Gallup daily tracking ... from BREAKING NEWS to crickets

[ProSense]

Gallup daily tracking ... from BREAKING NEWS to crickets

by Barbara Morrill

With all of the whining Mitt Romney has done about the left-wing media conspiracy against him, there are two important things to say. One: Shut up. Two: Shut up.
In fact, let's make that three things ... remember last week when the first couple of daily tracking polls from Gallup came out, showing Romney leading President Obama by a whopping few points? Here are just a few (emphasis on "few&quot of the breathless headlines that day:

Gallup: Romney Beating Obama in First Daily Tracking Poll

Does Gallup poll show the race is starting to tighten?

Romney to Obama: 'Start packing'

Mitt Romney leads Obama in first Gallup national tracking poll

GALLUP SHOCK POLL: ROMNEY 48% OBAMA 43%...

GALLUP SHOCKER: ROMNEY UP FIVE OVER OBAMAAnd one week later, now that the daily tracking shows Obama up over Romney 47-44 percent, there must be a media firestorm ... headlines blaring the news that Obama is winning, speculation on what caused Romney's spectacular dive in the polls and of course a screaming siren at Drudge, right? Not so much—from the Moderate Voice:

Polling Shift: Obama Up in Gallup Daily Tracking: Romney Loses Gallup Daily Tracking Poll Lead As Obama’s Numbers Inch UpSo Mitt? Shut up.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/23/1085767/-Gallup-daily-tracking-from-BREAKING-NEWS-to-crickets

[FSogol]

1. K&R. n/t

[Scurrilous]

2. Heh.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. It's going to be a long election season. n/t

[libinnyandia]

4. Mitt: stop packing.

[emulatorloo]

6. LOL n/t

[MNBrewer]

14. Mitt doesn't pack PERSONALLY

He has staff for that.

[TrollBuster9090]

16. But...I've seen him doing his own LAUNDRY! I assume it must be some sort of a ...'hobby.' nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. Exactly. Even my beloved NPR does this shit now. I think the Pukes have scared the crap....

out of them re: funding. Whenever they talk about Obama, it's pretty much in negative terms, and a lot of gossip mongering passing itself off as news. I want my old NPR back.

[emulatorloo]

7. the "liberal bias" campaign was all about intimidation. Media bends over backwards

now to be "unbiased." Which means they are afraid to criticize Republicans

[Dawson Leery]

8. +1000

[kayakjohnny]

12. I've noticed that too. And for quite a while now.

Not to mention the AP just harping and harping on the SS story. Looking for every possible embarrassing angle... and breach of security.... and comes from the top and blah fucking blah blah blah.....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Enjoy your car elevator Mitt.

You'll have plenty of time to spend at that house.

[TrollBuster9090]

17. I thought he lived in his son's unfinished basement?

[goclark]

20. Yea, remember that one ~ ?

Didn't get ,uch play with the Media.

It sure should have ~

[annabanana]

10. A-a-a-a-and

Here we go again, kids.

I hope that there are more web savvy folks around this time than there were in '08. It should be harder to make the lies stick this time around.

[bluestate10]

11. I screen 100% of my calls.

Unless the number calling is that of a relative or business associate, I don't answer. People like me don't reply to polls, so we get undercounted.

[freshwest]

21. Same here. Ringer is always off. They call not less than 3 times a day. Someone's worried.

[Make7]

13. [ul]

[TrollBuster9090]

15. Yeah, Gallup now has Obama ahead by three points, but they can always use the headline:

"RASMUSSEN POLL SHOWS ROMNEY LEADING OBAMA BY 50 POINTS!"

And when I say "always" I mean it literally. That's what Rasmussen ALWAYS says. That, and the five or ten percent lead they always say Congressional/Generic Republicans have over Generic Democrats.

[DCKit]

22. Election fraud would be far less plausible without Assmusssen.nt

[grantcart]

18. meanwhile Intrade is unimpressed and is stuck around 60/38

That has to tighten. Romney is so low that if I had money to gamble with i would buy Romney now for a post convention profit taking.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

19. K&R

[RedSpartan]

23. BREAKING!!! CORRECTION!!!

Obama now leading R-money 49-42...

http://www.gallup.com/poll/150743/Obama-Romney.aspx

[flamingdem]

24. Mitt stopped paying them

So, back to normal