2016 Postmortem
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Obama Totally Crushes Mitt Romney In The New NBC/WSJ Pollby Grace Wyler at Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-leads-romney-poll-nbc-wsj-2012-9
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President Barack Obama opened up a decisive lead over Mitt Romney in the new NBC/WSJ poll, pulling ahead of his embattled opponent by five points.
The poll which was taken after the conventions and last week's crisis in the Middle East, but before the recent firestorm over Romney's 47 percent comments is the latest national survey to show Obama sustaining a strong bounce in the wake of the Democratic National Convention.
Significantly, the poll puts Obama's job approval rating reaching the crucial 50 percent threshold for the first time since March.
Like other recent surveys, the NBC/WSJ poll also shows that Obama has erased Romney's advantage on the crucial question of which candidate would better handle the economy. On that issue, the President now ties his opponent at 43 percent, wiping out the six-point lead Romney held last month.
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Trajan
(19,089 posts)They have failed EVERY DAMNED TIME ! ....
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Uncle Mitt would be very disappointed. Maybe your town gets hit by a tornado and maybe Mitt isn't there to help. We wouldn't want that, now would we?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)Even though it is Republican Presidents who have increased the deficit and damaged the economy the most, the GOP has still been able to persuade many people that it is good on the economy.
This also is a reminder of the failure of the Democrats to adequately counter that message, although I think things are improving.
Btw, this poll was posted on a thread earlier tonight.
demosincebirth
(12,518 posts)for me.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)As Nate Silver says, let's wait a week before declaring the Romney campaign dead.
On every political campaign I've ever worked on, you always want to work like you are behind and never take anything for granted.
Case in point: Look at how the Senate race in Connecticut is turning out to be closer than expected and how the DSCC is now transferring resources there!
CTyankee
(63,773 posts)what effect it will have. It's eerie seeing her spout that same number as Mitt. It looks robotic...