"Here’s why Romney pounced on Biden's "chains" gaffe: He’s losing" By Jamelle Bouie at WP

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Here’s why Romney pounced on Biden's "chains" gaffe: He’s losing

By Jamelle Bouie at WP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/heres-why-romney-pounced-on-bidens-chains-gaffe-hes-losing/2012/08/15/bb8a4b6c-e6f6-11e1-9739-eef99c5fb285_blog.html

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The Romney campaign immediately pounced on Biden’s statement. While campaigning in Ohio, Romney accused his opponent’s of engaging in “division and anger and hate.” On its face, this response seems over-the-top, but when you consider the broader context of the campaign, it makes perfect sense.

Because Mitt Romney is losing.

“If the election were held today,” writes former Romney advisor Steve Lombardo, “Obama would win.” After months of harsh attacks on his record and background, Mitt Romney has emerged with the lowest favorability ratings of any presidential candidate in twenty years. He has trailed in the large majority of head-to-head polls since winning the Republican presidential nomination, and he remains behind in every swing state. The Real Clear Politics average puts Obama up 3.5 points, and Nate Silver gives Romney a less than 30 percent chance of winning.

Obama’s approval rating isn’t great, but at an average of 48 percent, it’s in the “reelection range.” More importantly, as Lombardo shows, Obama has yet to hit 50 percent disapproval, and his approval rating has been on a slight upwards trajectory. It would be absurd to say that the election is over, but Romney has a lot of heavy lifting to do to win.

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[kitt6]

1. I know one thing.

I will be so glad when these dark mood, moused hair white men are sent back to what ever rock they crawled from out under!

[Hippo_Tron]

2. I'm starting to think about half of these Biden "gaffes" aren't really gaffes

He just wants you to think they are...

[renegade000]

3. as krugman highlighted the other day

The mainstream media has roles they try to pigeonhole people into.

Biden has been assigned the role of "gaffe-machine"... which may have been warranted at some point... but now that the label has been attached, everything under the sun that Biden says that isn't totally innocuous is now a "gaffe".

[outsideworld]

4. the recent polls havent been good

lets pray