Rasmussen shows a four-point national lead today for Mitt Romney as the campaigns head into the final two weeks.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 46%. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided.
Other than brief convention bounces, this is the first time either candidate has led by more than three points in months. See daily tracking history.
One sign that the Romney campaign is confident that their man hit his marks is the number of ads the campaign has already cut from the debate.
Team Romney has turned the governor’s “Apology tour” comments into a new ad striking Obama’s alienation of Israel. They followed that ad with “Highest Responsibility,” in which Romney’s comments about the Navy take center stage.
But the strongest of the three new ads is probably “The Clear Path,” which showcases Romney’s closing argument in the final debate.
Strong stuff. Confident stuff. Closing arguments stuff. Mitt Romney may have really closed the deal last night.
Update: Gallup’s tracking poll numbers were a little late today. They show Romney holding a 51-46 lead (Obama gained a point) among likely voters, and still leading by one among registered voters.
Hey I just wanted to post one more comment on the debate in general – Bob Schieffer did a pretty good job. As with the others, I was expecting far worse. Even in Schieffer’s comments this morning, what I heard was utterly neutral.
CBS overall, however, has gone completely bonkers for Obama, CBS is trying to out-crazy even NBC, with ABC bringing up the rear.
NETWORK is a dinosaur. I don’t know what trade protections and privileges the big 3 networks enjoy under the FCC but such protections and privileges need to be done away with.
NETWORK dulls the intelligence of American children, coarsens the national discourse, perverts the political process, corrodes American morals and degrades American culture.
Open the airwaves. Force CBS, NBC and ABC to compete with cable and other outlets on a level playing field.
ABC as always been the most reasonable of the four major networks.
Oh, the hell with the network news bureaus. They all stink. PJ Media/Instapundint and Breitbart are my newspapers. ABC is the best network because it has “Once Upon a Time” on Sunday night.
The “work with you” comment isn’t something I’m personally thrilled about (since working with the Pelosi’s of the world is the same as working with Terrorists), but it may have been the single most effective vote vacuum of Romney’s entire campaign. It’s exactly what non-ideological Americans want to hear. They know obama didn’t and can’t work with people. It simply isn’t in his nature. Romney has and will work with people. I think it made the most effective case possible with the proverbial undecided voters.
That’s why the comment was saved for last 10 seconds of Romney’s last opportunity to speak directly to the American public.
There’s some dems in congress who don’t want to see this country collapse the way the Soviet Union did…I hope.
Sen. Joe Manchin of WV could even be made to switch to GOP if the Senate enda up split 50-50 or narrowly Dem after the election.
Probably true, but because of the hierarchical party structure in Congress,they don’t dare stretch out a hand or Pelosi/Reid will chop it off and stuff it in their mouths. Look what happened to Ron Wyden when he tried to work with Ryan on an entitlement fix. The Pelosi/Chicago knee-cappers got him in a dark room, and the next statement from him was a a complete repudiation of his efforts at bipartisanship.
Here’s the deal: the Dems understand that the issues dividing the country and the parties are as irreconcilable as the slavery/abolition issues were 150 years ago. They fight like they understand it, give no quarter, bar no tactics, balls to the wall 24/7. Outside of the Tea Parties, the Republican establishment and their politicians don’t get it. They think common ground for reasonable people is still available. It ain’t. Either we become a European-style nanny state with regulations dictating the acceptable size and color of fruit sold at road-side stands, or we knock the government back into its proper place as an instrument of the people, not their masters. Right now, no clear winner is in sight.
I grant that it is theoretically possible, but there has not been a sighting of such for at least 3 decades. I think it is time to move it from the Endangered Species list, to Extinct.
Subotai Bahadur
@ WEO,
I doubt he gave any thought to working with Pelosi. I think Mitt is talking to the Dems that are willing to work around her. I’m sure there are plenty of them that are just as tired of her as we are!
The best we can hope for is that the ossified Harpy retires if Obama loses.
