Per DRUDGE: Romney internals--+1 in OH, tied in WI and PA!

Drudge per Daily Mail ^ | 11/5/2012 | LS

[LS]

Mitt Romney is ahead by a single percentage point in Ohio, according to internal polling data provided to MailOnline by a Republican party source.

Internal campaign polling completed last night by campaign pollster Neil Newhouse has Romney three points up in New Hampshire, two points up in Iowa and dead level in Wisconsin and - most startlingly - Pennsylvania.

[ez]

Obama looked close to tears today on the stump and has his old buddies along on AF1 for nostalgia...he knows.

[Capt. Canuck]

[FredZarguna]

Reminds me of Albert Speer’s recollection of the waning days of 1944 at Obersalzberg. Let’s hope it’s true.

[erod]

Fwiw, here's my thoughts:

1. This release of internal polling is to discredit the dishonest polling that is done by the Obama loving press. It's meant to show voters that the media are pushing a meme
2. These are not the true current internals by the Romney camp. These internals may be a week old. The new internals might even be better for Romney, but there is no friggin way that his campaign is going to release that they wouldn't want voters to park themselves at home and not show up.
3. This is Psy Ops agaisnt the Obama camp, get them scared and let reality set in.
4. If things looked better for team Obama I would really think that they would release some positive numbers of their own.

LS I would love to know what you think about the state of these internals. I for one do not believe that these internals are the true Romney internals for the campaign. I believe this is more of a GOTV push poll for our base.

[LS]

What you say makes sense. However, I know the Romney pollster is pretty conservative. I’ve been in touch with one member of the Romney team, and this is pretty close to what they tell me. Do I think they are overly cautious? Yes. But better safe than sorry.

[erod]

Thanks LS bye do you teach at the University of Iowa? I graduated there in 2008.

[erod]

Bye= by the way

[Tymesup]

Factors to increase Obama fraud:

Desperation of Obama supporters
Perception there will be no consequences (Florida 2000, Franken Senate, Oregon Senate (?))

On the other hand, put yourself in the shoes of a potential fraudster. You might have a bad feeling about the way the campaign is going, so fraud may not help. You might have a bad feeling about your candidate. Are you going to stick your neck out and commit a felony under these circumstances?

You’ve seen defections - D’s turning into R’s, Hollywood supporting Romney more than last time, newspapers changing sides. Maybe you just sit this one out and wait for 2016.