is now looking not-so-awesome suddenly.

i think if ppp polls ohio again, we'll find it more like +2 or +1 than +5 like last time.

The state polling looked incredible yesterday. It's really just two polls that we're "worried" about. Both with Obama only down 1.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Why are you not trolling anymore?

Nah, I just think that's a gutter move. Does anyone think Obama doesn't give a shit that four Americans died, or was belittling the deaths of these Americans while discussing this with Jon Stewart? This is just another case of buzzword foreign policy.

I really want to see how Romney will use this phrase on monday, and how Obama will respond. Obama should just say he's not going to politicize the deaths of Americans, nor will he be lectured on foreign policy by someone who's only experience with foreign policy is through shipping jobs to China.

 

[pigeon]

I think it's very telling that BO is attacking Romney rather than talking about the hope and change he plans to bring the next four years. Very telling...

Also not surprised to see that Romney has finally pulled ahead in likability in some polls.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/for-f...ting-tops-obamas/article/2511203#.UIGZq4V9m52

Personally, I'm not surprised to see you bring up the conservative talking points of the day. Unfortunately by the time you get here there are already progressive articles refuting them:

The conventional wisdom about Tuesday’s debate has taken shape. President Obama performed better than Mitt Romney, maybe even a lot better. But he failed to describe a governing vision for the future. This has been a persistent weakness of his campaign, the argument goes, and it’s becoming a huge liability.

It makes complete sense. Just imagine what would have happened on Tuesday if Obama had described a series of specific economic proposals—if, say, he had called for tax incentives to bolster manufacturing, investments in community colleges that train people for local jobs, more development of green energy, and a deficit reduction package that blended spending cuts with higher taxes for the wealthy.

Oh, wait. He did—in response to the very first question he got at Hofstra University on Tuesday night. If you don’t believe me, go to the transcript and search for “Number one, I want to build…”

I counted five distinct ideas in that soliloquy—each very brief, for sure, but each referring back to a very specific proposal that Obama has introduced sometime in the past year. Some of them were part of the American Jobs Act, which independent, respected economists said would create a few hundred thousand and maybe more than a million new jobs over the course of a year. Some of them were part of Obama’s latest budget and deficit reduction proposals, which projections show would stop the debt increasing relative to the economy about a year from now and then cause it to decline, slightly, for the next decade....

But the idea that Obama hasn’t laid out a specific agenda for the future is just nonsense. And it’s particularly galling to hear it from conservatives, who have been pushing this argument for a while, when the charge happens to apply to their preferred choice for president. Yes, Romney talks constantly about his “five-point plan.” But it’s not really a plan. It’s a set of bullet points, largely bereft of dollar figures and other details. And while the Romney campaign has been touting studies that supposedly show his jobs agenda would create 12 million new jobs, that claim, too, turns out to be false—as the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler pointed out this week.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/108849/obama-hasnt-laid-out-governing-vision-agenda-debate-hofstra

 

[Loudninja]

The state polling looked incredible yesterday. It's really just two polls that we're "worried" about. Both with Obama only down 1.

Looking at that early voting range yeah no one should be worry at all.

 

[Black Republican]

Tampa Bay Times for Obama

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1257328.ece

 

[bananas]

We may all seem confident, but we're all secretly chicken littles who have to bury anyone who disagrees with us. It's the only thing that makes us feel like men.

 

[Crisco]

Doesn't the NV polling basically negate a possible loss in Iowa or NH? As long as Obama wins Ohio all he needs is one of like five other states that he's either leading or tied in to win.

 

[Red Blaster]

that's kinda funny considering the state polling is now looking not-so-awesome suddenly.

i think if ppp polls ohio again, we'll find it more like +2 or +1 than +5 like last time.

With dat Obama ground game I think there's a decent buffer that doesn't appear in these polls

 

[Effect]

Looks like Obama is heading to Camp David to prepare for the debate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/19/obama-camp-david-preparation-final-debate

 

[CaptainSchwann]

Tampa Bay for Obama

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1257328.ece

That check sent from the White House must have finally gone through.

 

[pigeon]

The Salt Lake Tribune endorses Barack Obama.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55019844-82/romney-obama-state-president.html.csp

 

[AniHawk]

Why are you not trolling anymore?

i wonder if phoenix was told to tone it down.

 

[Crisco]

The Salt Lake Tribune endorses Barack Obama.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55019844-82/romney-obama-state-president.html.csp

I'm telling you, Obama needs to hold a rally in SLC. Between the University of Utah, a large LGBT population, and hispanics, the crowd would be massive. It would be awesome optics in the middle of bright red country (yes, i really really want to attend an Obama rally damnit).

 

[AniHawk]

Doesn't the NV polling basically negate a possible loss in Iowa or NH? As long as Obama wins Ohio all he needs is one of like five other states that he's either leading or tied in to win.

if obama loses nh and ia, but keeps nv, he needs to hold ohio, colorado, and wisconsin.

 

[speculawyer]

Media is now trolling to make the horse-race look competitive.

Mitt Romney takes lead in projected electoral vote count
By Scott Bomboy | National Constitution Center – 1 hr 24 mins ago

Real Clear Politics now projects that Mitt Romney has more likely electoral votes than President Barack Obama, although Romney is well short of the 270 votes needed to win the election.

It is the first time since February that the website says Romney has more likely electoral votes than Obama.

