I remember those bounces....and the eventual outcome. Bounces are fickle and meaningless.
People shouldn’t worry about the polls coming out this weekend.
Obama won’t have his wife and Bill Clintion in prime time in the weeks to come.
“I heard a while ago on FOX News that Jimmy Carter had a 13 point bounce coming out of the convention in 1980. Eight years later Dukakis had an 18 point bounce. “
And imagine if FR was around back then? Half of the people here would have a shotgun in their mouths.
Carter also had a 30% approval rating by the end of July ‘80. The campaign poll numbers reflected unease about Reagan as he had been pilloried as a press agent for WW3. Romney has at least 3 problems to overcome. Obama’s approvals go no lower than 40. Romney has not satisfied voters that Obama’s attacks are bogus. Romney unlike Reagan has not produced any kind of idea of what America will look like under a Romney presidency. Also Carter was an outsider who had to fend off the Left challenge for the nomination provided by teddy. Obama has no such problem with today’s dems.I think it will be Obama by Bush ‘04 numbers.