Mickey Kaus
How Sandy hurts Obama
But isn’t the most obvious way Sandy hurts Obama this: by simply lowering turnout on Tuesday. I don’t mean turnout in the affected areas. I mean turnout nationwide. We count on a crescendo of hype to drive voter participation on Election Day. But it’s the weekend before the vote and the presidential race isn’t even the lead story on the news (or main topic on SNL). Americans have lots of distractions. Sandy’s a big new one.
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If the stinken bhopress did their job, benghazi would be on 24/7 since it happened? But, NO, gotta cybhoa as not to give negative press now don’t we? sandy is bad enough, but there are other major goings on to crater bho, IMO!
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letget on November 4, 2012 at 4:23 PM
TROLLCOT
FYI, there have been absolutely no polling results showing O’bamna got a job approval bump from Sandy. None.
And only one “poll” even dared to ask the question, namely one started by a newspaper that has already endorsed Dear Leader. They appear to have abandoned said “poll”.
Historically, Gallup shows no sitting President getting any kind of job approval bump from a hurricane. None.
Del Dolemonte on November 4, 2012 at 4:24 PM
Sandy = Obama’s Katrina
goflyers on November 4, 2012 at 4:27 PM
Like Samdy, first Obama blows, then his aftermath sucks.
profitsbeard on November 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM
So, Kanye, does Obama hate New Yorkers?
Hey, Obama, remember the crack about how the 9/11 victims saw help faster than the Katrina victims, just because of race? Yes, you deserve to have this hung around your neck, punk.
goflyers on November 4, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Here’s how it SHOULD hurt Obama. Obama didn’t give a crap about tornado damage, BP spill, Benghazi, etc. But he’s suddenly “presidential” 1 week before the election. That says a lot about him.
Having said that, the news shouldn’t be talking about Sandy. It should be focused like a laser on Benghazi.
The Rogue Tomato on November 4, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Hey Staten Island, “where’s yo dollah?”
Flora Duh on November 4, 2012 at 4:37 PM
After his Laurel and Hardy Flyover photo-op, Barry went back to his small, negative, unpresidential self on the campaign trail, wearing a never born bomber jacket, looking like Dukakis. Meanwhile FEMA and Bloomberg are fumbling the relief effort. When GWB went in and took over the Katrina relief effort from the incompetent Blanco and Nagin, he was actually doing a better job than Barry the prop. But the biased and subversive media never gave him any credit.
bayview on November 4, 2012 at 4:38 PM
Hey Staten Islanders, all that money you were going to spend on food, water, batteries, flashlights, blankets, etc. while you wait for the power to come back on and life to return to normal after that little spot of bad weather, please consider sending it to my campaign.
Hugs and Kisses,
Barack Obama
Left Coast Right Mind on November 4, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Sandy? Who’s that? Did you hear about Ann Romney’s horses? FORWARD!
Pork-Chop on November 4, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Lol, get out of the bubble. Polls show that people approve of Obama’s performance. Furthermore, Rasmussen the only poll hotair seems to trust, has the raced tied. So according to Rasmussen Obama got a 2 point bounce from Sandy.
Ric on November 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
You wanna be punished with a baybeh?
Lanceman on November 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
Links?
Flora Duh on November 4, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Dat done already happened.
Flora Duh on November 4, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Not entire true. President Obama is now %51 approve at Rasmussen.
Hate to burst your bubble but Rasmussen has Obama above 50 2 days from the election usually means incumbent wins.
Of course if the next 2 polls see his numbers drop back down then he loses.
Varchild on November 4, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Mother Nature blows away Obama’s chances in 2012.
Dusty on November 4, 2012 at 4:53 PM
You’re not even an unusually good liar.
FYI, there have been absolutely no polling results showing O’bamna got a job approval bump from Sandy. None. WaPo’s daily job approval tracker has him stuck where he was October 27th.
And the WaPo has been the only member of the Democrat Media to even attempt to poll O’bamna’s performance during and after the hurricane. They abandoned this “poll” after only one day.
You’re not very good at this. Have Axelrod pay you as much as he does Art Clokey.
F-
Del Dolemonte on November 4, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Ah, and yet another Axelrod Sleeper Cell from last November makes its debut. Welcome to my grading curve!
O’bamna’s job disapproval has also gone up in Rasmussen. In fact, his strongly disapprove number on Ras jumped up 3 points in just one day, from 41% 11/3 to 44% 11/4.
