[Scott from the Left Coast]

Consumer spending slowed under the weight of growing pessimism about the effectiveness of U.S. President Barack Obama's economic program and a growing sense that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won't unseat him. The president leads in polls in most swing states and the president has made clear his intention to double down on interventionist economic policies.

Not sure how much I'd trust a guy that frames his analysis this way. Consumer spending slowed because more people have less disposable income...not because they believe obviously manipulated polls released by the New York Times. If this guy's point is that Reagan did better, fine, but Reagan wasn't performing as well at this point in the election campaign as Romney is...at least in polls that aren't weighted to a ridiculous extent toward a massive Democrat turnout.

I think this guy needs to go back to the drawing board on his analysis...he's got a bit of it right but he's pretty lazy overall.

[xzins]

I’m in Ohio, a place Romney should be furiously engaged, but there’s very, very little of his message to see.

Obama is attacking and even Rasmussen says he’s leading here now.