Posted on 10/17/2012 12:46:08 PM PDT by nhwingut
Karl Rove told Megyn Kelly today on America Live that no presidential candidate has ever lost an election leading with over 50 percent of likely voters in mid October. Mitt Romney has 51 percent of likely voters today.
“The Obama campaign has pulled down all of its negative advertising. And is now running virtually all positive ads in the battleground states heralding all the success of the last four years. This is very unusual because they have been constantly beating up on Romney. In recent weeks the president’s negatives have risen and Romney particularly after this debate has moved into a lead. You saw it in the Gallup poll you talked about. Six point lead, 51-45. Yesterday it was 50-46. This is the first time that Romney has hit 50 percent in the Gallup likely voter poll and the president has never hit 50 percent in the likely voter poll. And no candidate who has led in mid-October with 50 percent or more in the likely voter poll has ever gone on to lose.“
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The MSM wants a Dewey beats Truman headline.
Chriss Mathews wants to tingle.
Maddow will switch sides to help obama relax.
anderson cooper will ..whatever, you get the point.
We need more ground troups. We need monster crowds.
“Under normal circumstances, I would readily agree with you; two things concern me, however:
The Chicago Thug Machine factor, and the inevitable “October Surprise.”
Put together, the possibilities are downright scary.
I think these guys will pull out all the stops to hang on to their power.”
This is exactly my feeling also. I won’t rest easy until Romney is inagurated.
I think he has ceased ads into Southwest Virginia as well. He must depend on the more populous East Virginia to pull it out
I’m not always a big fan of Rove, but when it comes to crunching the numbers, he has a great way of putting things in perspective. When I saw the 51% in Gallup, I kinda thought that to myself — this is the kind of lead that’s pretty tough to overcome this late in the game. Rove just confirms what I was thinking, and gives me more reassurance that — barring a disaster in the final debate or some major crisis that somehow makes Zero look good — this is all but a done deal.
I have daydreams about the look on Moochie’s face when she figures out that her trips/clothes/meal tickets are gonna be cut off.
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The first debate was like two armies racing to a gap in a mountain chain. Obama counted on defining Romney as someone to fear and then cruise through the debates. That failed. Then, Romney simply looked competent at the debate and that was enough.
He isn’t scary, he seems informed, engaged and with energy.
Game over.
People were looking to make a change, just needed reassurance Mitt wasn’t a nutjob. Obama lost the race to define him, and now it is simply hoping Romney makes a colossal error.
When an incumbent is below 50% at this point in the race they are in real trouble.
Turnout will be everything, so please vote!
Looks like the debates are finally beginning to awaken the undecided “swing” voters who have been sitting in front of Dancing with the Stars face down in the Doritos for the past four years. Go Romney!!
obama.....manning.......think
Yup. And Romney does his due diligence. He's been running for president ever since the Utah Olympics. He's not going to make an unforced erro now. He's no Joe Biden. Or Barak Obozo.
Rove and these pundit whores simply will not go away. If there’s a camera and a pay check he will show up anywhere and bloviate away. He’s a negative for Romney every time he shows up and opens his trap.
The most overrated “political advisor” on the republican side in modern history. His advice to Bush was pathetic and turned what should have been east wins into dog fights.
He’s a pathetic Washington insider and a reminder of the old school, back-room style of politics the GOP refuses to shed.
I wish he would simply go away and we never hear from him again. Now he is making this ridiculous statement and doing nothing but sounding arrogant and no doubt making some independents feel anxious about Romney and hacks like Rove.
Yes indeed; I'm surrounded.
You're crazy! ;^) IMHO it's not going to be close. I've been saying since last fall that it would be a landslide for the pubbies. I think Romney will get 370+ electoral votes.
Too late...if zero bombs something this late in the game (actually highly likely) it going to be such an obvious Wag the Dog that it will wind up costing him votes.
Until he is gone the hair stands tall on the back of my neck.
There are 15 days between the last debate and the election. That's a lot of time to spend smearing Romney without him having a direct, unfiltered line to the public to counter the attacks. The best thing we have going for us is that SO many people watched that first debate. You don't get a second chance to make a first impression and Romney made a good one.
It’s beginning to look more like 1988 than 1980. And at this rate, it could turn into 1972 or 1984. Look ‘em up if you’re not familiar with the electoral maps from those years...
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