The human brain does this. We see a stock we own falling in price and a part of our brains thinks the thing will fall to zero, stay there, hurt us, impoverish us. We see a trend and unconsciously project said trend to infinity.
In my experience, whatever a poll may say today is objectively meaningless with the single exception of polling data on 0bamacare. There, the numbers have been remarkably constant. But I divert from my point.
Polls mean nothing. They are snapshots of bright objects which have the effect of generating buzz. And that’s all they generate.
With the idea of getting Romney’s goat, 0bama, I believe, got Romney’s goat with his Roanoke “you didn’t do that” speech. I’m highly encouraged by Romney’s reaction, and I’m highly encouraged by his refusal to release more tax returns. This is a strategy shift, and it shows subtle but powerful smarts on Romney’s side.
I think Romney latches onto this Roanoke thing and beats 0bama over the head with it; at least I hope he does. The challenge is going to be to connect those random neurons in lib heads that if there is no business, there are no jobs. I hope he can do it verbally via persuasion instead of having the economy collapse and prove it.
Romney will win.
IMO