Convention, suddenly they have romney s campaign as dead. look at the florida number, joe. the fact that think about what, happened this week in florida. we have this poll. we have the president up 5, sitting at 49%. you have the obama campaign deciding to double its advertising in the state. if you cut florida off, it s over. everything else, it is over. the narrative developing is romney is a loser and any slight misstep or hesitation in his voice is going to be then highlighted and exaggerated by the media to then confirm the narrative they are trying to sell that romney is a loser. it s a state that s close in polling and fundamentally is leaning republican. don t know where it s going to go. it s clearly a tossup.
Obama enjoyed a post-convention bounce. chris stirewalt, there is a cnn poll showing president obama up 6. rasmussen report samples likely voters shows the president up 5. and larry sabato comes on fox news and says all those samples in the immediate aftermath of the convention fail to take into account what has happened in the days since. so you tell me. what s the truth about the bounce and where we are likely to go from here. the polls are like popcorn. very tasty. you eat a little you always want more. but if you take in too much you might make yourself sick. i think that what happened to a lot of republicans who in the immediate rain shadow of the democratic convention. rasmussen had tracking polls out. we have seen the cnn poll.
Out our gains for the entire year. next two weeks, up 7 1/2 we go. it s good again. now listen to this, the following week, down 4. the week after that. up 5. the week after that down 3 1/2. the week after that, up 4. the week after that down 3 1/2. week after that up 4 1/2. week after that down 2 1/2. week after that we get the point, it s been a rollercoaster. so what do you tell your clients, michael? well, at the end of the day, i think what a lot of clients still have in the back of their minds and professional investors alike, remember last year the market hit its high on july 28th, 29th. two weeks later, rick, weeks later the market dropped 18% in only two weeks and i think people have that in the back of their mind. what do we tell our clients? there s no substitute for a plan. try to take the emotion out of it. add up how much money you have in the stock market, multiply that dollar amount by a 18% drop.
Let s do what s best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let s solve this. new poll numbers in two key states. let s check the score board. presidential election very key. i think the new poll has obama up 8 over mitt romney. 51-43. very good news for the president. it doesn t change in mcdonnell is on the ticket. the poll is run by a democratic polster. now to a senate race and latest number from montana where senator tester is trying to hang on to his seat. up 5 over congressman hrehberg.