Posted on 05/24/2012 6:18:45 PM PDT by RobinMasters
It’s amazing what a few competitive polls can do to concentrate the mind.
Democrats had taken comfort for months in the Republican Party’s seeming inability to get behind Mitt Romney, Obama’s healthy lead in the polls, and equally healthy job growth. And for a few, fleeting, moments, Democrats thought the election might just be easy. But Republican division appears to have been merely an artifact of primary politics, and Mitt Romney has proved a consistent, if unglamorous campaigner…
“There was this sense maybe a month or two ago that Obama was really riding high — that he had gotten his base behind him and the economy was doing better and it had this Clinton vs. Bob Dole 1996 feeling — that he was going to cruise,” said one 2008 Obama aide who does not work for this year’s campaign. “And now it feels like it’s going to be really tough — a 2004 race.”
Indeed the campaign is shaping up to be a close-combat battle for one percent of swing voters in a few hundred precincts across three or four states…
Moreover, a campaign that two months ago seemed infallible has proven to be very capable of making mistakes. Obama’s aides were taken aback when Vice President Joe Biden publicly backed same sex marriage — and spent a week punishing him for speaking out in the press. Long preparation for attacks on Romney’s time at Bain Capital, aimed at changing the narrative, nevertheless left them flat-footed when Republicans (and even a few Democrats) counter-attacked. Romney, who stumbled into the Republican nomination, scored his first tactical victory of the general election and further shored up the Republican base in the process.
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Obama will win CA, IL, and HI. All others, are up for grabs.
Obama will win CA, IL, and HI. All others, are up for grabs.
It’s very scary to even think he might be re-elected.
Please, remind me why I want to move back to California.
You like it warm, Megyn? You’re headed in the right direction...
Right about here is where the wheels came off. This stunt may have worked fifteen years ago when the mainstream media still controlled the narrative, but the left was surprised how quickly the narrative was picked apart by the internet. So far Fluke was the high water mark of his campaign.
what’s the bad news again?
Fluke’s a dude. The internet helped get that story around. Even the Dem high command have dropped him/her
what’s the bad news again?
Perfect post!!!
The dems are no longer overconfident.
MA also——I live there.
Yup! I hope the polls stay close until early October.
Should Be
"Good News _ Obama Campaign Has Finally Figured Out He Is not Going To Run Again
Please, tell me this is a joke.
Cuz I'm here?
Exactly.
You forgot Massachusetts, The District of Columbia, States of Washington and Oregon.
Yes, the ‘rats being scared is bad news. If they are confident or over-confident, they’ll ride into defeat. Otherwise, they’ll lie, cheat, steal - ends justify the means - if they convince themselves of possible defeat.
The States of Washington and Oregon are not a given for Obama. There is a chance Washington could go to Romney. Oregon too.
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