A new Rocky Mountain poll has President Obama ahead by 2 points in Arizona. Read More
From TPM Reader LW …
Wondering if you heard the quote from a pollster that EJ Dionne mentionned on (I think) the Rachel Maddow Show. Anyway, the pollster, according to Dionne, said, “Whwn I come out with a poll with bad news for Republicans, they want to kill me. When I come out with a poll that’s bad for Democrats, they want to kill themselves.” I think that comes really close to explaining the difference between the two parties and what has been happening since that first disastrous debate.
From TPM Reader CG …
I, too, have been agog at the number of folks on the left who are throwing up their hands and declaring Obama the second coming of Walter Mondale. Not just for policy reasons — though as someone who teaches courses on the presidency I think just about no one gives this president enough credit for what has been done on his watch — but because I wonder where they have been for the last four years.
PPP has just released a new polling showing President Obama leading Mitt Romney 51-46 in Ohio.
The father of the late Ambassador Chris Stevens pleads for his son’s death not to be exploited as part of the presidential campaign.
From Bloomberg …
The father of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed in the attack in Benghazi last month, said his son’s death shouldn’t be politicized in the presidential campaign.
The Romney camp’s claim at that ‘six studies’ validate the math behind his tax plan is such a transparent lie that even Fox’s Chris Wallace is giving them grief.
Ed Gillespie went on TV this morning and said Mitt Romney would only reveal the details of his tax plan after he’s sworn into office as President. That alone should be enough to disqualify him, though I confess I’m not holding my breath. But I’m seeing a number of reports that suggest the only issue is specificity. As in The Hill reporting that Ed Gillespie is “defending the GOP nominee against criticisms that his tax-cutting plan lacks specifics.” Read More
In case you missed it over the weekend, PPP came out with three state polls this weekend.
Ohio: Obama +5
North Carolina: Romney +2
Florida: Romney +1
Tommy Thompson’s son jokes: We have an opportunity to send Obama “back to Kenya” … Read More