Thanks for playing!
Oh, and F-
Del Dolemonte on November 4, 2012 at 4:58 PM
That’s true, but Rasmussen also says this…
Flora Duh on November 4, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Isn’t there a final poll coming out on Tuesday?
arnold ziffel on November 4, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Rasmussen changed their poll sample from D+2 to D+4 in recent days.That’s your “bounce”.
If you think Dems will turnout at D+4 this Tuesday, be my guest…LOL
Norwegian on November 4, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Attention all liberals: get out and vote November 7th!
Joe Mama on November 4, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Remember when Obama asked people getting married to donate to The One in lieu of wedding presents? I still can’t believe that happened. So creepy. Anyway, carry on…
visions on November 4, 2012 at 5:10 PM
I do find it curious how many of these polls seem to swing back in forth almost within the same day…
albill on November 4, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Lol, get out of the bubble. Polls show that people approve of Obama’s performance.
Ric on November 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
That from Pew Research, which also has Obama up 3 points now by the way. It had him tied two weeks ago.
Ric on November 4, 2012 at 5:14 PM
So basically all the polls are wrong then? Reminds of 2008. We’ll see come election day though.
Ric on November 4, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Sandy’s not exactly doing Doomberg any favors either…
Which is fine by me.
CPT. Charles on November 4, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Ding ding ding
+100
I could see the price tag hanging on it from my house.
petefrt on November 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM
They are hiding the death toll as well from the storm in order to prevent any more damage to little Bammie. We are probably at 300-400 by now, and that number will continue to climb as responders get access into wrecked and burned-out structures.
slickwillie2001 on November 4, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Pew is one of the most corrupt pollsters. Recall that they admitted after-the-fact to tilting and pushing their polls in order to advance their pet cause of campaign finance reform. That’s one of the reasons we were stuck with the odious McCain-Feingold.
slickwillie2001 on November 4, 2012 at 5:30 PM
The Pew Poll on Pg 31 gives the breakdown.
When R & O were tied they had a D+1 sample. Now O is up 3 pts but the sample was changed to D+4.
Greyledge Gal on November 4, 2012 at 5:33 PM
So Rasmussen and Pew are in agreement about the partisan split? That gives me more confidence.
Ric on November 4, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Hate to burst your bubble, but when a pollster changes from less Democratic sample to a much more Democratic sample (Rasmussen went from R+1 to D+4′ 5 point change in one week); that will also affect the Approval/Disapproval numbers. Has very little do with actual improvement in approval.
And no; there is no sudden swell of Democrats in the electorate. Pollster response rates are now less than 10%, so polled individuals are identified and weighed according to pollster sample methodology.
Will the electorate be D+4 on Election Day and near the advantage Democrats enjoyed in 2008 at the height of HopenChange hysteria? I highly doubt it.
But even so, at that highly unrealistic turnout scenario, Romney and Obama are still tied within MOE. That speak volumes.
Norwegian on November 4, 2012 at 6:31 PM
I see comments about Rasmussen doing this, but…why? Just for kicks?
It is two days before the election. Predicting it with some accuracy is his livelihood. It seems kind of important that he made this change. Why did he do it?
Anyway, Pew and Rasmussen were two of the most accurate pollsters in 2009. They both predicted Obama by 6 and he won by 7.
agirlacamera on November 4, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Nobody’s mentioning if, or how much people lie to pollsters too, especially in this cycle. NO WAY I’m telling some anonymous pollster on the phone that I support Romney, because I do not trust such actors with that information.
People opposing Obama are labeled racists, bigots, etc and enemies of the state by the fascist left who hold power right now. We know they are violent thugs with no regard for human life, whether still in the womb or stationed in some remote outpost in Benghazi.
Pollsters never saw 2010 coming. They won’t see 2012 coming for the same reasons.
Harbingeing on November 4, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Yeah, this surge in Democrat enthusiasm. Obama couldn’t draw 3,000 at a rally in Columbus yesterday, while Romney had over 30,000 show up at a Dayton rally…
-_-
A lot of pollsters are going to be wearing egg on Tuesday night with their juiced numbers and flawed models. Sad to see that Rasmussen is joining the ranks of PPP, Marist and Nate “Moneyball” Silver in going the way of John Zogby (remember THAT guy?).
Myron Falwell on November 4, 2012 at 7:25 PM