President Obama got welcome final-week polling news Wednesday as new surveys in several keenly contested states showed him holding or expanding a lead. …
The raft of new numbers bolstered the campaign narrative from the president and his aides, who claim the electoral college math doesn’t add up for Romney and that any momentum Romney had received from the first presidential debate has now been stopped.
Romney would have to sweep nearly all the states that are considered in contention to upend Obama next Tuesday. [cont.]
Bob Secter, Los Angeles Times