Tide Shifts to Obama in Most Competitive States

[NRaleighLiberal]

Source: ABC News/AP

"In a presidential race seemingly frozen in place for months, the advantage has shifted toward President Barack Obama after a series of miscues by Mitt Romney, punctuated by the Republican challenger's comments about people who pay no income tax.

Despite a continuing gray economic sky and unrest in the Mideast, the president has edged ahead of Romney in some of the most competitive states, including Iowa and Virginia, and forced Romney to redouble efforts in Florida and Ohio, without which he has little chance of becoming president.

With about six weeks left before Election Day and early voting under way in some states, Romney faces a problematic map, a ticking clock and a campaign demeanor that has failed to click with many voters.

Obama's momentum did not come overnight. It built over several weeks in which Romney hit some potholes while the president made few errors and benefited from previously unseen advantages in advertising strategy and fundraising."

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tide-shifting-obama-battleground-states-17297667#.UF2yB7JmQXI

[fun n serious]

1. Good morning

Even after the horrific week Romeny has had, he still has supporters and it makes me question the sanity of my fellow Americans.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. doesn't it just? one issue voters, misinformed voters, racist voters amongst them I guess

[DCBob]

3. Yet Galloop still says it tied.

[intaglio]

5. Nate Silver and Intrade don't agree with Gallop BUT ...

BUT keep working, there is a vast amount of money being mis-spent by Adelson and the Kochs. The only way of fighting it is the internet and persuading the persuadable personally.

[chuckstevens]

4. Electronic Voting Machines

This is great news, but I still worry about stealing the election via the electronic voting machines in all of these swing states. The GOP is desperate because Karl Rove's dream of a 40 years of a permanent Republican majority grows fainter by the day. Demographically and on socially issues, the Republicans days are numbered.

The wider the polls get, the less plausible it would be to steal. Still on election night when FAUX NEWS decides to call it

[smendlovitz]

6. HOORAY OBAMA....

[Codeine]

11. You just necro'd an old post.

This is no longer BN.

[WilliamPitt]

7. That link goes to a stack of headlines

None of which are the one you reference.

[leftynyc]

8. Probably cuz OP is from September (n/t)

[WilliamPitt]

9. I had a feeling

[Codeine]

10. That's a pretty old headline. nt

[cali]

12. Are you deliberately trying to mislead people?

Your link doesn't go to the story and the story is 3 weeks old- from Sept. 22nd.

Ugh.

[LisaL]

13. The OP is dated to September.

[cali]

14. thanks. I was wrong and should have noted when it was posted.

[MineralMan]

15. Could you post a new SOP alert and say

you got the date wrong. It could be confusing to the LBN hosts.