In 1980 the great Ronald Reagan had not only a Dem majority in both houses but Dem leadership a hell of a lot smarter than Pelousy and Dingy Harry. He still mnaaged to get most of his agenda accomplished BY PERSUADING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!
President Romney can do the same if given the opportunity, and he will have at least the House on his side up front.
I was completely shocked watching an interview with Universities Students, in Ohio, that are 100% Obama´s supporters that ‘NEVER HEARD” about the 09/11 or Benghazi´s attack. The one that heard about said that “The Republicans” are responsible for the attack?????? Other said that Romney is a “Communist” that wants to sell USA to China??????? This show exactly how misinformed those students are, and how easily they can be MANIPULATED and BRAIN WASHED by Obama´s team. WHAT A DANGEROUS SITUATION!
All true. However, the “youth vote” is often irrelevant, as they have to show up at the polls instead of smoking pot.
My sentiments, exactly! — “Never heard” of 09/11 or Benghazi? — Well, that’s probably because they were, collectively, too “Ben Hazy” – with Choom!
On the other hand, I’m known to have been sentimental, occasionally.
The real problem comes when they DO turn up at the polls. They, more than anyone else, are likely to be our “everybody does it” DUAL voters, voting “early and often”, and hard to trace, and even harder to stop. “Dead voters” are nothing compared to ill-educated, uninformed, and brain-dead voting students without morals, but with much criminal intent.
Well you didn’t really expect 100% Obama supporters to be either bright or well informed did you?
Students have no monopoly on ignorance.
A Puerto Rican gentleman recently insisted to me that a) Obama is at least in part Hispanic; b) Obama is fluent in Spanish; C) Obama and Michelle come from poor backgrounds and; d) Obama is disliked by whites because he is smarter than white people.
Voter ID is merely a good start, says this citizen. Most of the population is too ignorant to vote. There are whole groups in the nation whose rights should be limited to 1/3 or 2/3 of a vote.
Offensive comment. Little could be said that gives more comfort to liberals attempting to demonize Romney supporters as crazies. To the liberals out there, the comment above does not reflect the beliefs of a single person I know. It is reprehensible. Who knows, maybe written by an Obama troll. Contemptible whatever the source.
Luke Liberty (sic), please explain how David Levavi’s comment, which quotes the words of a third party, is “offensive”.
(And what on earth do the ignorant comments of the Puerto Rican have to do with “the beliefs of a single person [you] know”? You, LL, are not part of that narrative: narcissism rears its head.)
Then you write, “It is [sic: the noun you used is “beliefs”] reprehensible.” Really?
So, what if I quote Reuters, that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that “Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be ‘eliminated,’”? Who’s “contemptible”: is it me, because I quoted something “contemptible” or is it Ahmadinejad, who actually said the contemptible thing?
Your fallacy is called, “Shoot the messenger.”
Smarten up.
Institute the Heinlein Plan. Now. And yes, it would disenfranchise me.
Romnesia?
ROMENTUM!!!
How about Obamania? Obumbler? Obamanausea? Then again, how about Barry Sotero?
Love the third one. I loved the closing statement in the debate, and I think it works wonderfully as a “closing argument” ad.
I always maintain that the real margin is always +4 or +5 for Republicans, especially any Republican who can possibly be construed to be even the slightest bit conservative, but, after the Ball is over, who cares? No one investigates such things. They should. It’s wrong.
I think history has born this out. They only way the Leftist scum can even make it look plausible is because all black districts count the votes two weeks early. I have heard this from many working class blacks, my whole life. They don’t ever feel the need to vote, because their votes are already counted. And, because we have planted so many mines in the black community, like paying for one night of sex with a VERY consenting woman for the rest of your life, or being arrested for having marijuana or getting in a fight (for instance), they will NEVER vote in their own names, because SOMEONE might be looking for them, so they figure this is only right. Everyone cheats on them, so cheating becomes the norm.
