The Rmoney Surge is invented.

[bamacrat]

Now I have not conducted polls or researched the minutia of the "undecided" brain but I do live in Alabama. After the GOP convention the people in my office were (you may need a trashcan or bag to puke in) talking about how inspiring Chris Christie was and that Rmoney sounded strong and great. They went on and on about how he was going to repeal all the thing Obama has done to 'Merca. <- I haven't used that spelling since W.

But after the debate I came in to my office expecting to hear a raucous party breaking out with cheers for Mitt, Mitt, Mitt. But to my surprise, mental stability and job security nothing was said. No one has opined the ways Obama is screwed or how Mitt launched to the lead off his stirring and inspiring debate performance. Not a word. In a state that is so red it would rather suffer in desperate poverty and worship the rich than vote for someone who would actually help them, no word of Rmoney dominance.

Did he "win" the debate? Yes. Did he get a bump? Yes. Has he asserted himself as the frontrunner. No Fucking Way.

Our electorate is like a baby, excited and intrigued over shiny things. New things, even if they aren't new only reconstituted bullshit that they already ate up like it was lard covered candy.

This "resurgence" of Rmoney is a farse. It is made by the people who make the polls. I do not trust 99.9% of the polls out there. Polls come out with differing views, then the next day they all say the same thing. The M$M has a vested interest in this being a nail biter of an election. They have too much ad money and gadgetry they need to use. If they admitted that this is really not that close the brain dead, oh I'm sorry the undecideds, would go back to watching Honey Boo Boo or the newest episode of The Bachelor.

I've said it many times on here before but this is just like a football game that is obviously going one way. The commentators have to come up with ways to keep the viewers tuned in. Oh here is the play that will get them back in this. Oh, it worked the score is now 42-7 with 6 minutes left. Still anyones game people, please don't turn the channel.

End rant.

[quinnox]

1. well awesome, then I'll prepare for the coming Obama landslide

victory.

[flamingdem]

2. I got yer Rmoney surge right over here

[ksoze]

3. When the polls show Obama up, is the invention gone?

[bamacrat]

5. Not necessarily

With such a large lead with women, minorities and the youth anything other than a lead outside the moe would be an invention. Obama is hands down a better leader and human than Shit ROnMe.

[daligirl519]

4. In my humble opinion. . .

Most of the polls are quite off, even when they have Obama up. I think his numbers are higher than any of the poils are showing. I know what I see here on the ground. The right has told everyone up front that they will do whatever is necessary to make Obama a one-term president. I don't have any trust for anything that can be manipulated by them.

[OldDem2012]

10. The key is how likely voters are being reported by the polling agencies...

...the oft-stated assumption is that the GOP is more motivated to vote than Democrats so they're being reported with higher likely voter numbers. I don't know why this assumption is being made because Democrats have much more at stake in this election than do the Republicans. If anything, the Democrats should have much higher likely voter numbers than those being reported.

[tex-wyo-dem]

6. I agree with you...

when you start to consider the enormous money and profits that are involved for the "news" media conglomerates in getting as many viewers as they can, you begin to understand how important it is to make the election at least appear to be as close and contentious as possible.

More viewers drive more advertising dollars, and a BIG bulk of those dollars come directly from the campaigns themselves...

...and since Citizens United, a huge amount of revenue is now coming in via super-pac funded political ads (something new this election..yay!). If the election looks to be moving too far in favor of one of the candidates, viewership declines causing wealthy donors start pulling their money out of the super-pacs, then the ad revenue also suffers.

So with all this money involved, how hard is it to believe that some polling companies are in cahoots with big media?

[bamacrat]

7. I agree..

Obvious since I am the OP but it is so blatant. Citizen's United needs to be overturned. Obama should make that a pledge and goal to accomplish in his next term.

[madokie]

11. I'm sure it will be once the pukes are in control again

this whole citizens united ruling is to win this election for the 1%

[porphyrian]

8. . n/t

[OldDem2012]

9. Of course it is. The mainstream media has to sell ads and they need the election to appear close...

...so they rely on reporting polls like the heavily skewed Pew Poll (how many times did you see the Pew Poll mentioned with absolutely no mention of the factors used to create the poll?), and a bunch of other polls no one has heard of before and will probably never hear from again.

Additionally, the largest polling organizations have gone from reporting registered voters (RV) to reporting likely voters (LV) using their assumption that the GOPers are much more motivated to vote than Democrats, thus reducing the number of LVs who will vote for Obama.

The purpose behind both activities is to attempt to discourage Democrats from voting by making them believe Romney is pulling ahead. It is also encouraging GOP voters to get out and vote because they now believe they have a fighting chance.