Confidence in Chicago

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/06/confidence_in_chicago.html


Confidence in Chicago

John Heilemann: "The Obama campaign's confidence extends well beyond Pennsylvania. In conversations with an array of top advisers this morning, a clear picture emerged that Chicago believes it has Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire more or less in the bag; that it feels nearly as certain of carrying Ohio; and that Obama is just a tad ahead in Virginia. As for Colorado and Florida, Team Obama believes they are both too close to call, but thinks they could well win both; they are forthrightly pessimistic only about North Carolina among the nine battlegrounds. This could all just be spin, of course -- or they could simply be proven wrong. But having known and reported on these people for a solid six years now, my sense of their tone and body language is that their self-assurance is for real."

[mopinko]

1. these people don't bullshit.

they just don't.

[BeHereNow]

2. Good to hear! Thanks! I can't even think about living the next four years under the Romneys...

I watched both speeches last night and the contrast was never so clear

The Obama speech- PURE class, no opponent bashing; his beautiful wife and so forth.

The Romney speech- Pure trash. Attacking, his wife cackling, and his audience a pack of rabid hyenas.

I know which country I want to live in, and it's doesn't include the Romneys or their vicious supporters.

BHN

[andrewgr]

3. Pretty good...

... but not as great as I would like.

That still leaves us needing to carry one of: Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, or Florida. Ohio is the only one of those states that Obama has been consistently up in, and as we're all painfully aware, it hasn't been a very comfortable margin there.

Still, MUCH rather be in our position than theirs.