Chuck Todd, just wear an elephant hat with teabags on it.

[Atman]

God, could he be any more obviously Republican? He's a worthless pos. Just my humble opinion.

[Tennessee Gal]

1. Right you are.

Downplaying everything positive for Obama this morning.

[Atman]

2. I love their spin on Ohio.

EVERY poll has Obama up by at least 5 points in "the one state any candidate MUST win to be elected." But on Morning Joe, "Meh...it's not a big deal. Romney's people say they're holding their own." These clowns are delusion.

If you paid attention yesterday, the real story was Romney's "bluff" campaign. I heard several in the punditocracy talking about how this is just a head game at this point. They're trying to get the spineless wimps who just want to back the winner, so they're pretending they're winning in order to garner a few more desperately needed voted. Pathetic.

[krawhitham]

6. "EVERY poll has Obama up by at least 5 points"

NO

only 2 of the last 8 have Obama at 5 points or more

Rasmussen Reports - Tie
Time - Obama +5
SurveyUSA - Obama +3
Suffolk - Tie
PPP (D) - Obama +1
CBS News/Quinnipiac - Obama +5
Gravis Marketing - Tie
FOX News - Obama +3

That is 25% not 100%

[OldDem2012]

11. Come on, get real. By now everyone should know that the

...Rasmussen, Suffolk, Gravis and FOX polls are all obviously right-leaning and have consistently shown results skewed toward Romney, particularly after the pollsters made the sudden switch to the Likely Voter model. The fact that they are all currently even or showing the President with a lead in Ohio should tell you how well he is really doing.

I really don't know what's going on with PPP but their polling has been suspect over the last week or so.

[krawhitham]

14. I forgot the DU/freeper poll rules, it the poll is not what you want it must be garbage

Maybe we should start a poll UnSkewing site

[OldDem2012]

16. I guess you've missed all of the threads explaining why the polls I mentioned are skewed....

....but if you want to continue to live in a dreamworld, feel free, nobody's stopping you.

[Honeycombe8]

3. He's a Democrat, I think. A numbers guy. Why, what did he say? nt

[Raster]

5. He's a "supposed" Democrat, but his words speak louder than his actions.

Democrat in name only.

[krawhitham]

8. He is a ratings whore

close race = ratings

But he has said on his show a few times he thinks Obama will win Ohio and the race

[KharmaTrain]

7. He's Been A Rushpublican Apologist For A Long Time...

Before NBC he worked for the Hotline that was a conduit of right wing talking points. Mediamatters has a lot on his previous history...you'll see he was no Democrat.

[Honeycombe8]

13. Thx. I'll check that out. I've found him to be fairly fair...a bald numbers guy. Except a few times.

when he was pushing the Joe Scabby line of the day. But usu. a straight arrow. He has sometimes been the only one on the show who would not follow the Republican agenda, when asked a question...he'd just respond with data.

But I'll check out Mediamatters. Thx.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Thanks for the warning.

I'll be sure to mute him.

[OldDem2012]

9. Had to LOL this morning as he stumbled through an explanation of the latest polls in Ohio....

...he looked totally miserable and I loved it!

[Zen Democrat]

10. Yes, either he's bummed about the Romney surge fizzle, or he has a stomach virus.

[Dalai_1]

12. I was glad to see

John Heilemann ask Chuck to let him finish what he
was saying about the endorsement....but of course
Chuck dismissed it mumbling about Ross Perot..

President Obama proved in 2008 he was in the twenty first
century using technology and getting a ground game in place.
These pollsters simply can not gage with all the new registrations
the President continues to get and the magnitude of his
well oiled machine...I would say that polling will change in the future
to target these specifics more accuracy..

[LiberalFighter]

15. Chukie is just used as filler to fill dead air time

[jsr]

17. Worthless is a good description for him

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

18. The formula is simple..

The further Obama moves ahead, the further right of center Todd moves. As things tighten, he'll move back to center/left of center.

He's a good company man.