That the polling is essentially a dead heat in spite of the repug war against women, social

[still_one]

security, and medicare demonstrates to me that the country is screwed for decades to come

[ProSense]

1. Possibly the desperation gasp of racists.

Think about it Romney is pandering to them.

[raccoon]

2. Or the polling is hinky? nt

[still_one]

4. I doubt it. Just look at the make up of Congress. People keep voting against their own interests

[DonCoquixote]

3. Polls are organized lies

Paid for by those who are willing to pay for well crafted lies. Romney cannot beat Obama with facts, so he needs false momentum to try and lull/frighten people into not voting.

[still_one]

7. You are right, but ryan lied with impunity, and I doubt people will care. We are in the situation

we are today because of repuke policies, since reagan, which laid the foundation for deregulation, anti-labor, and the movement to privatize social security and medicare.

The repuke war against women should have been game over for the republicans, but the polls indicate it isn't. In fact the repukes have been more open about their sexist anti-women views than I have seen in years, and it is still a dead heat

[Scootaloo]

14. Lyan lied like a rugat the convention.

Of course, only two groups of poeple actually watched him do so...

1) People like us, who weren't going to vote for him anyway.

2) People like freepers who will vote for him no matter what.

He could have told us that the sky is lavender and he farts lightning, and you wouldn't see a shift in polls from it. He could unzip his face and Jackie Chan could jump out, point at hte camera and laugh at us, "Haha, fool you!" and it wouldn't make a bump.

The bump depends on media coverage after the fact mostly. Wait for it.

[still_one]

19. good analysis, definitely puts things in perspective /nt

[seabeyond]

5. they are now polling with registered? not "likely" voters i believe. it changes up the polls

that had to bring it more in line. i think that is how i heard it.

[RDANGELO]

6. Obama still has the edge in the electoral college.

Romney has to win more electoral votes from the swing states.

[still_one]

9. I hope so, but regardless, if we don't have Congress it will be four years of blocking anything he

tries to do

[seabeyond]

8. also, they always, (and we do) get a bump with convention. nt

[Quantess]

10. It is baffling.

An otherwise cool woman with a part-black son is a Romney supporter. I have to assume she is voting mormon, first. She must be really loyal to her religion to vote for Romney and remain mormon even though she has a part black child.

[HereSince1628]

11. But, it seems that the NYT, WashPost, and other media are turning against these

brutal over-reaches of the rightwing.

Since the time of the Clinton impeachment the media has mostly acted as a megaphone for the propaganda. That seems to be changing, maybe the pendulum is reaching its maximum swing.

The sheep will follow whatever the media endorses. Somehow it seems that there is some pushback where for most of the decade there was none.

[Barry2012]

12. We cannot falter

The fight is on it's us the sane normal people vs. the Racist party of rich fat fucks like rush limbaugh.we must get the people out to vote, the racist are desperate.if they win america will be a plutocracy for the next 100 years, we must stop the fascist nazi machine.

[Scootaloo]

13. A dead heat favors the incumbent

And polling doesn't necessarily reflect actual opinions; people give reflexive answers, or often just lie to sound like they're "better people" or something.

This is without the other innate flaws of polls; I understand how "polling science" is supposed to work. But I also know hoe Austrian economics is supposed to work. Just 'cause there's a theory and those invested in it say that it works... doesn't mean that it really does.

[ananda]

15. Obama is WAY ahead.

Any polls that don't show that are wrong or biased.

[uponit7771]

16. Black vote, Hispanic vote, female vote all by double digits and it's even? I don't think so, there..

...aren't that many white straight males in the US

[LaydeeBug]

17. They *have* to make it look even so they get ratings, and we don't get complacent, buck up. nt

[ellenfl]

18. i also think it's all about ratings.

btw, did anyone else hear the spawn of russert call the 'mariana islands' the 'marinara islands'?

i almost fell out of my seat.

ellen fl