I read earlier that Obama is ahead in Wisconsin. Now Yahoo news says he is slipping in the polls!

[cheriemedium59]

Can people really be THAT fickle???? So frustrating!

[Drunken Irishman]

1. It's Yahoo! What do you expect? Tho, one interesting tidbit...

In their 'Who's your candidate now' poll, Obama leads Romney 44-43. Interesting because Romney has almost universally led in their online polls since I can remember.

Hm...

[4lbs]

2. Trust Yahoo polling data, or citation thereof, as much as you would a Repug politician. n/t

.

[chillfactor]

3. I trust nate silver....

Nate's prediction:

Wisconsin

Obama 83%

Romney 17%

[cheriemedium59]

4. Now that makes more sense!

[Indpndnt]

5. Yahoo news is not exactly journalism. nt

[Tigress DEM]

6. DU this POLL!!

www.yahoo.com
OBAMA 45%
Mitt 43%
Neither/undecided 13%




When I initially tried it gave me an error. Had to log into Yahoo to do the poll

[Live and Learn]

8. For a Yahoo poll, that is pretty darn impressive. nt

[Live and Learn]

7. Per the article, he may have slipped but it was a minor one

and he is still far ahead.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-romney-sure-afford-pay-little-more-taxes-235711857--election.html

It was Obama's first visit to this pivotal swing state since February and came as polls show the race tightening in the state. While Obama won the state by 14 points in 2008, a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released last week found Obama with just 7-point lead over Romney, who saw a boost in support when he picked popular native son, Rep. Paul Ryan, to be his running mate.

I am sure Romney expected much better from Ryan. lol

[torotoro]

9. Meh, its Wisconsin. As long as Ohio is good i am happy.

Seems like the only path for Romney is through Ohio so i'm more concerned over that. Wisconsin can go red for all i care.

[TroyD]

11. 'Wisconsin can go red for all i care.'

A bit harsh, I think.

Wisconsin has not voted Republican since 1984, and so far there is no evidence it will do so this year, either.

[Cha]

10. Milwaukee, Wisconsin today.. "POTUS..DON'T BOO, ENTIRE CROWD..VOTE!!

The crowd of about 18,000 in a steady drizzle was the largest yet of Obama's reelection campaign. It was Obama's first appearance in Wisconsin since February.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iw5M0KIBe2025LM3-fQLxaK6tzlA?docId=3f6964cb0f2d42939c91996f9643a17c

h/t http://theobamadiary.com/

[UCmeNdc]

12. The GOP wants to keep the polls close in Wisconsin

Then voter suppression can carry the state for Mitt Romney and no one will question what happened at the polls.

[TroyD]

13. Obama looks to block Romney in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE – President Barack Obama came here Saturday to try to block Mitt Romney’s back-up electoral path.

Wisconsin could prove key for the Republican nominee’s hopes in November, especially with the consistent lead Obama is showing in Ohio, Virginia and Florida polls. And given recent trends in the state — including Gov. Scott Walker’s wins in both 2010 and the June recall — Romney seemed in good shape to pick up a state that until recently was solid Democratic territory. And that was before he picked Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, which helped put Romney neck-and-neck in state polls in the weeks after the selection.

Polls in recent days have shown things moving back toward Obama, but the president’s late afternoon rain-soaked rally here was part of a stepped-up effort in the state. Obama and his super PAC allies have been trying to match Romney on the state’s airwaves and the campaign has been using volunteer reinforcements from next door in Minnesota and Illinois for phone banks, door-to-door canvassing and other get-out-the-vote efforts. And while this was Obama’s first trip to the state in months, Vice President Joe Biden has been on the ground here twice in recent weeks.

Read more:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81556.html

[smorkingapple]

14. This is more to piss on Ryan's ashes than a needed electoral victory

he doesn't need Wisconsin, but if he can win it, Ryan's future is smashed. If he couldn't even help win his own state with a R governor, why should anyone take him seriously nationally? Remember how that hurt Edwards since he couldn't even guarantee to carry NC?

Still surprised Ryan tied himself to this loser. He must have known that a loss killed any long term WH hopes. They must have fed him some lies about Romney's chances before he agreed to accept. I think Rubio would have declined had it been offered knowing the same thing.

[Grammy23]

16. Is it possible they lied to Ryan about Mitt's chances of winning??

That would be just too, too rich! Liar conning another liar! I can't wait for the books to start coming out after the election is over when all the jacka$$es start spilling their guts. We might get eye strain from all the reading we're gonna be doing! LOL

[smorkingapple]

17. In sure they did. They needed a big name. Portman/Pawlenty wasn't gonna do it.

So they lie to Ryan showing him Romney's electoral path to victory which has obviously proved to be false.

He's done as a national candidate should Romney lose. This is 2fer for Obama. Win re-election and knock out the Republican shining star.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. YOUR CONCERN IS DULY NOTED

I JUST FEEL LIKE SHOUTING

LOL

[progressivebydesign]

18. Yahoo's political Ticket is run by people who are trying to be Fox News.

They're full of shit, basically. Never. ever, read anything on Yahoo and think that it's news.

Saw that same article, and it's bullshit. It feeds into the RNC saying that the President has a "wisconsin problem," right after the President drew 18k + in the cold rain yesterday. Don't worry.. Yahoo is a bunch of idiots.

ps. if you're new to DU, the worst thing you want to do is post threads about bad poll numbers. Though I'm sure that you're not one of them, around this time of the election season we have a rash of new DUers who think that they're demoralizing the Democrats by finding the most ridiculous articles and bad polls, and are usually pounced upon.

For the first 100 posts and if you decide to actually start a thread, things like this aren't a great idea.. they're better said in an existing thread... that's what I learned when I first started here. Don't post bad news, even if you're just asking about it, as your first few threads. welcome.