just the aggressive style of questioning. i think for a lot of people that ask questions, particularly the republican base and independents out there want to know is this president going to be held to account for his tenure, his missed opportunities and broken promises? he was able to do that and show that he belongs on the stage. i think another strong debate by mitt romney. what do you think this does for both candidates, and when do you think it ll shake out as to who it benefited more? this stems the tide in terms of the people that were going into the romney column. i think we re going to see the race frozen a little bit right now, and i think some of the obama sup mortgagors are going to be more energized, and you re going to see the polling reflect the likely voters in this election are going to be a little bit more edging toward obama, and think any idea of an exodus away from obama is going to be stopped. they have a chance to just pause things right now and re-establish
republican base and independents out there want to know is this president going to be held to account for his tenure, his missed opportunities and broken promises? he was able to do that and show that he belongs on the stage. i think another strong debate by mitt romney. what do you think this does for both candidates, and when do you think it ll shake out as to who it benefited more? this stems the tide in terms of the people that were going into the romney column. they were going to see the race frozen a little bit right now, and i think some of the obama supporters are going to be more energized, and you re going to see the polling reflect the likely voters in this election are going to be a little bit more edging toward obama, and i think any idea of an exodus away from obama is going to be stopped. they have a chance to just pause things right now and re-establish the race in the next debate and beyond. and let s be honest. this thing is going to boil down to it seems like
david, welcome to the program. you made news last week s on o reilly s show, your organization is giving up polling in florida, north carolina, and virginia because you think that those states can safely be put in the romney column, but the latest polls in those three states, by other pollsters show a tightening, showing ppp has a poll, putting romney plus one in florida. romney plus one in virginia and romney plus two in north carolina. so do you stand by your earlier decision? well, the fundamentals haven t changed significantly from that broadcast and the ballot test numbers that we look at. the ballot test number is a head number. when you look at those three states the ballot test number average for obama has been, president obama has been 46, 47, 47. megyn, when you think about states that all pollsters given up on, not just me, indiana, which was a state that barack obama won in
the suffolk people pulled out of those states saying their internals show there is no way that the president can win those states. they re not even going to poll again. you say? look, i think those states all end in the romney column, but i think we ve got a long way to go in the next 27 days. take a look before and after the debate. in florida, before the debate, there were polls, three polls in florida. obama was leading by one, one and three. since the debate, there have been two polls, romney has been leading by three and two. that makes a swing from plus two for obama to plus 2 mav for romney. virginia, same thing. obama up by 2 in two different polls before the debate. after the debate, obama up by 3 in one poll, but romney up by one and three in another poll. north carolina, that state has been trending into the romney camp for months, even real clear politic high school before the debate, romney lead of eight tenths of a percent. there has been one poll in north carolina afte
the suffolk people pulled out of those states saying their internals show there is no way that the president can win those states. they re not even going to poll again. you say? look, i think those states all end in the romney column, but i think we ve got a long way to go in the next 27 days. take a look before and after the debate. in florida, before the debate, there were polls, three polls in florida. obama was leading by one, one and three. since the debate, there have been two polls, romney has been leading by three and two. that makes a swing from plus two for obama to plus 2 mav for romney. virginia, same thing. obama up by 2 in two different polls before the debate. after the debate, obama up by 3 in one poll, but romney up by one and three in another poll. north carolina, that state has been trending into the romney camp for months, even real clear politic high school before the debate, romney lead of eight tenths of a percent. there has been one poll in north carolina afte