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Related: About this forumRomney’s Worst Nightmare Comes True, the Media Reports He’s Losing
http://www.politicususa.com/romneys-worst-nightmare-true-mainstream-media-admits-losing.htmlRomneys Worst Nightmare Comes True, the Media Reports Hes Losing
By: Jason Easley
November 4th, 2012
On Meet The Press, Chuck Todd debunked Romneys Pennsylvania spin by pointing out that the Republican is going there because he is losing in Ohio and Wisconsin.
Here is the video-@ link, though m#nbc will probably have a repeat soon...
Todd broke down the map as it currently stands, He could lose Ohio, Iowa, and Pennsylvania and he could get there. The problem is, Wisconsin is looking like a state, its a same day voter registration state. So then if you look at it that way, he needs one of these others. In Ohio, if you believe the two-point race there, that would put him over. So thats why, what explains if you will, David, why Romney is going to Pennsylvania because if you only if you take away Pennsylvania, hes only got two routes and Ohio and Wisconsin both seem to be a little where hes behind.
The media is seeing through the Romney campaigns spin, and starting to move away from the toss up/it could go either way talking points that GOP desperately needs to keep alive through election day. The reality is that Romney has not made up any ground in Wisconsin or Ohio. This does not mean that those states are out of play, or that President Obama has the election locked up. It does mean that Romney is behind in critical states on the final weekend before the election.
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The media has caught on to the poison narrative that the Romney campaign is desperately trying to spin away. When someone as inside the Beltway as Chuck Todd says he is losing, Romneys not only losing votes. He is also losing the media battle.
It is important to remember that elections arent held after the first presidential debate, or on the the weekend before. Presidential elections are held on the first Tuesday in November. The only polls that count are the ones where voters are and will be casting their ballots.
If you want this polling and momentum to become a reality, you must go vote.
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Romney’s Worst Nightmare Comes True, the Media Reports He’s Losing (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2012
OP
RandySF
(58,911 posts)1. "The problem is, Wisconsin is looking like a state"
I guess Todd was sick when they talked about the 50 states in school.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)2. Somebody needs to tell Alex Witt on MSNBC
She cherry picked the worst polls for Obama(from conservative newspapers) to show a dead heat in swing states. I had to turn the channel.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)9. Alex Twitt is an idiot.
kath
(10,565 posts)3. " you must go vote" - unless, because of the fucking anachronistic Electoral College, your vote
doesn't count worth shit because you live in one of the states that make up Dumbfuckistan (aka red states)
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)5. I've been reluctant to post this link, but now that you mention it...
This was posted after the Bush/Kerry election of 2004.
With all due apologies to our progressive friends in Dixie
[link:http://www.fuckthesouth.com/|
marlakay
(11,476 posts)8. Every vote counts
Do we want mitt to win popular vote count? No....so no matter where you live vote!
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)4. If Rmoney loses in Iowa and Wisconsin,
It's just about over for him! If they are conceding defeat there, they KNOW that only a miracle can save them.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)6. All the pundits are just trying to cover their behinds.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)7. K&R! nt