Oh Boy ! (R)asmussen Obama (D) 50% Romney ($) 47%

[DemocratSinceBirth]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[jberryhill]

1. See, Romney was wrong about that 47% favoring Obama

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

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[Panasonic]

2. R is permanently +5 to Obama, so it's really 55-45

So he's in good shape.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm Beginning To Respect Rasmussen As A Political Operator

Not so much as an independent pollster. He plays the conservatives like a fiddle.

[reformist2]

4. He's just being an attention whore... "look, my poll can move up and down, too!"

So his poll is now reporting the same numbers as the others...all the MORE reason to ignore him and his polls, imo.

[JoePhilly]

5. Something else to notice in the polls .... count how often Mitt hit 48% or more ...

this summer.

Using the polls from realclear, by my count, Mitt reaches 48% in exactly 2 polls all summer, up to today. In one of those he loses and the other he ties.

Obama hits 48% or higher, by my count, 30 times, just since the start of August.

Mitt's in trouble.

[DemzRock]

7. I bet Raz is trying to set Romney up for a post-debate bounce...

just like Raz was about the only polster to show a bounce for Romney after the GOP convention, after showing Obama up for a few days before. He's so predictable.

[lpbk2713]

8. And of course the RW Hatemonger Media will dutifully take this hogwash and run with it.

Great news! Romney is doing terrific in the polls






And they will intentionally use the plural form of polls
using one notorious RW slanted pollster as a basis.

[CoffeeCat]

9. Rasmussen is a Republican tool of evil manipulation and senseless propaganda...

I do not trust Rasmussen at all. Nate Silver released the stats on Rasmussen and how their polls favor Republicans and are often off. They were off more than any other national poll in recent Federal elections.

Setting aside their bias toward Republicans for a second, it has become apparent that Rasmussen is a public-relations device. Republicans pull the Rasmussen trigger when they need stats to back up their meme of the day.

Granted, Rasmussen can't be WRONG and grossly slanted all of the time. They have to conduct polls that get it most of the time. Otherwise, their sole reason for existing--to serve as a statistics-based support of Republican propaganda--would be thwarted.

Republicans pull the trigger on Rasmussen's fake numbers--at critical moments. I noticed it a week ago, when every poll had Romney down and Karl Rove decided that Republicans were so demoralized that Republicans could decide to sit out the election. Dick Morris and Fox News came out with Foxified math that magically transformed dozens of polls that showed an 5-9 Obama advantage--into polls that really favored Romney. It was comical. And bizarre.

In the midst of all of this--Rasmussen emerges with a poll that shows a statistical tie. Of course, Fox uses this Rasmussen poll to bolster their Foxified-Dick-Morris-Magical Math.

I see the ruse. Do you?

I think this current polls is more accurate. However, I agree that this boost is either one of their more accurate polls, or, as another poster suggested--a temporary bump for Obama that will "magically" evaporate after the debate and be used to reinforce the notion that Romney won the debates and now the electorate is moving toward him.

[LynneSin]

10. WILL PEOPLE STOP WORRYING ABOUT THESE DAMN NATIOANAL POLLS!!!

WOrry about the electoral vote.

We do NOT vote by national popularity. The polls and press are going to promote these national polls because it's the only way they can keep the election close. The news needs a close election so they can keep their ratings up.

Todays Electoral Vote - http://electoral-vote.com/

347 to 191

THAT is the number we need to focus on!

[Indykatie]

11. LynneSin Preaching to the Choir Here

I just posted same sentiment on another thread. This thing ain't close. I also posted the numbers that show Romney need to win every "swing state" and then he would have 273 EVs.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. We Know That But The EC Vote Follows The Pop Vote To A Great Extent

But as we learned they don't perfectly converge.