Before the Republican Convention last week, there was a consensus amongst the conservative punditry that the Republican ticket was faltering and in jeopardy because of Todd Akin. While the media, and both conservatives and liberals, ran the Akin story to death, Romney dipped noticeably in the polls. Double trouble approached while the Akin narrative was being vomited all over the national stage, when Hurricane Isaac began to approach from the Gulf just as the Republican Convention had kicked off.
Isaac missed Tampa much to the chagrin of the left, and made landfall in Louisiana, but it didn't come close to the catastrophe Katrina was, despite the liberal media giving themselves a hemorrhoid trying to push out that story. As Isaac is old news, so is Akin, but Obama and the left will still try and run with that one, and you probably won't stop hearing his name from now until election day from the Obama camp. They'd rather talk about him than the failing economy. I don't blame them.
Today Romney is ahead 4 points according to Rasmussen, and the Real Clear Politics aggregate is now down to Obama +0.1. Romney is now ahead 2 points in Florida. The latest PPP poll in Missouri shows the "unelectable" Akin down by a mere point against Claire McCaskill. And a number that should excite conservatives the most...Rasmussen reports the largest number of people in America identifying themselves as Republican since the polling source began tracking this number in 2002.
Expect the Democrats to even the odds after their convention this week. And don't forget, the next morning after Obama gives his acceptance speech, the new jobs report comes out. Perfect timing!
Isaac missed Tampa much to the chagrin of the left, and made landfall in Louisiana, but it didn't come close to the catastrophe Katrina was, despite the liberal media giving themselves a hemorrhoid trying to push out that story. As Isaac is old news, so is Akin, but Obama and the left will still try and run with that one, and you probably won't stop hearing his name from now until election day from the Obama camp. They'd rather talk about him than the failing economy. I don't blame them.
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| Akin and Isaac gave Obama a boost pre convention. Romney got a boost post convention. |
Today Romney is ahead 4 points according to Rasmussen, and the Real Clear Politics aggregate is now down to Obama +0.1. Romney is now ahead 2 points in Florida. The latest PPP poll in Missouri shows the "unelectable" Akin down by a mere point against Claire McCaskill. And a number that should excite conservatives the most...Rasmussen reports the largest number of people in America identifying themselves as Republican since the polling source began tracking this number in 2002.
Expect the Democrats to even the odds after their convention this week. And don't forget, the next morning after Obama gives his acceptance speech, the new jobs report comes out. Perfect timing!
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