Rasmussen - Obama +1 in Missouri (do you buy it?)

[Hawaii Hiker]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

I think its a Jedi mind trick, to make situation look dire in MO and get Akin out of race...Yesterday, Rasmussen had McCaskill +10 over Akin....Of course i hope both are true, but considering its Rasmussen, who knows what is up his sleave....

[tridim]

1. Living in KCMO it's hard to believe the race is even close.

Most people here are pro Obama.

It's the entire middle of the state that's the problem.

[ailsagirl]

2. I can't trust Rasmussen. I didn't realize until recently that Faux owns it!

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It doesn't matter if it shows the President at +10. Very crafty, those repukes

[Ashleyshubby]

13. So you think Rasmussen is lying about Obama taking the lead?

Isn't t his unlike him?

[TroyD]

14. Rasmussen

Rasmussen fixes numbers all the time.

[pstokely]

3. Any other recent polls in MO?

nt

[Hawaii Hiker]

4. Yeah, PPP just had it Romney +10 the other day

[pstokely]

6. Was that before or after the comments?

In 2008, Obama trailed far behind McCain in MO until the fall

[Hawaii Hiker]

7. think it was done right before

but that is a rather red state, in the PPP poll Obama was 42/55 upside down in approval...

I think McCaskill can win her senate race, but only in a landslide election can Obama win MO in the general, IMO...

[Floyd_Gondolli]

5. Comically obvious

This is a comically obvious attempt to get Akin out of the race. Just like their bullshit poll that showed McCaskill up by 10. Rasmussen has Rove ties.

[TroyD]

8. PPP

The PPP poll was largely conducted before most people heard about the Akin scandal, so the correct number is probably somewhere in between PPP and Rasmussen.

[lastlib]

9. In rural areas, Obama could be down by 15....

KC, St Louis, and Columbia could bring him to within 5, but I'd be surprised if he actually led. There is so much stoopid out there (as reflected by our legislature.)

[TroyD]

10. Bill Clinton won Missouri TWICE

Should the DNC add Missouri to Bill Clinton's list of campaign stops?

[boxman15]

11. He only lost MO by about .13 percent in 2008, so it's possible.

Romney is obviously the favorite, but Missouri is a purple shade of red. Their Democratic governor is popular and after the Akin comments who knows what will happen there? Its voted for plenty of Dems before.

[ellisonz]

16. Missouri is the Show-Me State...

...and very very very conservative Christian. Romney is a worm and a Mormon. If Romney does win, a lot of Missourans will have gagged and blindfolded themselves to get to the polls.

[CabCurious]

12. It is so hard to judge... although Rasmussen has become the most suspicious of all pollsters

I once considered Rasmussen to be one of the most legitimate, but not anymore. They seem to be the worst.

My suspicion is that Rasmussen changed their methodological assumptions about turn-out.

But as for MO, it's hard to say.

Unless we know the local politics, the local ads, the local feelings about what's going on... it's so hard to say. But I while I can understand McCaskill making gains, I cannot believe that this correlates with a sudden jump in Obama favorability.

[ellisonz]

15. Yes. Missouri is going to be very close.

[pstokely]

17. Depends on if Obama decides to fight for a state he doesn't need

but Mittens needs it