Why Romney Doesn’t Need a Poll Lead in Ohio

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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/331593/why-romney-doesnt-need-poll-lead-ohio-josh-jordan#

So, with less than two weeks until Election Day we will all know the results soon enough, but as more Ohio polls come in, it is important to remember that the picture for Romney in Ohio is better than many pundits would have us believe. It only takes a quick look at Romney’s rallies to remind us it’s not 2008 anymore, as Republicans have reclaimed the enthusiasm advantage that led to such sweeping 2008 victories for Democrats. That GOP enthusiasm has become contagious since the debates, and it is exactly what has Team Obama so afraid these days. All they have left to hang their hopes on is a slim lead in the polls, and even that might not be enough on Election Day.

The cognitive dissonance here is stunning but it is National Review after all. They know they're losing and trying to keep the troops motivated.

[nobunnyclue]

1. Excerpt from an interview with one guy at yesterday's Ryan rally

... ran on NPR this morning. The guy basically said he trusts Obama more than Romney, but that he can't make up his mind because he also believes homosexuality is a mortal sin.

Republicans had a genuine wave of fanatical enthusiasm here in OH about THREE WEEKS AGO. Then it came out that the guy being packaged as Mr. CEO with the wonder-cure for the economy Mitt hasn't got a freakin' clue (and to top it off, is a smug a$$ who doesn't care about the REAL middle class anyway). So they are falling back on the tried and true, but tired and heard-it-before morality case once again to try to stop the hemorrhaging of support.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. You Should Have Saw The Crowds

You should have saw the crowds for Presidents Dukakis and Mondale in the waning days of their campaigns.

[LiberalFighter]

3. National Review is trying to spin it in hopes of changing the outcome

National Review is a conservative rag.

How much enthusiasm is there in Ohio for Romney?

How many voters in Ohio have already voted and continue to vote early?

What polls is the National Review relying on?

[corkhead]

4. Tinker Bell

[Democratopia]

5. They forget that they need to be 5% ahead

on all votes from now on, just to make up for Obama's huge lead with early voters. It just ain't gonna happen.

[TexasCPA]

6. The enthusiasm gap seems to be a myth to me

Democrats are voting early in record numbers.

[WeekendWarrior]

7. It's amazing to me

how many people believe whatever they're told. People are too damn busy or just plain lazy to figure things out for themselves, so they hear it on the news or read it in a magazine while waiting to get their teeth drilled and think, well, Fox (or National Review) said it, so it must be true.

I'm amazed that they don't realize that shows on Fox and other cable stations, and partisan leaning publications, are designed to do exactly what CSI Miami is designed to do: entertain you just enough to keep you from changing the channel so you'll sit through fifteen minutes worth of commercials in the average hour. What we get is not news anymore, but infotainment, with quotes around the "info."

This is not a tight race. The real, reliable, state by state numbers show that. But the media needs it to be. Otherwise they have no other way to sell cars and beer and dishwashing detergent.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. William F Buckley is spinning in his grave

He was a pompous jackass, but he'd never want to see his baby become a clueless cheerleader selling it's soul to the establishment Republicans.