Post debate polls look good for Obama!

[courseofhistory]

[center]Real Clear Politics

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[Dawson Leery]

1. Mondale cut Reagan's lead by 7 points only to lose those gains in the end.

[cilla4progress]

2. And be sure to check out Nate Silver today ..

polls are settling back down.

Dodged a .... ooops.

Obama needs to count his lucky stars.

I imagine there are cheers in his campaign tonight.

I KNOW he will do better next time.

And PS Picking on Big Bird - not a great strategy!! Seems to be the main point that resonated from Wednesday's forgettable debate!

[morningfog]

6. For a debate to be a game changer, it would require the leading candidate make a spectacular gaffe.

Obama didn't. He wasn't as aggressive as he could have been or should have been, but he didn't make any obvious lies or spectacular gaffes.

He had (and maintains) leading margins which allowed him to be non-aggressive. Plus, he knew there would be 2 more debates. He didn't lose ground, he lost a couple of days of headlines which he could afford. I was disappointed in the performance, but now Obama knows what to expect from Mitt in a debate and had two more.

[geckosfeet]

3. Wink wink, nudge nudge. Guess lying your ass off only gets you ahead in the Bain boardroom.

Or with teabags.

[smorkingapple]

4. Come on man, this is WI only and it only includes one post debate poll!!!

Don't hype up stuff unless you know what you're hyping.

[Tx4obama]

5. The debate was 10/3. Only ONE poll on the image in the OP was 'after' the debate.

Here's a link to all the 'Latest polls': http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

[bigdarryl]

7. These numbers are PRE-DEBATE I think they have updated there chart

[courseofhistory]

8. The numbers in the OP

are post debate if you look at the dates of the first 5 or 6.