(Full disclosure: anyone who has ever read any of my comments knows that I show no mercy to fools, knaves, idiots, and such scum. I hate, with a passion beyond reason, those who use race and station as a tool to extract guilty payoffs from YT. But, having lived side-by-side with all kinds of minorities, I have no illusions. They have their scum, and we have ours. They have their nobility, and we have ours. In both our arenas, the scum have taken over, taking advantage of our innate good nature. It’s high time that was stopped. Decent people should be able to be decent, as THEY see it, without being forced to conform to any ideology. That is America. As it ever was, and should be. For everyone. These bad people MUST BE STOPPED! Once, and for all!)
I have known many excellent black people. Indeed, I look upon them as true Saints. I can never think upon this subject without thinking upon a Man I knew long ago. A Man who was the very definition of “Man”. He did hard work; indeed, no white man would do it, even then; let alone the poor little pissant pussies of today. He did a hard job with real responsibilities with huge cheer and grace, whatever the circumstances. What a Great Man!
Did I mention he was a Bishop in his Church, something I never knew until he had retired, many years later because showing off is NOT Christian! Someone should tell Ostupidhead. His story would make a fantastic movie. Alas, he would be viewed as an Uncle Tom today, even though that would be totally ridiculous to anyone who knew him. A Man among men, by any absolute measure. Obama would not even be able to bear his stoic gaze. It would be too painful. My Father used to say he must have been descended from Kings in Africa, for he was surely a King. His name was Joe Young…no kidding.
I hope, if his children happen to see this, they rejoice. They were Doctors and Lawyers. Joe did his work well. You could find no one to replace him today. They simply don’t exist. The company went out of business a year after he retired. 500 people lost their jobs, because there was no Joe Young. Bishop Joe Young.
I’d bet he voted every single year. In his own name. And he’s not the only one I know. Hardly. But such people do not share their thoughts with just anyone who calls them on the phone, especially while living in the hellholes that the Klan inheritors have prepared for them. Do you ever ask, “How do they know blacks voted for Obama by 90%?” I thought it was a secret ballot. How do they know?
Short answer: they don’t have the slightest clue. They are parrots, devoid of practically any ability to process information. How the mighty have fallen. Even Edward R. Murrow would be ashamed. They’re just dunces. With microphones, and an insatiable demand to say something smart while their tiny little brains can’t even remember to pee before they get on the air.
That seems apparent, at this point, doesn’t it?
But ACTUAL experts are SOOOOOOOO boring! They get all bogged down with FACTS and STUFF, and always step on the commercials! (What do all those WORDS mean, anyway? I think he’s speaking Swahili…or perhaps Sanskrit).
If one even pays the slightest attention to polls, which I no longer do, they have become absurd. How can reporters quote polls with a “margin of error” that exceeds any possible reconciliation of the various results? If Ostupidhead is up by 6 in a poll with an MOE of 4%, and Mittens is ahead by 3 in a poll with an ME of 3%, how can one report this with a straight face, and NO comment as to its utter impossibility? It’s just ridiculous. Then again, no one with an SAT Math score of 700 ever went to journalism school. Of maybe even 500. Or maybe even 400, which they award as the consolation prize to people who take the short bus.
Certainly NOT Shepard Smith! If he got 400, someone switched the results. If he didn’t look like Speed Racer, no one would watch his stupid self.
All has become warped. Do not look to the press; no, not even Our Beloved Roger, Himself. Look upon the scene as brand new. Take your cues from common sense. DO NOT TRUST anyone, unless they first tell you never to believe them, because they might be wrong. The press is filled with the most retarded, over-paid, useless people ever. So is politics. Think for yourself. You couldn’t possibly do worse.
The last time it was this bad was 1860.
‘Nuff said.
“A wink is as good as a nod to a blind man.”
Look it up.
I, too, am sick, sick, sick of polls, libs, slander, etc. If Americans are just too damn dumb to elect the guy that can fix the problem, then they deserve the singin, dancin, basketball playin idiot we have now. Ad nauseum.
Its not just students, the teachers are blind too. I had a teacher tell me (I have a Mitt sticker, GOOOOO MITTTTT) that i was not rich enough to vote republican. useful idiots.
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