“Obama advisers don’t expect big bounce in polls”
Yeah...I wouldn’t either.
I read a book a long time ago about the Japanese in WWII. It was later in the war, they were getting pushed back on all fronts, and their cities were getting bombed flat on a nightly basis.
Their media (at the time) dutifully reported that "Everything is OK. This is all part of the master plan. The government expected this to happen so there's nothing to worry about."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.