When it comes to handling women’s health issues and foreign affairs, Dawn Massop Love sides with President Barack Obama. For closing tax loopholes and boosting small businesses, she trusts Mitt Romney to do the job. … Meet one of the persuadable voters who comprise about 18 percent of the likely […] Read more »
Economy Still Weak, but More Feel Secure
Both economists and the Romney campaign are puzzling over the same paradox: The recovery has flagged and yet the country’s mood appears to be improving. Despite months of disappointing-to-dismal economic reports — capped by a Commerce Department release Thursday showing the economy had expanded at an annual pace of just […] Read more »
It Must Be the Polls
Nearly every national poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney. … There’s still more than a month until the election. Mr. Obama could lose. Mr. Romney could win. Hanging chads could leave the result up to the Supreme Court. But at the moment it’s rational to conclude that Mr. Obama […] Read more »
Bad Data, Upbeat Voters
Polls suggest rising optimism among Americans about the near-term course of the U.S. economy at the same time that economic forecasters are turning pessimistic and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is so worried about persistently high unemployment that he is unleashing another big, and controversial, round of bond-buying to try […] Read more »
PRESS Pass: David Gregory interviews Nate Silver
New York Times numbers guru Nate Silver says recent polling clearly shows President Obama as the front runner. While the lead may be small, Silver concedes, likening it to a one-touchdown lead in football game, “late in the fourth quarter, that can become pretty meaningful especially if you have kind […] Read more »
Shades of 1996
… Romney’s negatives, particularly in swing states, have grown to the point that if allowed to solidify, his opportunity to recover will vanish. … If the presidential race stays on its current course for another week or 10 days, Romney faces the very real prospect that Republican donors, super PACs, […] Read more »