Gallup Poll-Obama (D) 49% Romney ($) 46% NO CHANGE

[DemocratSinceBirth]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx

[treestar]

1. Haha love the ($)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. TY

I love when posters mention the ($) sign. It's obvious as Hell but I don't know how it occurred to me.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. And some heads on DU explode.

Time to move on folks!!!! GOTV.

[regnaD kciN]

21. Why?

This result means that yesterday's polling closely matched the day that dropped off (last Sunday -- pre-debate). Combined with the lack of change on Ras, it suggests that Romney's "surge" stopped dead after Thursday-Friday, and returned to where it was before the debate. As those Thursday-Friday numbers drop off the back end of the trackers, look for Obama's lead to return to normal.

[madrchsod]

22. i think that has already happened....

some will never get over it until obama make mittens cry.

[cheriemedium59]

3. Sigh of relief.....

It is hard for me to believe that Mittens had such an outstanding performance at the debate and the President was such a disaster, the polls would change drastically.

It's all about truth over lies...
Sanity over insanity...
Moving forward or moving backwards...
Hope over disaster...
Calm or craziness...

[skeewee08]

4. Hopefully people will relax...

Love the money sign....

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I'm not sure why we should relax.

Isn't that within the margin of error?

[graham4anything]

5. Congratulations Mr. President on your re-election.

fruck all the debbie downers and sad sams.
and fuck you to the plants looking to depress(and we know you are here).

And as always, Mittens never gets past 47 on this poll.

and please Mr. President, don't become something you are not just to listen to the rightwing.(who are not voting for you anyhow.)

and we need to be vigiliant in 2016 and we need to keep watching Jeb and Rob Portman.
I finally figured out why Mittens didn't pick Portman...he is being saved for Jeb.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. yay

[flamingdem]

8. Take THAT Mr. Romney

ha ha ha Candy Crowly was yapping about how Mitt is up in the polls after the debate. Dream on sistah

[Kahuna]

11. Hey! Let's all tweet @crowleyCNN the poll attachment

http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx tee hee

[flamingdem]

14. yays! You know I still have to figure out how to do that

Would I just type it as:

@crowleyCNN http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx

[Indpndnt]

16. I believe so, but double-check here:

https://support.twitter.com/articles/78124-how-to-shorten-links-urls

It looks like Twitter will inform you of a shortened link ahead, but it'll link to your intended destination.

(From a non-Tweeting (yet) person. )

[Kahuna]

17. That would do it, or you could paste the link in the thread.

[cr8tvlde]

9. The Professor and the Huckster. Class and Crass. Gin and Fizz. Tortoise and Hare.

Obama wins...warts and all.

[Bucky]

10. Love the news, but historically these things always take 7-10 days to settle out.

That was a trend I first noticed in the 90s when I got into the polling business and started watching how polls reacted to sudden swings in the news. My observations since then have generally confirmed it, particularly with elections--including this year's. The slide down to 4-7% deficits for Romney took more than a week to occur following his crappy run of stupid comments in September. Before drawing conclusions, always wait for the public perception to seep for at least a week before expecting to see any movement.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. The Polls Are A Reflection Of Peoples Attitudes, Of Course

Sometimes we forget that when discussing results. In most folks minds I believe the good economic news trumps Romney's good debate performance. And I do think the media debunking a lot of his claims and exposing his lies takes some of the luster off his "victory".

IMHO, the fundamental structure of the race will assert or reassert itself and the president will win by two percent or so and garner around 300 Electoral College Votes.

That being said, "opinions are a dime a dozen."

[cilla4progress]

18. This has an upside, because so much of the post-debate spin

has been negative for Rmoney, I think? (Big Bird, Lies, flip-flopping)

[bluestate10]

19. Fortunately for our President.

The President's fucking comatose debate performance will be massively overwhelmed by the positive news on jobs, the unemployment rate and the reduction in the federal deficit. With the set of news coming out after the debate looking so good for the President, most rational voters will be hard pressed to justify a change to themselves. Most people now can envision better times just ahead. But the President can't have another debate where he fails to diplomatically ring the neck of a bullshitter with facts when he is on stage directly across from that bullshitter.

[Indpndnt]

15. Okay, that ($) made me laugh!

And, hey, look! The polls are fine. Shocking.

Thanks!

[BenzoDia]

20. Good, looks like Romney is bumping up against his ceiling.