Romney Adviser Lowers Expectations For Post-Convention Bump
Source: BuzzFeed
TAMPA, Florida — In an apparent move to lower expectations for an anticipated post-convention bump in the polls, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney told reporters Tuesday that a number of factors — including the weather — could get in the way of any serious momentum coming out of event.
Asked how much of a bump he expected Romney to get, Stuart Stevens said, "I have no idea idea. I mean... Of course, this convention's different because of the hurricane. Conventions are different now, they're much later now when we're having them; the way we're having back to back conventions; we've never come into another convention after another campaign spent half a million dollars, plus the outside groups."
The new positioning represents a reversal from the the high expectations the campaign was setting just weeks ago. Then, in a briefing with reporters at the campaign's Boston headquarters, strategists showed slides arguing that challengers typically get larger post-convention bumps than incumbents in both poll numbers, and personal image.
Now, though, the campaign appears to be backing away from the high bar.
"I think all bets are off in terms of past performance being a predictor of the future," Stevens said.
Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/romney-adviser-lowers-expectations-for-post-conven
Maybe it's just your candidate?
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Well see there is this hurricane, we "were forced to" cancel that awesome Donald Trump part, soooo.....
HAHAHA GOP CONVENTION WILL BE A HUGE BOUNCE -- FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA!
into the touchdown zone next week! 
Welcome to DU!
But again, never underestimate the evil DIEBOLD bits. That's all they have.
Love it when Republics look defeated