The journey to Nirvana continues, Gov. Christie describes epic hug from Bruce and then phone call put together on Air Force One by matchmaker President Obama. Watch.
The Romney campaign seems to have leaked the fact that Mitt Romney asked Chris Christie to appear with him at a rally Saturday night in Morrisville, PA. But Christie declined. This is being portrayed in GOP circles as another example of Christie’s compromised allegiance to the GOP ticket.
But isn’t this borderline certifiable on the part of the Romney camp? Can you imagine the epic crapstorm Christie would have rightly gotten if he left the state in the middle of this catastrophe to go to Pennsylvania to attend a political rally?
It’s frankly such a crazy request that it shows just how deeply Romney’s been stung by Christie’s praise of President Obama.
Chris Christie doesn’t want to be President. He wanted some love from Bruce Springsteen. And today President Obama finally hooked him up.
Gallup has decided to go in with the Unicorn crowd and say Sandy killed the Romney momentum. Doesn’t seem like much evidence of that. And I can’t help noting that Gallup might have some vested interest in the Unicorn theory of the election.
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11/6, 11am EST: TPM’s Brian Beutler
11/6, Noon EST: TPM’s Evan McMorris-Santoro & Benjy Sarlin
11/6, 4pm EST: TPM’s Josh Marshall
On Wednesday we will have a series of post-Election chats that we will announce once ballots are cast and the results come in.
The TPM Electoral Scoreboard stands at Obama 290, Romney 191.
The basic picture looks similar to what it’s been for some time, with close but not quite at President Obama’s maximal position. At the moment there are three states in the Toss Up column, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. In the first two Romney has a small but tangible lead. Obama has one in Virginia. As recently as this morning Colorado briefly slipped into the Toss Up category. Now it’s back in Obama’s column.
The basic picture is that, if you buy the polls, Romney has to essentially run the table. The popular vote is close to tied with the slightest margin — currently .7% — for Obama.
He has to win Florida, North Carolina and Virginia (the first two seem likely). Then he also has to pick up a few states currently in the Obama column. It’s a tall order. But far from impossible.
TPM Reader MT:
Noonan cites the giant crowds at the Romney rallies.
Remember the giant crowds at the end-of-campaign rallies for Dukakis? For Mondale? And the feeling among Democrats each time that maybe, just maybe, the polls were wrong and their guy wasn’t headed for a humiliating defeat?