Newhouse himself threatening to clarify it?

they are running over there.

Looking for a place to lay blame.

Remember that the Romney campaign lies.

If you were a complete conspiracy theorist, you might think that they just got word: "The fix is NOT in, repeat The.Fix.Is.Not.In."

Love it. Newhouse just got had write up on how good/accurate he is. He must have decided his reputation was more important than propaganda.

Was the Romney camp using these numbers to encourage supporters? I don't quite get whay is going on here.

from Neil Newhouse saying that they were up in OH and tied in WI, PA. Neil Newhouse is now saying he never said it.

ammunition to the other candidate. For example, Obama could send more resources into Ohio to work on GOTV if he really believed the Romney internal polling showed him gaining there.

This is another reason the internals never come out. These guys have livelihoods to protect.

These guys in the Romney campaign want to work again. They know they are going to lose, so they are treading a fine line between giving up without looking too dishonest.

Are they implying that their numbers are actually better than tied in WI and PA? Really seems like odd timing to come out with negative information

That things were not as good as they said yesterday. It does seem like odd timing. I think the idea was that the internals would give some credence to their potentially delusional optimism. Many thought it looked like some kind of desperation move. But now it seems like they are trying to deny this information because it was, um, not True.

Only to retract it and begin backtracking within 24 hours? I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I say!