[SamAdams76]

So much for the "Comeback Kid" meme that some of us feared the mainstream media/pollsters were setting us up for. If the polls were being cooked to show an "Obama surge", it would have had to have begun days ago, right after the second debate.

For an incumbent president to be 7 points behind (and at 45%) in a major poll just two weeks before the election is devastating. While Gallup is still an outlier, the other polling outfits who have this race a little closer also have Obama down around 45% - not a good place for an incumbent president to be just two weeks out.

I do not believe tomorrow night's final debate will have much material impact on the race. The American voters saw what they needed to see on the first debate. All they needed to see was that Romney is a man who can handle the job - mission accomplished.

[Truth is a Weapon]

Tomorrow’s debate goes against Monday night football. Only political junkies and a few fence sitters will bother to tune in. Not likely to be a game changer

[EDINVA]

“The American voters saw what they needed to see on the first debate. All they needed to see was that Romney is a man who can handle the job - mission accomplished.”

Exactly!

[xzins]

I do not believe tomorrow night's final debate will have much material impact on the race.

I pretty much agree with you. A major gaffe or meltdown by either candidate will definitely resonate.

Romney cannot play "prevent defense". I believe he still needs to be on the offense. He's the one selling a new plan, a new direction. IOW, he needs to keep selling it.

Obama is down, so he's going to try to attack.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/preferences.php