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Subscribe to RSSLatest polls: National: Pew: Romney leads 49-45% among likely voters and the candidates are tied 46-46%, among registered voters; State: MI: EPIC/MRA has Obama up 48-45%.
Downballot: In North Dakota, Mason-Dixon has the Senate race tied at 47% between Rick Berg (R) and Heidi Heidtkamp (D). In Indiana, a GOP poll shows Richard Mourdock (R) ahead of Rep. Joe Donnelly (D) 45-42%. A Howey Politics poll two weeks ago showed Donnelly up 2.
Pew: “Mitt Romney no longer trails Barack Obama in the Pew Research Center’s presidential election polling. By about three-to-one, voters say Romney did a better job than Obama in the Oct. 3 debate, and the Republican is now better regarded on most personal dimensions and on most issues than he was in September. Romney is seen as the candidate who has new ideas and is viewed as better able than Obama to improve the jobs situation and reduce the budget deficit.”
Political Wire: “USA Today's Susan Page told the PBS Newhour that the new Gallup daily tracking poll will show Mitt Romney and President Obama are "virtually tied" when it switches from registered voters to likely voters beginning tomorrow. Obama held a 5 percentage-point lead among registered voters in today's poll release.”
The Detroit Free Press: “Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s strong performance in his first debate with President Barack Obama helped him trim Obama’s lead in Michigan to three percentage points, a poll released today to the Free Press shows. Obama’s 10 percentage point lead (47%-37%) in a poll conducted last month by EPIC-MRA of Lansing dropped to 3 points (48% to 45%), according to the poll of 600 likely voters conducted by EPIC-MRA of Lansing.”
Bill Clinton is campaigning for candidates in California, Arizona, Indiana, and Iowa, Politico reports.
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Today is the last day to register to vote in many states.
If you are not registered, REGISTER TODAY !!!!
Then, be sure to vote for the Democratic party candidates. Your future depends on it.
Scare monger much?
This would be a harder decision to make had Hillary Clinton won 4 years ago.
The only scare mongers are the GOP, who intend to eliminate Medicare and Medicaid, defund the VA, and fire BIG BIRD !!!!
Great advice dirp . I intend to do just that vote democrat ,I mean . Been registered to vote for 43 years .
For the first time EVER , I am voting straight Dem .
EDIT 33 Years .
If that's your picture, you're lookin' good, whether in your 50's or 60's.
If these polls are correct, it just shows voters would rather be lied to than told the truth.
I guess the line from the movie a few good men fits. "Americans can't handle the truth".
Really Americans will vote for lies?
It really is hard for me to think that so many voters (whoever they are) have switched to believe the lies of Romney.
They are either uninformed (don't know the truth), or simply hate President Obama.
Romney was full of himself and continues to lie.....President Obama will check that during the second debate.
Vote the Democratic Ticket...all the way, up and down ballot.
Worked for Obama in 2008 so now all we have to do is vote for the one we think is actually not lying but will do as he says. Obama has proven he can't so that leaves Mitt.
Romney/Ryan 2012 You just have to believe.
Mo said,
"If these polls are correct, it just shows voters would rather be lied to than told the truth."
Dude, that's just what happened in 2008 and look what happened... A Disaster!!
It's time turn to the page on this failed presidency...
The middle class and your children/grandchildren can't afford 4 more!!
That's your basic false dichotomy. I don't HATE the president, I just don't think he has done enough to earn my vote.
10-09-12
According to Nate, “A Great Poll for Romney, in Perspective”
The newest research from Nate has it as the NOV 6 factors:
“Obama chance of winning 74.8% Romney 25.2%”
“Projected Winner Obama 302.5”
“Projected Loser Romney 235.5”
Popular Vote:
Obama 50.8% Romney 48.3%
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However, if the election was being voted in “Now Cast” Today:
Totals
“Obama chance of winning 82.5% Romney 17.5%”
“Projected Winner Obama 304.6”
“Projected Loser Romney 233.4”
Popular Vote:
Obama 50.7% Romney 48.1%
Obama did himself no favors with his debate performance. Allowing Romney to again change his positions on everything talked about there without strong rebuttal was a strategic mistake. However, Romney gave Obama all the material he can use against him in 'before' and 'after' stances in advertisements. It's been already done by outside concerns, and it is damaging. Take that and add the verbage "Do you really know what Mitt Romney will do if elected?" or "What position would Romney take on Social Security, Medicare and raising taxes on the middle class if elected? Without specifics, chances are he'd do what he's campaigned for in the last 1 1/2 years, which will definitely hurt the middle class." It's all on tape, he can't run from it. It's another "I was for it before I was against it." moment for serial flip-flopper Romney.