. . . .

Based on its method of pulling together disparate polls, RCP projects a 294-244 win for Obama, if the voting was held today nationally and if it reflected recent consensus poll results. The victory would come from the Democrats taking Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Virginia.

http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-takes-lead-projected-electoral-vote-count-133807291.html

Trolling for clicks. Don't click that link..

 

[AniHawk]

The state polling looked incredible yesterday. It's really just two polls that we're "worried" about. Both with Obama only down 1.

well just talking about today, really. we got the second poll that shows wisconsin in +2 or +1 in the last few days. not too encouraging. marist was extremely optimistic across the board, making me believe it was something of an outlier. the way their polling in iowa matched ppp's is encouraging though.

 

[Frank the Great]

if obama loses nh and ia, but keeps nv, he needs to hold ohio, colorado, and wisconsin.

he wouldn't even need colorado in that scenario. NV+WI+OH gets him to 271 even without NH/IA/CO.

NV+WI+OH is a nice firewall for bams.

 

[Learn2read]

I think it's very telling that BO is attacking Romney rather than talking about the hope and change he plans to bring the next four years. Very telling...

Also not surprised to see that Romney has finally pulled ahead in likability in some polls.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/for-f...ting-tops-obamas/article/2511203#.UIGZq4V9m52

Obama is discussing his opponent's positions on major issues, has he no shame?!??

 

[Black Republican]

We may all seem confident, but we're all secretly chicken littles who have to bury anyone who disagrees with us. It's the only thing that makes us feel like men.

But thats.......Bananas!

 

[Loudninja]

Media is now trolling to make the horse-race look competitive.


http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-takes-lead-projected-electoral-vote-count-133807291.html

Trolling for clicks. Don't click that link..

Its yahoo.

 

[AniHawk]

he wouldn't even need colorado in that scenario. NV+WI+OH gets him to 271 even without NH/IA/CO.

NV+WI+OH is a nice firewall for bams.

oh you're right. on my 270, i had marked wisconsin as red.

obama would need ohio, colorado, and nevada, if wisconsin, iowa, and new hampshire went for romney.

 

[Kevitivity]

It would be deliciously ironic if Romney won, signed the Ryan budget, and Kevitivity lost his government job.

Technically, I don't have a Gov job. And trust me - personal attacks do not help your side.

 

[thekad]

if obama loses nh and ia, but keeps nv, he needs to hold ohio, colorado, and wisconsin.

So if Romney wins states that Obama is up in, he also needs to win a bunch of other states Obama is up in?

Bad news for you know who.

 

[speculawyer]

I think it's very telling that BO is attacking Romney rather than talking about the hope and change he plans to bring the next four years. Very telling...

I like how Obama has the shorter name but you abbreviate him BO while typing out Romney's full name. Very telling . .

 

[AlteredBeast]

The Salt Lake Tribune endorses Barack Obama.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55019844-82/romney-obama-state-president.html.csp

There is a saying about the Tribune that goes around in many mormon families...

 

[Forever]

Technically, I don't have a Gov job. And trust me - personal attacks do not help your side.

I am terrified of the consequences, which I presume will never be the same.

 

[Crisco]

if obama loses nh and ia, but keeps nv, he needs to hold ohio, colorado, and wisconsin.

.

 

[Cheebo]

I'm telling you, Obama needs to hold a rally in SLC. Between the University of Utah, a large LGBT population, and hispanics, the crowd would be massive. It would be awesome optics in the middle of bright red country (yes, i really really want to attend an Obama rally damnit).

How in the world would the optics of a big rally in a deep red state right before the election help him at all? Candidates don't do rallies for the optics. They do them because they get covered by the local news and local newspapers in the swing states. It's to dominate the media in the swin gstates.

 

[The Librarian]

I like how Obama has the shorter name but you abbreviate him BO while typing out Romney's full name. Very telling . .

Interesting.

 

[pigeon]

There is a saying about the Tribune that goes around in many mormon families...

You say that like I should obviously know what comes next, but I just don't.

 

[Crisco]

How in the world would the optics of a big rally in a deep red state right before the election help him at all? Candidates don't do rallies for the optics. They do them because they get covered by the local news and local newspapers in the swing states. It's to dominate the media in the swin gstates.

Because I say it is!

 

[bananas]

You say that like I should obviously know what comes next, but I just don't.

The Tribune is a piece of shit.

 

[AlteredBeast]

If I were Romney, I would focus my energy almost entirely in Iowa, NH, Colorado, and Nevada. If he wins those, he would win the race. Flood all volunteers to these areas to canvass suburbs and small towns. Ohio is a lost cause, Wisconsin is a lost cause. There is no reason to devote time to those states.

 

[The Librarian]

Romney has volunteers?

 

[Cloudy]

In hindsight, wouldn't it have been better for the Dems to have their convention in VA instead of NC? After all that, NC isn't even in play this cycle

 

[pigeon]

The Tribune is a piece of shit.

Oh. That's not really a saying, but I take your point.

 

[Aaron Strife]

There is a saying about the Tribune that goes around in many mormon families...

Different Tribune, but Minnesota's paper the Star Tribune is often referred to as The Star and Sickle or Red Star Tribune.

Thanks to their heinous crime of endorsing Kerry and Obama for president, Klobuchar for Senate (who will win anything she ever runs for in MN with over 60% of the vote)... and republicans for everything else.