I don't know what hurt President Obama more with regard to the debate last Wednesday - his actual performance or the media's spin of it. In any case, Romney seemed to be closing the gap in polls taken over the weekend. Even though it's been reported that the GOP candidate spouted 27 lies in the 38 minutes he spoke at the debate, 72% of Gallup respondents claim he won last Wednesday evening.
Of course, in light of these post-debate poll numbers, the news media has had a collective orgasm. We're almost exactly a month away from the debate and the last thing they want is a landslide victory for either candidate, so they can continue to generate excitement and with that ratings until election day.
Republicans have been especially giddy over the tightening poll numbers. They had been told for a couple weeks that Romney has less of a chance at winning the election than a fictional character had at winning the lottery.
So, as sad as it is for me to report this, it appears as if the Romney post-debate bounce is officially over and we're starting to see numbers which closely resemble those taken prior to the debate last Wednesday. In the latest Gallup poll, Obama leads by the same exact margin he did on the day of the debate - representing 50% of the electorate, compared to 45% for the Republican candidate. In this same poll, his approval has increased to 51% and disapproval decreased to 44%.
The reason for the sudden stop and even reversal of Romney's post-debate bounce is debatable. The president was likely aided by Friday's jobs report, which showed the national unemployment rate dropping to 7.8% - the lowest of his tenure. The American public has also had a few days to read up on Romney's claims from his debate performance to see just how inaccurate he was with most of them.
It will take a few more days before we start to see whether or not state polls have also shown a stoppage and even reversal of the post-debate bounce numbers we saw nationally for Romney. At this current time, it doesn't appear as if Romney has reversed any states in his favor, but may have cut into the president's lead some.
Thursday night will showcase a debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan. Republicans have long poked fun of Biden due to this tendency to make gaffes. It'll be interesting to see how they lower expectations against a man they seem to project as being dumber than a box of crayons.
http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
Of course, in light of these post-debate poll numbers, the news media has had a collective orgasm. We're almost exactly a month away from the debate and the last thing they want is a landslide victory for either candidate, so they can continue to generate excitement and with that ratings until election day.
Republicans have been especially giddy over the tightening poll numbers. They had been told for a couple weeks that Romney has less of a chance at winning the election than a fictional character had at winning the lottery.
So, as sad as it is for me to report this, it appears as if the Romney post-debate bounce is officially over and we're starting to see numbers which closely resemble those taken prior to the debate last Wednesday. In the latest Gallup poll, Obama leads by the same exact margin he did on the day of the debate - representing 50% of the electorate, compared to 45% for the Republican candidate. In this same poll, his approval has increased to 51% and disapproval decreased to 44%.
The reason for the sudden stop and even reversal of Romney's post-debate bounce is debatable. The president was likely aided by Friday's jobs report, which showed the national unemployment rate dropping to 7.8% - the lowest of his tenure. The American public has also had a few days to read up on Romney's claims from his debate performance to see just how inaccurate he was with most of them.
It will take a few more days before we start to see whether or not state polls have also shown a stoppage and even reversal of the post-debate bounce numbers we saw nationally for Romney. At this current time, it doesn't appear as if Romney has reversed any states in his favor, but may have cut into the president's lead some.
Thursday night will showcase a debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan. Republicans have long poked fun of Biden due to this tendency to make gaffes. It'll be interesting to see how they lower expectations against a man they seem to project as being dumber than a box of crayons.
http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
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