First Thoughts: Throwing the kitchen sink

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Romney camp tries throwing kitchen sink at Obama, which seems to come from a position of weakness rather than strength… But Team Romney insists the race remains focused on the economy… New WaPo/ABC poll, which shows the contest essentially tied among likely voters, couldn’t have come at a better time for Romney… But is it enough to stop the conservative handwringing?... Remembering 9/11 today… And remembering 9/15 later this week… Bill Clinton stumps for Obama in Florida… And comparing the ’12 Nielsen ratings with ’08 and ’04.

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By:Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower

polls quoted fro WP just doesn't agree with other polls. Maybe these were the only polls that C. Todd trusts..
Chuck Todd just doesn't give up trying to keep Rmoney propped up.

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First Thoughts: Throwing the kitchen sink (Original post)	INdemo	Sep 2012	OP
It's just not in the headline.	Ellipsis	Sep 2012	#1
That result suggests that their LV model may be	karynnj	Sep 2012	#2
Conservative Bill Kristol has all but written off the election weeks ago	tomm2thumbs	Sep 2012	#3
Locking as doesn't meet LBN reqs. Interesting piece, please repost in Good Reads or GD or Politics	uppityperson	Sep 2012	#4

Response to INdemo (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 10:13 AM

Ellipsis (5,572 posts)

1. It's just not in the headline.

the Washington Post writes. “But among a wider sample of all registered voters, Obama holds an apparent edge, topping Romney at 50 percent to 44 percent, and has clear advantages on important issues in the campaign when compared with his rival.”

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Response to Ellipsis (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 10:22 AM

karynnj (46,831 posts)

2. That result suggests that their LV model may be

the problem. Most of the other polls are not showing this huge difference between LV and RV. More than anything else the LV model is more art than science.

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Response to INdemo (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 10:30 AM

tomm2thumbs (9,209 posts)

3. Conservative Bill Kristol has all but written off the election weeks ago

he noted if the trend continued, the Democrats win

frankly, the trend is continuing....

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Response to INdemo (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 10:44 AM

uppityperson (74,816 posts)

4. Locking as doesn't meet LBN reqs. Interesting piece, please repost in Good Reads or GD or Politics

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as more appropriate for those. Thanks for understanding.

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