I ain't buying any of this Romney surge bullshit

[Sky Masterson]

If it's actually a horse race then Romney's dancing horse Rafalco has polio..

[hexola]

1. Nor I - all contrived by the media to keep people from tuning out...

nt

[Glimmer of Hope]

2. Me either but I think the notion of a faux surge will only fire up Obama's base

and GOTV.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. I wonder if it's not just prep for another theft

Keep telling the world it's neck-and-neck and then you only have to flip a believable number of votes to take it.

[LoisB]

5. EXACTLY!!!!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

4. Yup! Willard has a meltdown every day and somehow a less than steller debate

Performance by Obama evens things out? Bullshit!

[AverageJoe90]

20. I never could quite fathom that either. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. the so called surge for RobbingHood is making Dems more active

watch out Romney$$$

[Kablooie]

7. But there is a SCOTUS October surprise monkey wrench hanging over our heads.

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to reverse a federal court ruling requiring the state of Ohio to let its counties decide whether to permit early voting during the weekend before Election Day.

If they reverse the decision it could affect the winner in Ohio and Ohio will possibly decide the winner of the election.

Stay tuned.


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/if_the_supreme_court_cuts_early_voting_in_ohio_it_could_swing_the_state.html

[dogindia]

12. SCOTUS allowing early voting

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

as of 1:42 but happened alittle earlier.

[bowens43]

8. yes, just ignore it ...must be a conspiracy.....

stick your head in the sand and keep telling yourself everything is ok.....

[Sky Masterson]

9. Or I can shit myself and panic

and prepare myself for an impending doom that may never materialize.

[musicblind]

19. Why must it be one of those two extremes?

That makes no sense and is an argumentative fallacy.

[Sky Masterson]

25. I didn't know that not panicking was an extreme.

.

[Blaukraut]

10. It was never going to be a landslide for Obama this time around, so a Romney surge is nonsense

Obama's numbers were artificially inflated because of Romney's ineptitude, but unenthusiastic Republicans were always going to eventually fall in line and come home to their candidate. It's what they do. And President Obama now has to run on a record and not an idea, which makes him less appealing to a long of idealistic voters that came out for him in '08. He should still win this, but it will be close.

[johnlucas]

11. I beg to differ. Landslide's coming

ELECTION SPOILER: Obama wins in a LANDSLIDE

Like the original poster said, I ain't buying this crap about Romney surging.
Romney's gonna get his ass kicked.

Media needs you to think it's close so no one tunes them out.
That goes for the ones on their side & our side.
Landslide's coming. Get ready for it.
John Lucas

[bemildred]

13. It's going to be worse (for the Pubbies) than 2008. nt

[PoliticalBiker]

14. The Media is largely responsible

for the sensationalization of the poll changes.
How else would they be able to justify their reason for existance?
Media outlets are businesses like any other business in America. Their purpose is to create profit... the more headlines the more market share, the more profit they are in line for. Why do you think so many of the media outlets have their own polls?
Their job is not to report public opinion, but to create it.

[GoCubsGo]

18. Yep.

They are the same ones who are insisting that there is no "enthusiasm" among Democratic voters, DESPITE showing daily images of the President speaking in front of crowds that number in the tens of thousands. And, DESPITE their reporting on a daily basis that Democratic early voters outnumber republican early voters by twenty points or more.

[TwilightGardener]

15. Job numbers are improved, housing and construction improved, consumer

confidence up...so we're going to reward Mitt Romney and not Barack Obama? It really doesn't make sense.

[Cosmocat]

16. Romney's dancing horse Rafalco has polio

Cause it is tie at this moment.

It defies logic, but it is ...

At least the national polls, and there really is debating that.

Electorally, yes, with Ohio still reasonably solid in polling and early voting on the books, BO clearly has the best position.

But, it COULD continue to trend toward Romney and end up with him taking Nevada, NH, ect and winning electorally outright or tying it up.

[Doodler71]

17. It's as fake as Ryan's photo shoot at a Soup kitchen (nt)

[HooptieWagon]

21. The "surge" is attributed to debate1...

Which doesn't make sense. The debates only make a big shift in polling when a candidate is fairly unknown. Examples: Hermain Cain riding a strong debate towards some early primary success, or Rick Perry's campaign being doomed by a debate flop. In this case, both candidates are well known. Romney has been running for president for 6 years, Obama campaigned for 2 years and has been POTUS for almost 4. We know these guys. Most everyone has made up their mind. I don't see how a single debate is going to cause a great shift.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. Me either

One debate (which wasn't Obama's best moment but c'mon) caused everybody to LOVE Mitt Romney? Sorry, I just ain't buying it.

[Waiting For Everyman]

23. I don't buy it either.

We'll see what the election says. Till then, color me skeptical.

[AspenRose]

24. They are manipulating the media and the polls

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[HopeHoops]

26. Me either, but without the myth, how can the M$M stations keep their ratings up?

They need the advertising dollars. If they had declared Obama the winner six months ago, there wouldn't be a stream of revenue to support their 24x7 mindless blather.

[TroyD]

27. I think we should take it seriously

Democratic Pollster Stan Greenberg even admits that Romney got a surge after the Presidential debate and that he even improved his standing with unmarried women voters.

We need to take the threat of Romney seriously and keep working hard.

And Obama needs to be on his game for the next 3 weeks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/dem-pollster-delivers-wake-up-call-to-obama/2012/10/09/de870c78-122e-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_blog.html