The media and many pundits are missing the election
Given what my instincts were telling me, I called the few insiders I know and trust who know what the real numbers and issues are and are not. This latest from Rasmussen simply confirms everything I took away from those discussions. Forget binders, folks, or whatever else Team Obama and the media is talking about. It’s totally irrelevant. As things stand, the politics of the Left are unraveling and Team Obama remains in a serious panic, doing everything it can to try and prevent the jail break they are watching play out in poll after poll…
Virginia and Colorado will likely fall away from Obama because that writing is on the wall, despite Obama’s shenanigans on defense contracting lay-offs. If Obama’s re-elected Virginia loses big on ship building and ship yards jobs, ditto Colorado as regards the Air Force and related industries. Florida has seen just enough influx of retiring Reagan Democrats in four years to give Romney the edge he needs to win that state…
For now, Team Obama is looking at the very jail break they’ve dreaded since he failed to show up for the first debate. Meanwhile, Romney has absolutely hit his stride, looking every bit the hands on, take charge type of chief executive Americans are prone to look for in difficult times. Add in his timely shift toward the center and mature conservatives understanding enough of politics to not sound off in juvenile revolt, and everything is coming our way – for now. Watch for the next few sets of national polls, then the states polls that follow. With luck, this one could be over before we know it. And insiders in both parties know it, too.









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Caiwyn on October 18, 2012 at 4:57 PM
I believe this disaffection would have occurred anyway, but there is a sweet scent of schadenfreude that this shift was precipitated by his arrogance and disinterest going into the debates.
Droopy on October 18, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Even Stephanie Cutter?
Bitter Clinger on October 18, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Susquehanna: Latest PA statewide, conducted October 11-13, shows Romney leading by 4-points in PA, 49%-45%.
Heh, quote of the day!
Schadenfreude on October 18, 2012 at 5:02 PM
*crossing fingers*
cmsinaz on October 18, 2012 at 5:07 PM
The Tennessean, a liberal paper, endorsed Romney today.
Schadenfreude on October 18, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Notice she’s been off air since her Benghazi thing last week or so.
lorien1973 on October 18, 2012 at 5:15 PM
“Yes, but Soledad O’Brien said Obama is up by 15 in Virginia. Goodbye Romney. No way he survives that dirty bomb.”
gummedbrain
NotCoach on October 18, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Can someone answer how Crowley had the transcript from the Rose Garden, and how Obama knew she had it and prompted her to go to it? Why is this not being discussed?
SirGawain on October 18, 2012 at 5:27 PM
He misidentifies the key factors at play, takes a hilariously ignorant shot at his intellectual betters (“juvenile revolt”?), and seems only partly aware of the state of the race – but his conclusion is correct.
The overall outcome has been clear for some time. The extent and depth of the blowout remain in question.
It’s been feeling and looking broad and deep for some time. Just watch – the next two weeks may see the outlines of a landslide come clearly into view. A grim situation but, even with that, an amusing spectacle is likely to unfold.
IceCold on October 18, 2012 at 5:40 PM
The constant refrain I’m hearing from my lefty friends and neighbors on Facebook lately is how the Electoral College needs to be eliminated.
Sounds like even they realize which side the swing states are going to fall.
DarthBrooks on October 18, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Be wary of a last minute act of desperation. These revolutionaries will not go down easily.
petefrt on October 18, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Just two words (or one, if you’re Joe Biden): Voter fraud.
It’ll be everywhere.
I’m taking Election Day off work to be a poll-watcher, and I hope some of you might be in a position to do the same.
Mary in LA on October 18, 2012 at 6:11 PM
CAN I HAS PREFERENCE CASCADE?
Count to 10 on October 18, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Good for you. Can’t think of a better way now to contribute to the cause. I’d do the same if there were any Obama voters here, but I live in coal country (PA) and everyone here hates him.
petefrt on October 18, 2012 at 6:22 PM