IS THAT A GUN IN YOUR POCKET
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Posted on 10/08/2012 1:14:56 PM PDT by Arthurio
Mitt Romney no longer trails Barack Obama in the Pew Research Center’s presidential election polling. By about three-to-one, voters say Romney did a better job than Obama in the Oct. 3 debate, and the Republican is now better regarded on most personal dimensions and on most issues than he was in September. Romney is seen as the candidate who has new ideas and is viewed as better able than Obama to improve the jobs situation and reduce the budget deficit.
Fully 66% of registered voters say Romney did the better job in last Wednesday’s debate, compared with just 20% who say Obama did better. A majority (64%) of voters who watched the debate describe it as mostly informative; just 26% say it was mostly confusing.
In turn, Romney has drawn even with Obama in the presidential race among registered voters (46% to 46%) after trailing by nine points (42% to 51%) in September. Among likely voters, Romney holds a slight 49% to 45% edge over Obama. He trailed by eight points among likely voters last month.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Oct. 4-7 among 1,511 adults, including 1,201 registered voters (1,112 likely voters), finds that 67% of Romney’s backers support him strongly, up from 56% last month. For the first time in the campaign, Romney draws as much strong support as does Obama.
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I predict that both will go into the Shmuck Mode.
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Romney likely ALWAYS had the lead. It's just that now the pollsters have to worry about their reputations.
The only confusing part of the debate was trying to figure out what King Barry was trying to say.
I sure hope you’re right.
In 2004 men were 46.5% of vote while women were 53.5.
Here it is men 44% and women 56.
Me thinks a blowout is on the way.
Bump...
Obama can still win if Romney screws up.
Pew used a rigorous likely voter screen this time: they asked 7 different questions. They are also predicting high turnout, around 64%. I think R+3 is realistic, because it jives with Rasmussen’s Party Identification which showed R+2.6 for September.
Anyone from Virginia? Is it to late to bribe or cajole Vrgil Goode to pull his name? Whatever it takes.
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What you said!
I think you’re right about Obama/Biden overcompensating. Remember in 2000 Al Gore tried out 3 different personages during the 3 debates, and enough voters decided Gore was too freaky-deaky to vote for.
I think so too. The huge number of viewers for the debate tells me folks are ready to fire Obama and were looking to see if Romney was an acceptable replacement for Obama. The post-debate polls tell me they found him to be more than acceptable to replace Obama.
Biden will be tough. Not that Ryan can’t win the debate, but he’ll have more control than Obama. Obama’s living under the stench of the first debate. It’s eating at him. Biden, is a good debater, and has no such problem going into Wednesday.
The funniest was when Gore walked up to Bush during the town hall style debate in an attempt to intimidate him by getting in his space.
Bush looked over at him and nodded like “what do you want a##hole”?
The left is in total and complete meltdown and panic.
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