Epic x 2
Today, I have spent a considerable amount of time in communication with people from a broad spectrum. They are flabbergasted at the accuracy of our TreeHouse predictions.
Yesterday I specifically reported to our readers that polling would show a post-debate bounce to 51-49 in favor of Romney. Don’t take my word for it, go back and look. I also said the “Chicago machine” would kick into full “alinsky” manuevers. Look at today’s reporting:
REPORT – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s widely-acknowledged victory in Wednesday’s presidential debate has helped him to draw even or slightly ahead in several key swing states, according to polls released Friday.
A poll by We Ask America found Mr. Romney leading President Obama by 3 percentage points in Florida and Virginia and by 1 point in Ohio, after polls have consistently shown the president leading over the past month.
The firm conducted a previous poll two weeks ago that showed Mr. Obama with 3-point leads in Florida and Virginia.
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For us political junkies we well understand the political metaphor “building a firewall”. It implies changing strategy to fend off pending doom by retreating your position to a specific geography and terrain easier to defend. You can tell when fire lines change position based on a careful following of campaign money. The money is used to protect the candidates behind the protective fire line.
Prior to the Benghazi explosions, and subsequent distractions, the “inside-the-beltway” left-leaning conversation was about watching Mitt Romney supporting Super-Pacs and where they place their money.
If the Pro-Romney SuperPacs left the battleground states it was proclaimed to be an indicator of Romney weakness as they would focus their financial efforts on targeted races to shore up the House, and attempt to take the Senate. In short the fallback position to losing the White House.
Now however, the exact same scenario is unfolding, except it is the Democrat Super Pacs pulling out and retreating the fire line. As shared by the New York Times: (more…)
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Typical Washington Post article but, well, here you go…. More than 67 million people watched the first presidential debate of this election cycle — nearly 15 million more people than watched the first presidential debate four years ago.
That 67 million, however, falls very short of the Mother of All Presidential Debates: the Oct. 28, 1980 smackdown between President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, which had drawn a whopping 81 million viewers. (more…)
The FIRST Presidential Debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney is tonight 9pm Eastern start time.
Just about every TV station on the planet is carrying it live. We will attempt to live blog thoughout the debate. Please share your thoughts and perspectives in the comments.