Obama then finally must take his lies to task in the October 16th debate, and put the questions back in the minds of Americans about Mutt. Obama is a smart man, and he more than anyone else know what he has to do- confront this liar!
Romney has had a streak of bad weeks and so now Obama is having a couple of bad weeks. That is the way it goes. I can't wait to see those righties tout the polls now when just last week the polls weren't accurate or weren't important according to them.
Romney would cut taxes for millionaires, on the backs of Bird Bird, or so he claimed at the debate. Yeah he's going to cut government funding of Sesame Street - which only gets 1% of it's budget from federal funds, and that's how he will pay for trillions in tax cuts.
Mitt Romney is a serial exaggerator and just plain untrustworthy.
Amy,
Big Bird is a 1% 'er , wealthier than Mitt Romney. Sesame Street makes tens of millions in revenue...
According to the 990 tax form all nonprofits are required to file, Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell received $956,513 -- nearly a million dollars -- in compensation in 2008. And, from 2003 to 2006, "Sesame Street" made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales.
If you break that down, it works out to over $50 million a year "Sesame Street" is taking in from all that merchandising.
Yep, that one-percenter Big Bird makes about four times what Mitt Romney does annually and yet Barack Obama still wants you and I to still carry his freight
That's pretty funny, Bob!
Point being, though, Mitt claimed cutting federal funds to PBS was one way he was going to pay for the tax cuts on the wealthiest he proposes, but the PBS budget is only equal to about six hours of defense spending. In other words, it's miniscule. Furthermore, given how bad for-profit TV is, public television plays an important role in educating people.
So, the Vulture Capitalist goes after Big Bird........
Kinda' like he bankrupted companies (for his own profit) during his days at Bain leaving a trail of destruction....You just can't take the vultureness out of Willard.....he is what he is....which is, he's a liar!
It all comes down to timing. If the bad weeks happen right before the election that will tend to stick in voters' minds.
Wow...ooo what a day can make of a people and party. The republicans before the debate swore by all that is dear to them that the polls were rigged by the liberal press not the people showing their preferences, even the job performance numbers that they have relied upon all through the Obama presidency to pillory him suddenly becomes another of their conspiracy theory because it flipped for the first time. Any good news for Obama is made up but as soon as the same source goes the other direction if favorable to them is reality but if not it is conspiracy akin to the illogical that all things that favor me is good and all things that don't favor me is bad regardless if it comes from the same source. I call them the whiners.
This is the closest to even of any of the polls so far. Look at the numbers. 7 more Republicans than Dems (403-396). 15 more Romney supporters than Obama (567-552). 364 Independents.
Less that 1% oversampling of GOP not 7 to 9% like the precious ones on the Dem side.
And the Tpublican hypocrisy continues.
The GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" has had many 'gaps.' In very quiet rooms with his very rich friends the GOP/RNC "Flip=Flopper" says one thing. Then in public he says something completely different. This shows that he is either the biggest liar in US Poltical History, or he is jsut bi-polar. In very quiet rooms with his very rich friends the GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" says that he does not care about 47% of Americans. In public the GOP?RNC "Romulian" says he will represent all Americans. It is the "Battle Of The Two Speculators." Which one is real? Which one is false? No one knows, and this in not what world leaders like to see. This is not what the American People want to see from their President. The "Speculator and Chief" is a "Bain Trained Speculator." Who loves to sell as many products/strories/policy positions as possible. The real GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" will only be honest with his very rich friends on Wall Street, and his other "Speculator Friends" that are busy manipulating our economy. Even Big Bird is not sure what the GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" really stands either.
Progressive...
Actually Romney is a sociopath. You see, a sociopath will say or do anything to get what he wants. That means he lies and lies about the lies and flip flops etc. A sociopath is cruel to animals (Seamus) and people (the boy in Preppy School) (Vulture Capitalism). He has no remorse or feelings of guilt when he lies or hurts others so while we take this stuff lightly it could be dangerous in a hostile world. Imagine a war not just in Syria or Iran but Korea could flare up because of this coldness and lack of real diplomacy.
May Big Bird fly over Romney and, let us just say, drop something on him. Hey Mitt be glad it wasn't Snuffalupagus.
The empty suit that resides in the Oval Office 36% of the time has done nothing but hurt this country. The empty suit was never properly vetted and is an amateur by every account. The economy, gas prices, jobs, healthcare have all taken its toll on the American people. We the people have finally woken up and we the people will elect the empty suit out of office...and once out, we'll see how many celebrities still hang out with him.
