Much of the Media Is Calling the Presidential Race for Barack Obama

[babylonsister]

Much of the Media Is Calling the Presidential Race for Barack Obama
by Howard Kurtz Nov 5, 2012 4:45 AM EST
The press is heading into Election Day increasingly confident that the president will beat Romney. Howard Kurtz on the polling and the predictions—and what will happen if they’re wrong.



The pundits have spoken: it’s Obama.

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President Barack Obama is shown on a TV monitor mounted on a camera as he speaks at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Thursday, June 14, 2012. (Tony Dejak / AP Photo)

We still have to go through the ritual of holding the election on Tuesday, but the media’s forecasters have placed their bet, and the overwhelming consensus is that the president will win a second term.

As the candidates again raced to the swing states where the election will be decided, and as parts of New York and New Jersey remained crippled by Hurricane Sandy, the unmistakable message emanating from the press was that Mitt Romney had fallen short.

A variety of prognosticators in The Washington Post’s Outlook section picked the president to prevail, from The Fix columnist Chris Cillizza to Mad Money maven Jim Cramer (who ludicrously said Obama would capture 400 electoral votes. Stick to stocks, Cramer). The only exceptions were Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and—for what it’s worth—Andrew Beyer, the paper’s horse-racing columnist.

But Obama is being depicted as a couple of lengths ahead in that race even in the straight-news coverage. The Post’s front-page story Sunday said that “President Obama holds a narrow advantage over Mitt Romney in the crucial contest for the electoral votes needed to win the White House.”

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[Tx4obama]

1. They need to be quiet. We need EVERYONE to still get out and vote !!! n/t

[babylonsister]

3. I think people who are paying attention KNOW the importance of voting. nt

[Cha]

4. Yeah, in their scurry to be the FIRST..they're just Obnoxious.

We Need EVERY VOTE. Who knows maybe that's what the corpmedia is going for..voter suppression?

[BlueDemKev]

2. Shut Up, Media!

This isn't over until everyone has VOTED. As frustrating as it is to keep hearing "too close to call", that's the best message that can be sent over the airwaves right now.

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

[Blue Idaho]

5. Rats desert sinking Rmoney ship.

The paid political prognosticators are making a mad dash for the winning side after spending the entire fall propping up that tired old "horse race" meme. In order to avoid looking like no-talent bums they will create elaborate statistical excuses to cover their asses.