The margin of error on the Gallup poll is 2%.
“The margin of error on the Gallup poll is 2%.”
You’re right, it is 2%. But Beckel for whatever reason believed that it was 4% — wishful thinking I guess.
So the Romney lead could actually be 9% instead of 7% (worse case 5%). So let's be positive and consider it a 9% lead for Romney!
I think that many Freepers have been so snake-bitten by polls over the years that they don't want to accept them when it is good news for our side. However, there is no doubt that if Gallup had Obama up by 7 this morning, the same Freepers would be howling in despair that "all is lost".
Also, I think we can finally put the "Comeback Kid" ruse to rest this election cycle. If the mainstream pollsters wanted to artificially inflate Romney's numbers to show an Obama surge, they surely wouldn't be continuing to build Romney's lead at this juncture. We are now two days after the second debate and heading into the weekend before the third and final debate on Monday. This would have been the time to show Obama "surging" if that indeed was the plan.
Two weeks from Tuesday is the election we've all been waiting for. While it is wise to not consider this in the bag, I think it is safe to say that our chances are exceedingly good and this election is no longer Obama's to win but Romney's to lose.
All Romney needs to do from this point on is not make any mistakes and turn in a solid performance in Monday night's final debate - I think we have nothing to worry about on that account.
So work hard for the next 19 days to elect Romney and elect as many Tea Party conservatives as we can downticket - but let's savor the moment as well and not fall into negativity.