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Time is Running Out for Obama to Reset Race

Replace Obama with Romney and this thread would be on point. The candidate who's leading doesn't have to reset the race; he just has to maintain his lead.
 
AdamT said:
Replace Obama with Romney and this thread would be on point. The candidate who's leading doesn't have to reset the race; he just has to maintain his lead.
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It's pretty obvious from watching the debate that both campaigns consider Romney the front runner. That's why Obama spent the whole debate on the attack trying to force an error while Romney was just interested in maintaining his lead by not saying anything controversial. Obama came across as a little bit desperate.
 
AdamT said:
Replace Obama with Romney and this thread would be on point. The candidate who's leading doesn't have to reset the race; he just has to maintain his lead.
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Navy Pride said:
President Romney, sounds pretty good.
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The news is indeed hopeful. Maybe Obama can reset his career back to community organizing, or writing fictional biographies, or anyway something less harmful to the country.
 
Well the downside to Obama losing would be for the next rest of our/his life the media would spend all its time between the midterms and the first primary obsessing about whether or not Obama was going to run again.
 
AdamT said:
Replace Obama with Romney and this thread would be on point. The candidate who's leading doesn't have to reset the race; he just has to maintain his lead.
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Yep, except that's not happening. Obama's lead has been steadily eroding over the last month.
 
Diogenes said:
The news is indeed hopeful. Maybe Obama can reset his career back to community organizing, or writing fictional biographies, or anyway something less harmful to the country.
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Another Jimmy Carter similarity. :mrgreen:
 
clownboy said:
Yep, except that's not happening. Obama's lead has been steadily eroding over the last month.
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No it hasn't. the race has been more or less unchanged for the last few weeks. There are four sites that average the polls and attempt to pick a leader. All four have Obama in front.
 
This election is going to be so tight and the results so disputable anecdotally that whoever wins is going to have a real tough time claiming any sort of mandate for anything. What happens in the next 2-4 years will be determined by whether or not the House and Senate can come up with some sort of leadership on both sides of the aisle in both chambers that can hammer crap out.
 
AdamT said:
Replace Obama with Romney and this thread would be on point. The candidate who's leading doesn't have to reset the race; he just has to maintain his lead.
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Yup. That's just what we will do. Replace Obama with Romney. The thread will be on point on nov. 7th.
 
AdamT said:
No it hasn't. the race has been more or less unchanged for the last few weeks. There are four sites that average the polls and attempt to pick a leader. All four have Obama in front.
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Everyone I saw last night said that the momentum is still with Romney, it is just slowed to a snail's pace. Romney is the one moving through the undecideds/margin of error; Obama's numbers have been pretty static. It is going to be a photo finish either way.
 
clownboy said:
Yep, except that's not happening. Obama's lead has been steadily eroding over the last month.
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To be fair, eroding is different than eroded.

In terms of what wins elections, electoral count, Obama IS still the one looking more solid.

However, it's FAR less solid than a month ago and the momentum seemingly is still going Romney's way, despite being retarded over the past few weeks.

That fact though is why I don't think it would be apt to say that it'd be more on point saying ROMNEY is running out of time to reset the race. He already did reset the race...the first Debate did that. It caused a 40% swing in InTrade, gave Romney his first lead in the RCP Average since the campaign began, and has helped propel him to over 200 Electoral likely electoral votes as his baseline. The first debate DID reset the race for him and currently he still has the momentum.

The question of course is whether or not that momentum is enough to get him over the finish line in time. That remains to be seen. But Obama definitely needs a "reset" to this race more so than Romney if he wants to be confident in a win, because right now it's trending away from him. Obama at this point needs to REVERSE momentum if he wants to be assured victory. Romney needs only to attempt to keep his momentum going a little faster. Romney doesn't need a reset, he just needs to continue to push, and he'll be sitting FAR prettier than he was at any time during this. Obama needs a reset to have anywhere near the same amount of confidence in the results as he would've had even a month ago.
 
AdamT said:
No it hasn't. the race has been more or less unchanged for the last few weeks. There are four sites that average the polls and attempt to pick a leader. All four have Obama in front.


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Not sure if anyone saw the disclaimer hidden at the bottom of the original post.
 
Fisher said:
This election is going to be so tight and the results so disputable anecdotally that whoever wins is going to have a real tough time claiming any sort of mandate for anything. What happens in the next 2-4 years will be determined by whether or not the House and Senate can come up with some sort of leadership on both sides of the aisle in both chambers that can hammer crap out.
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I think it will be a blowout.
Good riddance ObamaKare.
 
zimmer said:
I think it will be a blowout.
Good riddance ObamaKare.
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While I definitely hope that happens (just think of all the extra millions overcharging insurance companies will get to pocket now that they were building up their trust funds with) with Obamacare, I do not see either one as the inevitable winner. I am beginning to think it might not be until Wednesday late afternoon we know for sure who won.
 
I think Obama looked desperate last night with his snide remarks and condescending attitude. Romney clearly looked presidential and did not sink to the mudslinging.
 
AdamT said:
No it hasn't. the race has been more or less unchanged for the last few weeks. There are four sites that average the polls and attempt to pick a leader. All four have Obama in front.
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So, it's your position that Obama's poll numbers are unchanged for the last few weeks? Put up or, well you know the rest. :mrgreen:
 
zimmer said:
Not sure if anyone saw the disclaimer hidden at the bottom of the original post.
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No, not until you pointed it out_ Not sure Why Putin wasn't included with the group of Boyz. Thanks for post.


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Fisher said:
While I definitely hope that happens (just think of all the extra millions overcharging insurance companies will get to pocket now that they were building up their trust funds with) with Obamacare, I do not see either one as the inevitable winner. I am beginning to think it might not be until Wednesday late afternoon we know for sure who won.
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I could never understand how such a failure could be doing as well as he has. Now the real numbers are coming out.... Obama hasn't hit 50% in any poll that I can recall, and now Romney is at 50% in both Gallup and Rasmussen; the first time either has done it.

The midterms were an indication of what can happen, and undecideds tend to go for the challenger. This has all the shades of 1980... Libya is Obama's Iran (except Obama has lied), Obama has been like Carter on the economy).

Time will tell. A year ago I predicted the R would win by the same margin that Obama won by in 08. Now I see a blowout.
 
AdamT said:
Replace Obama with Romney and this thread would be on point. The candidate who's leading doesn't have to reset the race; he just has to
maintain his lead.
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Huh? Daily Swing State Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

Daily Swing State Tracking Poll

Swing State Tracking: Romney 50%, Obama 45%


Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 46%. Two percent (2%) prefers some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided.
 
Navy Pride said:
Huh? Daily Swing State Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

Daily Swing State Tracking Poll

Swing State Tracking: Romney 50%, Obama 45%


Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 46%. Two percent (2%) prefers some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided.
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Since when does the popular vote win the election Navy?
 
PeteEU said:
Since when does the popular vote win the election Navy?
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They have disagreed very few times in our history...You win the electoral vote you usually win the popular vote.
 
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