Posted on 09/24/2012 3:26:50 AM PDT by tobyhill
In early August, with our Republican analysis of the POLITICO-George Washington University Battleground Poll, we wrote “… this election will remain close until the final weeks of the campaign. There will be ups and downs for both campaigns throughout the next 13 weeks, but the basic dynamics that are driving this electorate and framing this election remain well in place.” Two conventions, and tens of millions of campaign dollars later, we continue to hold that belief. While there have been dozens of polls released during the past six weeks that have had Mitt Romney up by as much as 4 points and Barack Obama up by as much 8 or 9, those variations have had more to do with sampling variations than with real movement in the campaign.
Yes, there have been gaffes on both sides that have been the focus of both the news media and opposing campaigns, but the dynamics that have been the real drivers of the campaign, the economy and deeply negative feelings about the direction of the country, have not changed. There have also been negative stories about the internal operations, messaging and strategy of both presidential campaigns. In August, leading into the Republican convention, there were multiple stories about the Obama campaign operation and internal fights about both message and strategic direction that led one to believe the wheels were coming off. Now it is the Romney campaign’s turn.
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Ya think??
well it is certainly better to hear than “Romney is losing every demographic and in trouble” like the meme for the last several days.
Romney MUST, repeat MUST win with the middle class supporting him.
only counts in battleground and states in play
All five of them?
could this be the start of the media trying to save their credibility?
Your exactly right. The same thing happened in 2004.
What is the middle class?
Which is why Romney is up an average of 7.8% according to www.unskewedpolls.com
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