Mark Halperin's got a scoop from Chicago HQ..and it's GOOD news

[BluegrassDem]

MARK HALPERIN: Well, Andrea, I literally came straight here from the headquarters where I sat down with some of the top officials on the campaign and talked through where we are today. And, I want to state this carefully, and factually. They said, in a response to a direct question, they feel just as good about where they are today as they did two weeks ago. They said that while there is clearly public polling that shows some change, they don’t see any fundamental change in the race whatsoever. That, in the battleground states, they’ve got a bigger gender gap than they do nationally. That, in the battleground states, they’ve won the voter registration war, state-by-state, and they still feel that they, while they know the President’s debate performance wasn’t what they wanted it to be, they still feel very much in control of this race. It’ll be tight. They say they’re not taking it for granted. But, if you took them at face value, they say no meaningful change based on the result of the debate.

http://thepage.time.com/

[TroyD]

1. Interesting

Because Mark Halperin is most likely a Romney supporter.

[Cha]

10. It's surreal..because the things I've read about

Halperin is that romney's his guy.

He's the one who called Pres Obama "a dick" on morning joe's. Do not remember why he thought he needed to say that..

[CTyankee]

13. No I think Halperin is a Halperin supporter.

He clearly wants to be the only media guy in the room that was "right" all along...

Frankly, I don't think he would come out with this unless he was pretty certain of its reliability...

[Sekhmets Daughter]

15. My thoughts exactly

He's the Yin to Heilemann's Yang...or something like that.

[trayfoot]

2. Is this the scoop

OR....are you (and he) implying that there is something else to come?

[BluegrassDem]

4. Scoop meaning he actually was at Chicago HQ and talked with the team there

If Chicago isn't sweating it yet, we probably don't need to be either.

[trayfoot]

5. THANKS!

[calimary]

23. I don't care. We STILL have to work for this thing - as though Chicago was sweating buckets.

We still have to work as though our lives depended on it. 'Cause they DO.

I can think of a billion kindsa hurt directly ahead for us all if wrongney gets elected. And all those people he'd be bringing in with him.

[regnaD kciN]

6. SCOOP: Obama campaign leaders say they're confident he'll win...

Seriously...don't 100% of campaign officials say that when talking to the press? And, do you know what? 50% of the time, they wind up wrong.

OTOH, fluffing Halperin with a "scoop" might be a good way to get him to cut you a break in reporting at a crucial point in the campaign.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Yes, but we still ask

[DCBob]

3. Thats was my take on all this.

One decent debate performance can't possibly change the dynamics of a race developed over the past several months. There are deep and serious problems with the candidate Romney. Those just dont go away after one night of good lying.

[courseofhistory]

7. It's the Sing States Stupid!

and always has been

[whistler162]

20. Nah it's the dancing states!!!

don'cha know!

[smorkingapple]

8. THIS IS WHY YOU FUCKING IGNORE NATIONAL POLLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Obama people are smart, they know the national polls are meaningless and only indicated popular vote margins.

Its all about the electoral and no matter how good Romney looks now, his path to 270 is still daunting.

Now OTOH, we may have lost the landslide I think Obama needed to demand a mandate.

BARELY WINNING WILL NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH.

Look at how they acted after all the goodwill he had in 2008. You think they'll be any better if he scrapes by?

[NCLefty]

22. Mandates are overrated.

Bush claimed he had one and that he was going to "spend his capital that he earned" but his SS-privatization plans were dead on arrival.

Never underestimate the ability of Congress to screw up the well-laid plans of a president.

[grantcart]

9. And yet the ARG had Romney outpolling women by 5 points in Colorado.

I like our chances.

[LiberalFighter]

11. There are too many pieces of the puzzle for Romney to handle. Obama can!

There are too many parts of the demographics that are beyond Romney's concept. Obama can!

Romney is still stuck in the past

[ailsagirl]

12. Thanks for posting!

[K Gardner]

14. Shhh..don't tell the Despairers and Victims. It'll ruin their Doom and Gloom !

thanks for posting. Saw this on her show today. Although, to be fair, anything that has "GOOD NEWS" in the title around here won't get much traction. You should probably name it:

"OH DEAR GAWD NOES!!!"

[Hissyspit]

16. Um, tell them what?

There's no news here and Nate Silver has Florida and North Carolina going to Romney now.

It still looks good for Obama electoral votes-wise, but the trend is disturbing.

[RBInMaine]

18. Romney got a short-lived debate bounce he'd have gotten no matter what. Stop being "disturbed."

[geek tragedy]

29. Short-lived? Today was the worst polling day for Obama since

Bobby Rush punked him.

Things are getting worse, not better.

We're not seeing a bounce for Ronney, we're seeing the air deflate out of Obama.

[JoePhilly]

33. We're doomed!!!!

[GeorgeGist]

19. Offs.

[FONT SIZE =100] HALPERIN. [/FONT SIZE]

[ancianita]

21. It will all be in the counting.

That is something they should be monitoring. Heavily. With lots of lawyers at the ready.

[krawhitham]

24. What else could they say?

We're scared shitless?

[geek tragedy]

25. What did you expect them to say?

"Yeah, our guy really screwed the pooch up there."

"We're scared."

"we know he blew it."

"Momentum is on his side"

"Things are looking bleak."

"we're barely holding on"

"we have no idea what we're doing"

[hrmjustin]

26. I still think Oh is out of reach for Romney

[morningfog]

28. OH, NV, WI, CO...

NH, IA, PA.....

[morningfog]

27. I was never worried.

[budkin]

30. What are they going to say? "We shit the bed?"

[Tcbys]

31. Obama still needs to thrash Romeny in the next debate or its all over.

[Doctor_J]

32. Mark Halperin <-> factually

[bushisanidiot]

34. Yep. We've got the electoral votes. A couple swing states are within reach for romney but he needs

but romney needs more than just two swing states to win. he needs A LOT MORE
and he just not have the votes to get them.