Obama takes the lead at RCP

[Doctor Jack]

Not that I put much stock in what RCP says. However, if even they are unable to manipulate the numbers enough to show Romney ahead, you must know that he is floundering.

According to RCP, obama is ahead by 0.1 points. That is close to a 2 point swing towards Obama in the last week or so.


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

[Hutzpa]

1. I think you guys are working in tandem

what's up with the constant posting of RCP polling?

[golfguru]

2. I put more faith in Intrade numbers over all polls

and those Intrade numbers are looking great!

[joefree1]

3. This morning it was a tie

yesterday O was ahead. Still I count this as good news, especially from RCP ...

[VirginiaTarheel]

4. Why do you report and focus on RCP instead of TPM's Polltracker?

[geek tragedy]

6. TPM's poll tracker isn't as user friendly. NT

[Drunken Irishman]

7. TPM's polltracker is flawed...

It includes multiple days of Rasmussen and Gallup ... which skews the numbers.

[flowomo]

5. Good news and thanks for posting

Obama ahead despite the outlier Gallup.
And I appreciate people who post ANY poll. I want to know them all. I'll make up my own mind about which are "credible." Cherrypicking information can only contribute to ignorance about what's going on. Let's see it all.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Without the outlier Gallup poll, Obama would be ahead by 1% not .1%

[bushisanidiot]

9. RCP is clinging to some old polls from over 2 weeks ago to help romney's average

they need to drop off the bottom three. but they won't, because obama's numbers
will boomerang up. they are looking obviously partisan right now. immediately after
the first debate, they were only using 7 - 10 days worth of polls to figure their averages.
they are now using two week's worth so they can keep the post 1st debate polls figured in for as long as possible.