it feels like an outliar, it s 14 points, that s inconsistent with the other polling. but i think it s fair to say that president obama has a lead in wisconsin, which wasn t necessarily the case 4 or 5 months ago. i think that scott walker is right. voters will respond to a message of reform, a strong and bold message. have you seen that both with scott walker and with paul ryan, who remains very popular in the state. larry, your take on it? i agree, exactly with what steve said. the romney campaign needs to add a lot more substance. they need to direct that substance at this giant gender gap. they have one of the biggest problems with women i have ever seenful they have to do something about it. i also agree and i like the marquette poll, but not this one, it is not a 14-point gap. i think that s ridiculous. let me read to you something
that dick morris posted about the polling. he said, quote, the polling indicates a widespread lack of enthusiasm among obama s core support due to high unemployment, disappointment with his policies and the lack of novelty in voting for a black candidate now that he has served as president. if you adjust virtually any of the published polls to refleck the 2004 vote, they show the race tied or rom no ahead. a view much closer to reality. larry, what do you make of that? you can play lots of games with waiting. vidone it myself. but we have to take these polls as a whole, the polling averages. people ask me, what s the best poll? i always say, none of them. take the polling averages at real clear politics or pollster.com and when you take the averages i don t see what dick is projecting to be reality. maybe that will eventually
my son has autism. announcer: autism is getting closer to home. today, 1 in 110 children is diagnosed with autism that s a 600% increase in the last 20 years. learn the signs at autismspeaks.org. well, the house g.o.p. is set to take over the house next week, potential battle of political will begins in 2011. so can the president get a fresh start? looking into his political crystal ball is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia, larry sabido, great to see you this morning. happy almost new year. good morning and happy new year to you all, too. thank you very much. the party is over, you say,