Posted on 09/10/2012 9:06:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I tend to agree with this assessment. Most of the polls are over sampling Dems by at least 8%. Obama is in the middle of his dead cat bounce. In a couple of weeks he will be back down again.
One thing everyone seems to be missing here is the 09-11 effect.
There is a 4-5 point “rally to the flag” effect during the anniversary of 09-11. Like it or not the fact O was in charge when the Seals got Bin Laden is going to help him in the polls for the next week or so.
I could care less about polls.
When the GOP candidate starts talking up Obamacare is when the voters should panic
Folks: What happened in 2010?
The RATS took a shellacking because we turned out and voted for the most conservative candidates who could win. Now in 2012 they are doing their very damndest to demoralize and discourage us from even voting! Why? Because of every silly made-up BS reason they can thing of, from “Romney’s not a conservative” to “Mormonism” to “It’s not about the economy”.
Just knock off all the anti-Romney crap and remember what works everytime it’s tried: Conservatism. We now have a choice between a moderate conservative and a proven, documented, card-carrying Liberal Marxist Socialist who probably wasn’t even born in this country!
Forget polls and whatever the MSM throws at us. Do what works, do what we did in 2010. Get out the vote, Obama is not doing a better job than he was then when we shellacked the hell out of his party. Now it’s his turn.
RE: One thing everyone seems to be missing here is the 09-11 effect.
This whole reason is so lame that I just don;t know what to make of it.
Are the America people so fickle that they would say they’d vote for Obama because it’s 9/11 and then change their mind a week later because 9/11 is over?
Same question applies to the so called post-convention “bounce”.
Did a few speeches in the DNC convention finally do the trick and make the American voter finally make up their minds?
It is a good assessment. This ‘surge’ is not only artificial but is manufactured. It would be actually nice to have people on our side to put this in perspective.
Stay focused, don’t let your enemies scare you and the MSM and pollsters scare you.
McCain had just pulled ahead when the silly run back to DC so I can vote to spend a bunch of taxpayer money unwisely vote (TARP) broke the back of his campaign. Romney had just pulled ahead for the first time when he started talking fondly about aspects of Obamacare. (Whether he meant them that way or not does not matter. All people are hearing is what is reported.) He keeps getting questions on ObamaRomneyCare because the media knows he is hurting himself with the line he is taking. He should say, “Repeal. If Americans want parts of it later, pass it legitimately.” There is a big difference and he cannot be painted to be supporting it.
The Bob Dole swan dive is coming up.
I hope you're wrong, but you make a very good point there.
Memo to the Mittens campaign:
take the gloves off and start attacking the jug-eared communist moron, you limp-wristed clueless pansies!
Exactly! Don't forget we have a true conservative on this ticket: Paul Ryan. Like in 2008 when I voted for Sarah Palin, I will be happily voting for Paul Ryan on 11/6/12.
AMEN!
Since Ronald Reagan we have been up against a rock and a hard place with our Republican candidates! this year is no different! The same people own both parties, so is it any wonder?
I’m dying to see a shred of that “conservative moderate” Romney record that you attribute, somewhere near earth.
2010 was energized by the conservatives because they were empowered by conscience to find like minded conservative candidates and together became a force of conscience willing to stand on conservative principles.
We struck the socialist GOP in the heart. Now they have struck back. .
Romney support is desperate, painful. Many support him against their own conscience, as the last earthly hope to avoid communism. It is impossible for such dread and horror to translate into 2010 love, energy, hope and trust.
LOL! What a fact. Thanks for the audible! Priceless.
What you need to keep in mind is many voters are not as politically aware as you and I. For them who they vote for, or even if they are going to vote, is very changeable. You really cannot look at a poll now and draw any conclusions. Carter lead Reagan comfortably in most between Sept 1st and Election day 1980
No, most Conservatives realize that 85% of something is way better then 100% of nothing
What we have around here is a loud clique of sour grapes whiners who think if they squeal loud enough they can punish the GOP for not nominating their candidate of choice.
It is pathetic childish and self defeating but very typical of the fringe “dogma uber alles” conservative purist around here who is not really interested in moving the political ball down the field. To rationalize their political cowardice and laziness they spend every election year screaming about the GOP not being perfect.
hmm...not sure if I agree here. 9/11 is not Bin Laden being offed, it’s GWB standing with a bullhorn alongside the firefighters. Besides, since when to Democrats care about 9/11 in a patriotic manner? They just want us all to forget, be nice to those who hate America and “Move On”. At best, I see it as a wash, depending on how hard the media spins for 0bama.
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