romney did better than president obama, that has to help, right, andy? guest: that is a big number. most of the time, debate cosmonaut make much difference in the direction of a campaign because they are not ever this lopsided. what this has done, it has energized republicans. we can see it in the polls. the gallup polls pre- and post- debate show romney going from 5 percent behind to a dead heat. it is even bigger, a george washington university poll shows a 12 percentage point twinge with romney leading. there is a change in the dynamism that republicans feel. the republicans are more enjoyed. eric: and predebate, governor romney was at 45 percent and president obama was at 50 percent, a five-point lead by the president. post debate, october 4-6, that was 47 percent to 47 percent. that is a big swing.
gotten good for governor rom anymore. polling shows a tight race. rasmussen daily tracking poll shows romney leading by one, 47-46. associated press has the president leading by 1, 47-46. nbc has mr. obama up by 5. so despite the national media s disdain for mitt romney, the election remains very close. by the way, all those polls are among likely voters. thot reporting general polling this season because it really doesn t matter. now, many committed republicans are frustrated with mitt romney. they believe he has made far too many mistakes. comes across as remote and on defense rather than offense. some of those criticisms are valid, certainly the governor has not brought a sense of urgency to the campaign. talking points does believe america is in dire trouble economically. for the record, president obama does not believe that, and apparently his supporters do not believe that either. up to romney to illuminate the problem. he doesn t have to using scare tactics, he just has to use s
fully integrated bipartisan team, excels in merging red and blue perspectives, finding effective strategic solutions. bottom line, we have used them before. they use likely voters and they poll in battleground states. here is some interesting states when it comes to the issue of medicare. florida, first of all, the purple strategies poll, you see florida, romney up one. right there. then you compare that to the average of polls most recent real clear politics average. you can see the difference there in the new poll. then ohio, which obviously is the swing of swing states in the purple strategies poll, you see governor romney up two. in that poll. plus or minus four margin of error. but the real clear politics average is flipped there. the president up three. a couple of other states there, virginia, romney leading and colorado, he is trailing. let s start there with this battle back and forth and how dangerous and acrimonious this
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mitt romney is bouncing back in up a can pell of crucial battleground states where the race is now too close to call. there is a new quinnipiac poll that shows romney leading president obama by one point in florida. of course a statistical tie. back in march the president was up by seven points there mitt romney has cut the president s lead to two points in ohio. also a virtual dead heat the president is pulling farther ahead in pennsylvania ahead by 8 points in the survey. that is outside the margin of error. romney campaigned in another battleground state today and picked up new endorsement from a former rival. he did, shep. it took ship smell bachmann four months to actually endorse romney. minnesota congresswoman and founder of the house tea party caucus spent a lot of time on the trail hammering romney even said he couldn t beat obama. standing on the stage with romney and bob mcdonald today bachmann shouted that that was what winning looks like. mr. mcdonald said on fox today