This morning another big poll is out, and it indicates more of the same: President Obama and Governor Romney are locked in a statistical dead heat. If recent trends continue, that deadlock could extend to the conventions when key swing voters and independents begin to consider how they'll vote in November.
The poll numbers come as NBC News learns that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will give the keynote speech in Tampa, suggesting he may no longer be in the running to be on the Republican ticket. The eventual announcement of Governor Romney's running mate has the potential to change the general election match-up, a distinct advantage given that President's running mate is already named.
Until then though, we're likely to see more of the same: Attacks on the President's jobs agenda, pressure on Romney to release more tax returns, and more back and forth on the Bain game.
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Please play more of his speech. Move down to the next paragraph:
"The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires."
The panel is forgetting the main reason why big money gives to Republican super pacs and not to Democratic super pacs. It's because the big money on the right will get something ... a puppet ... in return for their investment ... fewer environmental protections, fewer tax regulations. The big donors to the Dems will not get weaker legislation, they will get nothing aimed at them, only a possible better country and world for the rest of us. How dare they be unselfish? What good is having huge sums of money if you can't exploit others?
I just hope Christie has a portable AC unit (okay, poor joke).
I understand that by doing the following they'd be called out on their own governing, but why won't the Dems press more on Romney's governing record in Massachusetts? Would theoretically give a stronger argument, but they maybe should wait until the next jobs report comes through.