Dan Amira at New York Magazine:
One poll showing Mitt Romney leading President Obama could be a fluke. [1] Two polls? [2] A bit less likely to be a fluke. But three polls in a row, especially when one of them is a Gallup survey of 2,265 registered voters, probably deserves some attention. [3] Yes, even as InTrade shows Obama with a 61 percent chance of winning in November, and even as conservative pundits like George Will talk about a second Obama term as if it’s a foregone conclusion, the reality is that Mitt Romney has beaten Obama in the three national polls taken since Rick Santorum dropped out, and is therefore, at least for the moment, winning the (extremely nascent) general election.
- Fox News: Romney 46 percent/Obama 44 percent
- GOP-leaning Rasmussen: Romney 47 percent/Obama 44 percent
- Gallup: Romney 47 percent/Obama 45 percent
Connect:
This just in — CNN gives Obama a 9-point lead.
CNN: Obama 52 percent/Romney 43 percent.
How typical of CNN. Lying liberal pricks.
Sorry, cannot credit either Fox or Rasmussen. Gallup…not so sure but I find it JUST AMAZING that this happened so suddenly, like so many other things that happen in the fair and balanced world in which we find ourselves.
It’s too early to believe any of the polling statistics. Of course, I do find it creditable that 45 to 47 percent of the ‘eligible’ voters in this country would state they are more likely to vote ‘against’ Obama then ‘for’ Romney, at this time.