romney administration should there be one. that is the hard right of the party. the ryan budget, his plans for the entitlements. all of that is the blueprint of what a romney administration would be. no matter what romney is saying now or who, what clowns he s palling around with or what moderation he s trying. colin powell, the endorsement of president obama today, came with a bit of an indictment of mitt romney s changing views, specifically he called out the neoconservatives surrounding romney and advising him. this i was waiting for this endorsement in part because i did not know where it was going to go and i felt like it was significant in 2008. do you think this is a significant endorsement? yes. not as significant as it was in 2012 as it was in 2008, because mccain actually was a military guy. so for powell to undercut him was something else. and, you know, powell s not been as prominent in the public scene, even know, as he was then. but he was so good at explaining
the pace a little bit from yesterday when he had a very slow day. today mr. romney had three separate campaign stops all in ohio. the real story in terms of campaign ambition right now, though, continues to be president obama, himself, who right now is finish up a 48 hour overnight nap on the plane, eight state campaign marathon. we are pulling an all-nighter. no sleep. and if you re not going to sleep, you might as well be in vegas. that was president obama at around 1:00 a.m. eastern time in las vegas last night. 1:00 a.m. and then by 7:00 this morning, there he was in tampa, florida, delivering krispy kreme doughnuts to some local firefighters, ultimately. a few hours after that, there he was in richmond, virginia, firing up an look at the size of the crowd. an estimated crowd of 15,000 people who turned out on a thursday afternoon in richmond, virginia, to hear him speak.
rasmussen, also polled virginia today. they found that in virginia it s mitt romney who is up by two points. rasmussen also polled pennsylvania, and, again, this is the right leaning polling firm rasmussen. they found in pennsylvania that president obama had a five-point lead. if you want to start tuning out specific polls right now, and just wait for the actual results on election night, i have to tell you, i ll keep reporting the polls but it is not an irrational way to approach this. if you want to ignore the poll numbers from here on out, it makes sense. look at whatever polling makes you feel more informed. the spoiler alert from now until tuesday the 6th, the more you look at the polls the more you can safely come to the conclusion it is a really close race and the polls maybe tell you more about the polls than they do about the electorate now. we will not know until election day who is actually going to win. because of that, the thing worth paying attention to substantively now,
not with 12 days left. you need to send that guy to alabama. you need to send him to glenn beckville. paul ryan has been essentially hidden on the only talk to the far right fringe base of the tour. mitt romney, himself, picked up the pace a little bit from yesterday when he had a very slow day. today mr. romney had three separate campaign stops all in ohio. the real story in terms of campaign ambition right now, though, continues to be president obama, himself, who right now is finish up a 48 hour overnight nap on the plane, eight state campaign marathon. we are pulling an all-nighter. no sleep. and if you re not going to sleep, you might as well be in vegas. that was president obama at around 1:00 a.m. eastern time in las vegas last night. 1:00 a.m. and then by 7:00 this morning, there he was in tampa, florida, delivering krispy kreme doughnuts to some local firefighters, ultimately. a few hours after that, there he was in richmond, virginia, firing up an look at the size
shot. the race was starting to increasingly look like it wasn t even going to be close. and the colin powell endorsement just took the wind out of the mccain campaign s sails. john mccain responded to the endorsement that same day by going on fox news and sighing that, well, it wasn t all that much of a surprise. he at least, though, was able to say even if he did not have colin powell s endorsement, he did have endorsements from some other former republican secretaries of state. so at least he had those names to offer for counterbalance. the romney campaign s counterbalance tonight to them losing the colin powell endorsement this year is a whole different kind of counterbalance. you want to call me crazy, go to hell. call me crazy all you want. this morning, on cbs, republican former secretary of state colin powell officially endorsed barack obama. that s on one side of the race today. on the other side of the race today, well, tonight actually, as we speak, the romney campaign is