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Tide shifts to Obama in most competitive states
AP Via WRALNews ^ | 9/22/2012 | CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press; THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press

Posted on 09/22/2012 8:24:28 AM PDT by NCDragon

DES MOINES, Iowa — In a presidential race seemingly frozen in place for months, the advantage has shifted toward President Barack Obama after a series of miscues by Mitt Romney, punctuated by the Republican challenger's comments about people who pay no income tax.

Despite a continuing gray economic sky and unrest in the Mideast, the president has edged ahead of Romney in polls in some of the most competitive states, including Iowa and Virginia, and forced Romney to redouble efforts in Florida and Ohio, without which he has little chance of becoming president.

With about six weeks left before Election Day and early voting under way in some states, Romney faces a problematic map, a ticking clock and a campaign demeanor that has failed to click with many voters.

Obama's momentum did not come overnight. It built over several weeks in which Romney hit some potholes while the president made few errors and benefited from previously unseen advantages in advertising strategy and fundraising.

(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; romneytoast; toast
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To: Rome2000

>>>State Governors need to stand up and call for mass civil disobedience against intolerable regulations instituted by federal apparatchiks

The States can dismantle DC, call for a Constitutional Convention, and move the Capitol out of DC and away from the bloodsuckers in Arlington.<<<

Heck yeah! And I think there are already 57 governors signed on to your considered, reasonable plan, right? Or is it 58?

lol


61 posted on 09/22/2012 10:56:38 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: MNJohnnie
I'm thinking its time to stop playing the Washingtonians game and taking our ball away from them and going home.

Both parties are responsible for the mess, and both parties live in fat city no matter which faction sits in the WH.

To hell with Washington DC and the parasites that populate it.

62 posted on 09/22/2012 11:03:39 AM PDT by Rome2000 (WILLARD ROMNEY -- MORMON MELCHIDEZEK BISHOP -HIS FAMILY HAS AVOIDED MILITARY SERVICE FOR GENERATIONS)
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To: Rome2000
So, if that's the problem, what are YOU going to do about it?

I repeat: What are you going to do about it?

63 posted on 09/22/2012 11:05:04 AM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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To: NCDragon

—— Scare tactics on the part of AP, or is Romney really toast? ——

I’m skeptical. I was at Newton-Wellesley hospital yesterday, in the heart of Massachusetts’ moonbat territory. It’s in the top four moonbat communities, including Brookline, Northampton, and Martha’s Vineyard.

In 2008, at the hospital, every third car had a Zero sticker. Yesterday I saw ONE. And two Romney stickers. I don’t see Zero taking MA by more than 5%. The honeymoon is over. I think a lot of independents are embarrassed by their vote. They won’t put a Romney sticker on their car, but they’ll pull the lever for him.

We can’t take any more of this s——.

I don’t see how he takes the swing states.


64 posted on 09/22/2012 11:05:20 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: God luvs America

“who is feder?”

Don Feder is a Jewish but very conservative columnist.

His work used to appear in the New York Post and at the Jewish World Review.

Haven’t seen much of him lately. I’m wondering just what article or comment reply #5 above was referring to...


65 posted on 09/22/2012 11:10:19 AM PDT by Road Glide
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To: God luvs America

“who is feder?”

Don Feder is a Jewish but very conservative columnist.

His work used to appear in the New York Post and at the Jewish World Review.

Haven’t seen much of him lately. I’m wondering just what article or comment reply #5 above was referring to...


66 posted on 09/22/2012 11:10:26 AM PDT by Road Glide
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To: glennaro

-—— My conclusion: This thing is not even close — Romney-Ryan will win in a landslide (i.e., defined as a spread of 5 or more percentage points) that will be reported by the media as “totally unexpected”.

Then, while obama remains a lame-duck president the media will condemn their fellow Americans as “racists” and accuse us of “taking a giant leap backward from the ‘progress’ of 2008”.

But when Romney-Ryan take office in January within — I estimate — three or four months the economy will explode as investors and banks begin releasing huge amounts of money they’ve been sitting on due to the uncertainties inherent in trying to convert America to socialism. -——

That’s what I tell my wife. She thinks we’re doomed. But then again, she always does.

Man, if Romney wins, I’m going to celebrate like it’s 1999!

I hope we take the Senate. If not, Romney better grant his Obamacare waivers.


67 posted on 09/22/2012 11:12:20 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: Marcella

Once in a while Romney shows the Right stuff but always seems to trip or backslide (or worse yet apologize) soon after.

Maybe before the debates he needs a little of this lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2jAwiq6YsE


68 posted on 09/22/2012 11:24:05 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: MNJohnnie

I have studied/evaluated human behavior for 30 yrs. as a psychological examiner/professional counselor. I stand by what I said about Romney’s behavior.


69 posted on 09/22/2012 11:31:40 AM PDT by Marcella (Republican Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: Rome2000

The only pathetic joke here is voting present with a marxist kenyan in the White House. That is not rolling over, it is bending over. Enjoy.


70 posted on 09/22/2012 11:59:23 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: NCDragon

Bullsh!t lies directly from hell inc... aka obama and his msm demons.

LLS


71 posted on 09/22/2012 12:16:45 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("if it looks like you are not gonna make it you gotta get mean, I mean plumb mad-dog mean" J. Wales)
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To: NCDragon
Obama's momentum did not come overnight. It built over several weeks in which Romney hit some potholes while the president made few errors and benefited from previously unseen advantages in advertising strategy and fundraising.

Wow, really? Obamugabe is the Emperor now? Thanks, AP. I guess I'll not vote. :)

72 posted on 09/22/2012 1:21:28 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Marcella

No one is asking you to like Romney but it is fair to ask you to stop pretending your opinions about him are based on fact.


73 posted on 09/22/2012 2:38:40 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: MNJohnnie

My opinion is based on observation and I’m trained to observe behavior. I reported my observations and stand by them.


74 posted on 09/22/2012 3:18:33 PM PDT by Marcella (Republican Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: DWC

on the MSM pro-obama sites, perhaps, pumping obama?


75 posted on 09/23/2012 4:36:29 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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