several new polls, a lot of which we re not big fans of so that s why we haven t been promoting them too much, but they do show something in common. a convention bounce for the president. and the romney campaign is out with a new memo, frankly a very defensive memo today from their pollster who writes, quote, don t first line, don t get too worked up about the latest polling. while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. the reality of the obama economy will re-assert itself as the ultimate downfall of the obama presidency and mitt romney will win this race. let s bring in our monday panel. dan balls, chief correspond a dent for the washington post who just marked his 1500th front page story for that illustrious paper. i have michelle bernard and susan ferreccio.
we ve got to give the man that is something else. congratulations. susan, i want to start with you. just the first line of this memo screams we re losing, does it not? except if you read through the whole memo. they make excellent points but they bury the lead. when you talk to pollsters and they talk about the upcoming elections, one of the most important things is energy and enthusiasm. most who are most enthusiastic are republican voters. what this boils down it is who shows up to vote. if republicans are more enthusiastic, you re more likely to get a much stronger turnout. do you think that s the theory of the case? there are no swing voters left? no. i think that they would be following th fooling themselves if they thought that. i think they feel they have to hammer in on the economy because that s the only issue where the romney campaign seems to have an argument that people might be willing to listen to. we ve said it time and time again now.