What this leaves out is the political campaign. Barry will spend $1B to convince voters that he may be incompetent but [insert GOP nominee's name] is just as bad, and advertising dollars are effective. Our nominee (or the GOP leadership's nominee) will spend half as much, or less, trying to convince voters that "Bush's fault" is getting old, and that our economic mess is Obama's fault. If the election is seen as about character, Obama gains, since people don't want to admit he's a scum, to avoid having his supporters will call them racist. If the election is seen as about the economy, the GOP wins, since Obama said he could fix it in less than four years with shovel ready jobs, he spent $5T in a massive Stimulus that failed just as massively, and the economy is worse than it was.
“Didn’t see this posted yet. If Newt (with his supposed negatives) is leading Barry in PA...perhaps all this news of “Obama feels optimistic” is just BS.”
No, that’s not what this poll is saying. Take the EV’s of the swings and split ‘em.