Posted on 11/04/2012 1:29:09 PM PST by randita
The storm for a week diverted attention away from the growing Mitt Romney wave, and for a time highlighted the president, replete in bomber jacket, as presidential in directing relief efforts, as news understandably went silent on the huge Romney crowds and another dismal jobs report, and turned instead to administration officials appearing engaged and busy — all critical for both turnout and a key 3—5 percent of the voters who probably have not yet made up their minds. It is hard to calibrate the effect, but Romney seemed last week to be slipping 1–3 percent in many of the polls.
But after a week, the volatile ebb and flow is changing one final time — as millions were left without power and help, the Libyan catastrophe won’t go away as voters are beginning to grasp that it was the worst terrorist attack since 9/11 (and largely avoidable), and the president foolishly reverted to his customarily divisive form in revving up his base to go to the polls in the spirit of “revenge.”
The result is that Romney’s October momentum seems like it is resuming, as he appears far more presidential than the incumbent, who is running as a challenger on the premise that he has not been president the last four years. Obama’s tenor is reminiscent of a desperate Jerry Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush who in the last 72 hours of their campaigns could feel their presidencies slipping away, without the ability to do much about it. In contrast, Romney’s crowds and buzz are far more reminiscent of a down-the-stretch upbeat 1980 Reagan, 1992 Clinton — and 2008 Obama — whom you could feel in the last few hours of the campaigns were happy warriors surging as never before.
In truth, throughout this entire hare-and-tortoise campaign, Romney has been steady, disciplined, and focused, and has dealt well with surprises — from the 47 percent video release to Hurricane Sandy — something not true of the herky-jerky president, at least if we look at the nature of the pro-Obama ads, the stump-speech rhetoric, and the crudity of all sorts of surrogates and supporters. Apparently, Obama decided that he could win only by going negative and talking about hypotheticals rather than the last four years — and so may thereby have ensured that he will lose. For most voters, it is just too much for a bright and shining Messiah to end up as an all-too-real Nixon.
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Other than Romney’s vicious attack [/s] for Obama saying ‘vote for revenge,’ and Romney responding ‘vote for love of country,’ Romney hasn’t done/said anything to change the momentum he had coming out of the first debate.
Romney’s vision is upbeat, uplifting, pro-America.
Obama has been negative, mean, nasty, vicious, thuggish, condescending, angry since the 2nd debate. It shows and many do not like it.
That’s nice but the new PEW poll is not good.
Barack be nimble, Barack be quick, Barack be history, November 6th.
Is that the D+6 poll?
Snarky, I have to be honest. If there was a big FReeper party, you would be one of the people I would avoid. Whining, complaining, negative people are a turn off.
It will be, what it will be, but negativity does no good for anybody. You remind me of my mother who always has a black cloud over her head.
The PEW oversamples D+s. Its been oversampling them all year.
Ignore PEW. How do you see the campaigns performing?
Again, people don’t turn in large numbers to listen to a loser and newspaper editors don’t endorse someone who won’t win.
“That’s nice but the new PEW poll is not good.”
Wasn’t it D+7? I say this election is more like 2010, R+1.
Our side is clearly energized, our opponents muted...
PEW Poll?
In any election season the last week of the election the undecided and the indies take one last look at the candidate they are leaning against. So in the last week you see a tightening of the polls as they look back over their shoulder one last time. I suspect the polls tomorrow and Tuesday will show movement to Romney as his support with the Independent and undecided voters firms up.
patent BS. He may "look presidential" to people like Ronny Milsap and Stevie Wonder, but not to the rest of us.
That PEW poll was D +6 and Female +8. So, 1) Do you *really* think the Dem turnout will be anywhere near +6? And 2) Are you a betting man?
Romney needs one more surge.
He is right on the cusp of taking this, but I think he needs one final push to get him over the hump. Maybe the natural tendency of undecideds to break for the challenger will be enough to do the trick.
PEW massively oversampled Dems
http://www.people-press.org/2012/11/04/obama-gains-edge-in-campaigns-final-days/2/
Dems 1557
GOP 1343
Indy 926
Not a rational sample.
< 32oz snort >
Have you heard about the Redskin rule? When the Redskins win a game right before the election, the incumbent wins. When the Redskins lose a game right before the election the challenger wins. The Redskins lost today. The Redskin rule has only been wrong once, in 2004. Think positive.
Anyone who thinks it’s there’s going to be a huge Democrat turnout hasn’t looked at the early voting numbers, or isn’t paying attention to the enthusiasm gap lurking in all the polls.
41% Dem? And even with that ridiculous sample they’re basically tied?
This is gonna be a blowout.
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