As we’ve discussed on various occasions, the Gallup Poll has consistently been slightly more favorable to Mitt Romney than most other premium polls. Particularly, it’s the Gallup Tracking Poll. But the difference seems to apply to their full polls as well. Gallup picked up the Obama convention bounce. But then it subsided back to the roughly tied race they’ve been showing for months.
But now we’re getting our first real look at Gallup after the 47% brouhaha. Read More
It looks like the Todd Akin Freeze Out (TAFO) is just about officially over.
The Republican Senate campaign committee has decided to reconsider supporting Todd Akin.
I’ve got a post I’ve been working on for a couple days about the as-yet-unexplained boost in economic optimism over the last month which seems to be swelling President Obama’s numbers. Big question in my mind: is there something happening in the real economy that we’re not seeing yet in the hard numbers (this has happened before) or is growing enthusiasm for Obama actually driving (or perhaps better to say, partisanizing) data about the economy?
I’ll try to have the post up some time tonight — of course, with special cool charts.
With Republicans nationwide jumping back on the Todd Akin bandwagon, we prepared this awesome video remembrance of back a month ago when every Republican in the country was hatin’ them some Todd Akin like there was no tomorrow. Watch.
Early voting begins in Iowa just as Obama kicks back into the lead.
Turns out Scott Brown’s staffers “tomahawk chop” didn’t go over to well with the Bill John Baker, chief of the Cherokee Nation. He’s now demanding an apology from the Indian-concern-trolling Senator from Massachusetts.
Karma, Irony, Fate and perhaps even God seemed to determined at the moment to kick Mitt Romney’s ass. The political class seems finally to be waking up to the truly devastating nature of the 47% remarks. Yes, everyone figured it was a 6.8 on the Political Faceplant Richter Scale. More likely it was an 8.8.
So Romney desperately needs to prove he’s not an arrogant rich jerk who barely knows and couldn’t care less about the struggles of Americans who aren’t blessed with great wealth. And it turns out there’s an argument at hand: RomneyCare, the first successful effort by an American Governor to provide universal health insurance coverage at the state level.
Too bad he’s spent the last two years shapeshifting into the butt-kickinist enemy of Obamacare and mandates and universal coverage this side of the Cayman Islands. His best, really his only argument is radioactive within his own party. Evan McMorris-Santoro has the story.
Democrats have tended to overestimate their chances in the past of knocking off folks like Michele Bachmann, but this time around they’re putting up stronger candidates against some of the biggest tea party faves. Evan McMorris-Santoro checks in on some of the key races.
The latest Obama ad simply runs Romney’s 47% remarks without any additional commentary other than visuals of members of “the 47th”.