Hot Mic Catches Buzzfeed Reporter McKay Coppins Ripping Romney

This is yet one more example of just how childish and unprofessional these partisans disguised as "objective" reporters are -- and it gives you a hint of what Romney's been up against throughout this entire campaign. Not just from the likes of BuzzFeed, and they're bad enough, but from a media atmosphere stacked against Romney. 30 Oct 2012

Power Fail: White House Directs Storm Victims To … The Internet

The people in need of the most help today after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy are those living in a number of states along the East Coast that have lost power. And yet, at least according to Politico, while these people had the electricity necessary to get the information needed, neither the White House nor FEMA gave anyone instructions on where to turn for help or where to go for information in the event of a power outage. 30 Oct 2012

Firewall Breach: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan in Play

If you don't think seven days is time enough time to swing an election, ask George W. Bush about that. A week out in 2000, he was looking like our next president, when news of a youthful drunk driving charge was dropped into his lap the Thursday before Election Day. The polls flipped, and Bush ended up losing the national popular vote. It's just a fact that seven days is forever in politics, and today the race is officially on for the once-safe states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania -- with plenty of time to win both. 30 Oct 2012

Gallup: Obama's Early Vote Advantage Collapses 22-Points Over 2008

Almost exactly four years ago (October 28, 2008), according to Gallup, Obama was massacring John McCain among early voters with a fifteen-point lead, 55-40%. That means, at least according to Gallup, that Obama's early vote advantage has dropped 22 points when compared to '08. 30 Oct 2012

GALLUP: Romney Up 52-45% Among Early Voters

Very early on, before this campaign started in earnest, live or die, I publicly cast my lot with Gallup and Rasmussen. As a poll addict going back to 2000, these are the outlets that have always played it straight. It's got nothing to do with politics and everything to do with credibility and not wanting to kid myself. So when an outlet like Gallup tells me Romney is up seven-points, 52-45%, among those who have already voted, that's very big news. 29 Oct 2012

Desperation: Obama Super PAC Leaks 'Internal Polls' to Left-wing Politico

Man alive, the corrupt Politico sure does love them some left-wing pollsters, especially PPP, which is associated with the Daily Kos and SEIU. You would think that would be bad enough, but the corrupt Politico just hit a new low by disguising as serious news an affirmation of strategically leaked internal polling from the pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA. 29 Oct 2012

Gallup: Romney Increases Lead to 51-46%

After dipping yesterday to a four point lead, today's Gallup 7-day tracking poll puts Romney back to a comfortable five-point lead, 51-46%. This is the 14th day in a row Romney has been at 50 or above and the 19th day in a row where Obama has been unable to rise above 47%. 29 Oct 2012

Hurricane Likely to Make Polling Worthless Until Weekend

A huge swath of the American people are now scattered, relocated, distracted, and worried about bigger things than politics and will be over the next few days as Hurricane Sandy hammers the East Coast. There's talk that states as far inland as Ohio could feel a residual effect of the storm, which means that in a country where polling is already all over the map, it's not going to get much better. 29 Oct 2012

Labor Department May Delay Jobs Report (UPDATE)

This morning on a campaign conference call, Obama chief strategist David Axelrod pre-spun the release of the upcoming Friday jobs report. According to some reports, Axelrod predicted the numbers would not give Romney a boost. There was also a prediction released by a major pollster today that predicted a bad jobs report could be a game-changer and tip the race to Romney decisively. And then what happens…? Well, lo and behold, the U.S. Labor Department released a statement stating the hurricane might delay the release of the jobs report. 29 Oct 2012

Bill Clinton, NBC News Use Hurricane To Hit Romney

Hurricane Sandy, or FrankenStorm, is a Category One and already starting to lash against the East Coast. The worst case scenarios are frightening enough that a number of coastal areas, including parts of New Jersey and the lower parts of Manhattan, have already been evacuated. While the media does tend to over-hype these things, there's no question Sandy could be a historic and deadly storm. That, however, has not stopped Obama's surrogates in the form of Bill Clinton and NBC News from already using Sandy as a political weapon against Mitt Romney. 29 Oct 2012