First Thoughts: It's not an even race - Obama's ahead

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First Thoughts: It's not an even race - Obama's ahead


*** It’s not an even race – Obama’s ahead: The Olympics are wrapping up and, at the end of July, when the Olympics began, we wrote that we were basically at halftime of the general election -- and Obama had a narrow lead. Well, it’s a little bigger than that now. (People may want to quibble, but you can’t dismiss every poll on sampling.) There’s clearly movement toward the president and clearly problems for Romney personally. We had found it in our polling for the last month and it hadn’t shown up everywhere yet. Now it has. The latest evidence: three new polls out today – from CNN, Fox, and Reuters/Ipsos – all showing President Obama leading Romney by seven points or more and at or near 50%. (CNN 52-45%, Fox 49-40%, Reuters/Ipsos 49-42%). What’s more, Romney continues to have an image problem. In CNN, Obama’s fav/unfav is +14, Romney’s -1. And in Fox, Obama’s +12, Romney’s +1. (Ipsos didn’t ask fav/unfav.)

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/10/13217458-first-thoughts-its-not-an-even-race-obamas-ahead?lite

[Liberal Veteran]

1. No, no. It's a dead heat! - Sincerely, the media.

Won't someone please think of the media?

[brush]

4. Not a dead heat

That's what the MSM wants everyone to think. It gets them ratings and sales but being corporate owned, they want to influence voters and thus the election, in favor of their boy, the Mittster.

[brush]

2. Smile all around

Good news but let's keep the pedal to the metal. Those superpacs of the repugs still have a lot of money and tricks up their sleeve (Rove).

[uponit7771]

3. I think there are 3 national polls with rMoney in the low 40s. They national polls are starting to..

...match the swing state polls were the Obama admin has put it's money and that's something

[russspeakeasy]

5. IMO, we have an opportunity to make this a mandate.

It would be a shame to let this opportunity slip by.

[randome]

6. Won't this be the first national election where the opposition outspent the incumbent and lost?

Thought I read that somewhere. (Being lax is not an option, just wondered about that.)

[CTyankee]

8. all the money in the world won't make people like romney any better...

Voters just don't like the guy. nothing is going to change that. mitt shows up and opens his mouth and reinforces that time and time again. no amount of money can give the guy another personality. he is who he is and that's not gonna change...

[Robyn66]

7. Maybe I have become paranoid BUT

I dont think it is beyond the realm of possibility that at least some of the polls have been manipulated by republicans saying they are for Obama just to make the Dems think things are better than they may be. I think it is important to matter how good the polls look that we keep working like we are 10 points behind.

[davidpdx]

10. I agree we have to keep working hard

We may be by a lot now, but we never know what might happen. Republican rightwing tactics are well documented. I personally would like to make sure Obama wins by as much as possible to embarrass those assholes.

[kxm40]

9. First Thoughts: It's not an even race - Obama's ahead

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[jillan]

11. Love it! Welcome to DU!

[kxm40]

12. Thank You