This is almost as short as it is incredibly sweet and delicious:
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Romney up huge with independents
Posted by Christian Heinze at 3:53 PMFueling his current polling surge, Mitt Romney’s numbers with indies are just getting remarkably good.
a. IBD/ITP poll released today: Romney 52% Obama 34%.
b. Pew poll, released yesterday: Romney 46% Obama 42%.
c. Politico/GW poll, released yesterday: Romney 51% Obama 35%.
d. CNN, released last week: Romney 49% Obama 41%.
e. National Journal, released October 3: Romney 49% Obama 41%.
Now having said that, Romney has done well this entire cycle with independents, but not enough to overcome turnout models that suggested much, much higher Democratic turnout.
But now he’s killing it so soundly that it’s enough to overcome higher Democratic turnout. In fact, in ARG’s poll of Ohio today, Dems are sampled at +9% over Republicans, but Romney wins indies by 20%, which is enough to inch ahead, overall, 48%-47%.
Some of this is a debate bounce, but as I’ve said, one of the most under-reported stories this cycle has been Romney’s continual lead with independents. That always assured this would be a close election, regardless.
In fact, Barack Obama won indies by 8% in 2008. Romney is easily hitting that number in the most recent batch of polls.
The two best pollsters of 2008 – Rasmussen and Pew – both have Romney up nationally. Rasmussen has Romney up by 2 points. And Pew has Romney up by four points after having him down eight before Obama came out and told 70 million Americans that he was a chump who had no business being president. And Gallup has Romney up by 2 points among likely voters.
Andrew Sullivan – a career liberal who just can’t acknowledge that he obviously is and always has been a career liberal – has officially panicked with his piece, “Did Obama Just Throw The Entire Election Away?” It kind of reminds me of SNL’s mock-up of “thrill going up my leg” Chris Matthews being taken away in a straitjacket by men in white coats during his post-debate breakdown.
I can only say thank God my Messiah is Jesus, and so I’ll never have to find out what happens when my messiah spectacularly fails the way the liberals’ messiah just did.
How much of this was the result of the fact that Mitt Romney made Barack Obama look like a drooling imbecile last Wednesday at their debate, and how much is it because the mainstream pollsters figured they’d better start making their numbers appear realistic so they wouldn’t look stupid? I don’t know.
But what I do know is that if independents vote for Mitt Romney in these percentages, it will be a very long, painful night for Obama and a very good night for America.
Tags: CNN, Debate, independent voters, Independents, most accurate, Pew, polls, Rasmussen
Start Thinking Right 
October 10, 2012 at 7:58 am
Early voting is open in my town. Should I go do it?
Registration is closed. I had a hamburger yesterday with my most conservative pal. He ain’t even registered. Damn! What kind of sanction should I put on that guy.
October 11, 2012 at 7:09 am
Dog Walker,
My understanding has always been that the earlier you vote, the earlier the Republican Party can know you voted and have that information on their tally and put their resources into getting others to vote.
If your friend doesn’t get himself registered and vote Obama out, he’s just not a conservative.
The difference between the two parties is as great as it has ever been in history. If someone can’t see the differences between the two parties’ philosphies and decide which one they most want to see implemented, he just isn’t either a morally or intellectually intelligent person.