Newsweek resident loon Andrew Sullivan writes the cover story "Obama is the Democrat's Reagan", just over a week ago.... Sullivan all but said Obama was going to win in a landslide.
Hubris, anyone! One week later, Sullivan rants and raves how Obama has lost the election....
"2012: Closing the gap"
As usual, First Read , like its preferred Presdient, is leading from behind.
What gap? The race is essentially tied, if anything Romney is slightly ahead...
A very good observation Adler-273784. So the GOP/RNC "Speculator and Chief" is a bi-polar sociopath. WOW! One wonders what the leaders of Russia, Iran, and North Korea will think. When they actually have to deal with the GOP/RNC "War Hawk and Chief." Especially when Mr. Bolton is sitting rignt next to him "Super Spewing." Again! Oh No! Did everyone see that bright flash, and then the Mushroom Cloud that followed? Way too go GOP/RNC "War Hawk and Chief."
JFK-2112
JFK-2112.....Since you have such a great crystal ball, why are you wasting your time here??? .....go and find the Pope of Rome he will hire you immediately!!!.....
A man like you should be getting paid for your prophetic vision!!!
Obama has weakened our standing in the world so badly that I can see another attack on our soil. Once you see past the smoke and mirrors, you actually find out what a true disaster this president has been. Utter failure on all fronts.
Oh, please.
More terrorists have been killed during Obama's administration than were executed in eight years of George Bush's.
President Obama wound down the war in Iraq - now Romney wants to start a new one in Syria, or Iran. Romney and sons never served in the military but they want to send our youth into another war over oil.
Amy, get your head out of your @zz. First off, Bush had already signed the agreement with the Iraqi Government for the drawdown in Iraq. Obama had nothing to do with it. Secondly, we don't have a draft in this country anymore...if you want to serve in the military, sign up. Hope you did your part!
The Republicans were doubtful Thomas not so long ago, they did not believe in polls, complaining that they were rigged...now they pulled a switch-a-roo one of Romney's MO's, because it is in their favor.......
America ....are we going to sit back and allow Gov Romney to sell us a bridge to nowhere?
This man's mouth is as smooth as butter.......he can sell ice to Eskimos.....
He can sell a lemon just like any use car salesman in five minutes.......
Have you ever wonder how he got out of Bain Capital a big winner and the company went bankrupted? Thousand of that same 47% American moochers lost their jobs as a consequence.
Today’s Sesame Street is brought to you by the letters F & U and the number 47.
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government: Congress, the President, and Supreme Court. The branches most work together establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty for the American people.
There is one of the federal government that is NOT doing there job!
THE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS PARTY!
Only The Republican Congress said NO to every bill that would make American jobs.
Jun 5 -S.3240 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Bill of 2012
Jun 23 - H.R.4213 - American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Bill of 2010
Jun 29 - S.2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Bill Jul 17 - S.3364 - Bring Jobs Home Bill This would have moved American Manufacturing Companies back to the United States or they would pay millions in taxes each year until they did.
Jul 11 - S.2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Bill
Aug 5 - H.R.5297 - Small Business Jobs and Credit Bill of 2010
Sep 12 - S.3457 - Veterans Jobs Corps Bill and S. Amdt. 2789 Bill. Support Our Troops! Everyone coming home would have a job! Only the Republican congress said NO!
Sep 24 - S.3816 - Creating American Jobs and Ending Off Shoring Bill
Oct 6 - S.1660 - American Jobs Bill of 2011
Nov 1 - S.1769 - Rebuild America Jobs Bill. This one bill would have made way over 60 million American job only in the United States. Only the Republican Congress NO!
Nov 3 - H.R.674 - 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Bill
Nov 30 - S.1917 - A bill to create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses
Dec 15 - H.R.3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Bill of 2011 There are alot more bills Republican will not pass.
These ones will have put Americans back to work.
The Republican Representatives no longer represented the everyday Americans. They only represent millionaires! Why? Because they are millionaires. We the People need to vote them out of office. Put them in the unemployment line and /or welfare line and see how they like it.
The Romney/Ryan plan has been tried before but under a different name its called a PYRAMID SCHEME. In a pyramid scheme you broaden the bottom or the base as Romney/Ryan call it and then just when the people at the bottom think there going to see some return on there investment the people at the very top take off with all the profits leaving the people at the bottom with nothing.
Take a moment a think about that !!