Romney hits 50% in Gallup (LVs) for the first time, up 50-46. That's the same lead as in PPP.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

("Likely" voters)

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gallup-romney-leads-obama-50-46

[davekriss]

1. That just makes me feel sick

How can people be so stupid?

[dennis4868]

4. I ask the same question

in 2000 and especially in 2004. PEOPLE ARE STUPID!

[Shivering Jemmy]

7. Let it go

What can you do about people and their nature?

[Bucky]

2. Hold still, messenger. I have to take aim and your news is making me shaky

[Shivering Jemmy]

3. Good for us in only one sense

The gap will never get bigger than this. May be possible to build a "closing narrative"

[dennis4868]

5. so the glass is 1/2 full?

[Shivering Jemmy]

11. There is no glass

Just working with givens. What I do.

[hrmjustin]

6. Polls are meaningless! Obama will kick ass tonight and that is that.

[ProSense]

8. Cool, looks like Biden's debate performance

swung the race for Mitt.

What exactly happened in the last few days that's shifting the race to Mitt?



http://www.gallup.com/poll/157955/romney-obama-among-likely-voters.aspx

[reformist2]

9. Media spin is swaying the undecideds, sadly. :(

The bright side of this is that these undecided voters can be swayed *back* to Obama just as easily. That's why tonight's debate - and the spin that follows - is huge. It's probably no exaggeration to say this is the most important night of the entire campaign.

[ProSense]

14. So the entire

election is based on tonight's debate?

Seriously, Kerry won every debate and saw no such swing, much less a permanent one.

Mitt's alleged debate bounce is inconsistent (not showing up in every poll, and some polls show it ending) and likely more than any other candidate including Clinton.

Gallup showed the numbers trending back to Obama, and now it's moving back to Mitt?

[TwilightGardener]

10. Aw, poop on that poll, and any poll I don't like.

[hrmjustin]

13. agreed!

[skeewee08]

12. GOTV!!!!!!

polls will give you a nerves break down!!!!

[OldDem2012]

15. Geez...I'm sorry TPM, but that is totally misleading....

...I'll say the same thing I said in the earlier thread on this topic:

1. There is ZERO chance that women and Latinos are now basically tied or voting for Romney. ZERO.

2. The pollsters switched to Likely Voters (LVs) from Registered Voters (RVs) about a week and a half ago, and then began claiming that Dem LVs are less likely to vote than GOP LVs because they are "less enthusiastic" voters. Seriously?? Women and Latinos have a lot to lose in this election and the pollster's are going to tell me that they're "less enthusiastic"???

Josh should have known better in regards to using some of the polls in his article.

Here's a breakdown of the polls being used:

Credible Polls:
---------------
PPP (D)
NBC/Marist
SurveyUSA (Sponsored by WCMH-TV Columbus )
CNN
Columbus Dispatch
Quinnipiac/CBS/NYT
WaPo

Not Credible Polls (sponsored by right-wing groups):
-----------------------------------------------------
Zogby * (Sponsored by Newsmax!!!!)
Gravis Marketing (this polling "group" has been THOROUGHLY debunked on DU!!!!!)
Rasmussen (!!!!)
Pulse Opinion Research (Sponsored by Let Freedom Ring!!!!)
Wenzel Strategies (R) (Sponsored by Citizens United!!!!)
We Ask America (!!!!)

Unknown Affiliation:
--------------------
American Research Group

[ProfessionalLeftist]

17. "There is ZERO chance that women and Latinos are now basically tied or voting for Romney. ZERO"

I agree w/ that. There's just NO. FREAKING. WAY.

Where is Gallup in all this ie: are they credible or not?

[OldDem2012]

19. Unfortunately, Gallup is using the same idiotic meme that Dem Likely Voters are "less....

....enthusiastic" than GOP Likely Voters and therefore less likely to vote. Complete crap. All the Dems I know are foaming at the mouth to clean Mitt's clock.

[aquart]

16. National poll?

And this is why I'm just fine with the electoral college.

[Kalidurga]

18. Real Clear Politics has Mitt up .6 over Obama

Which means he has lost ground in Real Clear Politics poll average. It was up 1.3 Mitt over Obama just a day or two ago. I think Mitt's bounce is over and the polls will swing to Obama now.

[TwilightGardener]

20. Yup, enjoy it Mittens, this is the best day you're ever going to have, you

flim-flamming asswipe waste of carbon.