Posted on 10/15/2012 8:36:09 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Last week, Chuck Todd came in for criticism at NewsBusters for sniffing off a Rasmussen poll favorable to Mitt Romney as "slop." But has yesterday's slop become today's sirloin for the NBC political director? Sure looks like it.
In a remarkable shift, on today's Morning Joe Todd stated that in recent days he has seen a "structural shift" in the polling data in Romney's favor. With a strong performance at tomorrow's townhall-style debate in which he connects with average Americans, Todd declared that Romney could "win this election" and "close out" President Obama, putting him in a hole too deep to recover from in the final debate.
View the video here.
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It means that McCain threw the election.
Romney was at 29% on Intrade the day before the first Romney / Obama debate. Take from that what you will.
A tie in the post-debate polls would be a good result for Romney. Otherwise, we'll spend the next week hearing about "Obama's Huge Comeback."
I wonder if ponytail guy will be there, calling Obama his daddy.
Yeah, sadly, between the lib moderator and 47 per centers in the audience the fix is most assuredly in.
And why won’t it be a strong debate performance...Obama’s problem is his last 4 years and what his plans are for the next 4 years (more of the same).
It’s like trying to sell a crap sandwich, only die hard libturds are gonna buy it.
This is what happened in ‘80, a sudden switch. In the ‘80 debates, Reagan showed that he wasn’t the boogey man the Dems had painted him out to be; Romney has done the same in ‘12. The American public in both cases was more than anxious to kick out the incompetent incumbent and found cause to vote FOR his opponent.
While this Town Hall is supposed to cover all topics, the Moderator has, so I read, exclusive control of who in the audience to choose (meaning, what questions get asked) and in what order. The fact she is publicly saying she won't be a “fly on the wall”, expect an aggressive approach from her.
One way this works well is if she keeps them to their time limits. This would be a huge advantage to Romney. The One cannot discuss anything concisely.
Yeah, that's weird.
F Chuckie. Lil Barry is a eunuch and a whiner.
I guess future credibility trumps ideology..
Good point.
Spinning lie after lie without a crib sheet (or teleprompter) requires more time.
Don’t get cocky Republicans!
Rush just mentioned this poll.
Romney up by 3, with democrats OVER sampled by 9!
That’s not really what it means, but that’s beside the point. The point is, that comment, which was NOT your comment, is based on a ridiculous faulty premise - that being that “The GOP” has any control now.
As Eisenhower said after the D Day order had been given: he was now the least impactful person in the operation.
No, they will feature the Romneys’ garbage collector, tearfully reproaching the `out-of-touch rich guy’ for having never given him a hug.
sounds as if Chuckie has the REAL internals and wants to still have some credibility come Christmas
Good catch. English is quirky bugger of a language, but so help me, I do love it.
That's because the word is foreign.
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
based on a ridiculous faulty premise - that being that “The GOP” has any control now.
Well, I hope the GOPe doesn't.
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