Gallup documents good post-convention jump for Obama
Mitt Romney got what you call a dead-cat bounce coming out of the 2012 Republican Convention in Tampa Bay. According to the folks at Gallup, Barack Obama has done a whole lot better.
His job approval number now stands at 52 percent, a nine-point jump since late August. Nothing in the news cycle — other than the convention — could account for an improvement that significant. The same is true of the head-to-head contest with Romney, where Obama has transformed a two-point deficit into a four-point advantage.
In the battle of the conventions, in other words, Obama and the Democrats are the decisive victors. Nonetheless, I expect the race to tighten again as the post-convention aura fades, with the next possible inflection point coming on Oct. 3.
That’s the date of the first presidential debate at the University of Denver.
– Jay Bookman
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josef
September 9th, 2012
8:31 pm
Mr B…
Same here. And the thing that really baffles me with the opponents is that food stamps is one of the few places that trickle down economics actually works. More food sales, more jobs at Whole Foods, more truckers bringing it in, more profits to the farms and Agri Business, more farmworker jobs, more fetilizer sales, more farm implement sales, more taxes, and more money for these producers and service providers to spend in the consumer economy….it just doesn’t make sense from even the most “conservative” position…
Mr_B
September 9th, 2012
8:40 pm
jonix: Back when folks actually understood why the Agriculture Dept runs it, Bob Dole was a major Senate supporter.
bman
September 9th, 2012
8:41 pm
Notice how it slows down around here when it’s kick-off time? Support those 1%ers ! The players, coaches, owners and advertisers.
Don’t forget to complain about them later
Mr_B
September 9th, 2012
8:41 pm
OK guys, this suckler at the public teat has got papers to grade. Enjoy.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
8:44 pm
….it just doesn’t make sense from even the most “conservative” position…
Well there is that whole godless socialism angle; and then, socialism is getting in the way of learning to do the bootstrap thingie; and did I mention socialism?
Paulo 977
September 9th, 2012
8:44 pm
josef ..Gawd all these derogatory statements about recipients of food stamps trying to have some decent ‘living’ reminds me of teacher colleagues who made scathing remarks about ‘free lunch’ kids whose parents managed to provide ice -cream for them on a Friday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
josef
September 9th, 2012
8:45 pm
bman
There’s two players right now I’m ready to give a big raise to!
Mr B…
One of the good parts of the new position is that I don’t have papers to grade…a lot more translation, but I can do that and blog, too…
G Mare
September 9th, 2012
8:45 pm
Thanks, Josef. Must also say I will NEVER understand those who believed & voted for Mr.Chambliss. I surmise they must be among those “low information” voters – you know, those who will vote for Mr. Romney against their own self-interest. SIGH! SIGH!!! I just do not know what to do here.
Adam
September 9th, 2012
8:46 pm
If you want to know basically where the Great Rightward March has taken poor conservatives, I have pretty much dissected it in steps:
http://www.leftrazoredge.com/2012/09/08/the-disturbing-trend-of-obfuscation-bullying/
Step 1) Deny certain scientific things, on the basis of a faux disagreement among scientists.
Step 2) Deny facts that are even agreed on by both sides of the aisle
- this is where you would be if you think that women don’t make less than men, or that the data does not show that for equal work, women make less than men, etc
Step 3) Start making stuff up, and pretend that those are facts. May also take the form of making a website that makes stuff up or referencing a website that makes stuff up
Step 4) Start denying that you are ever wrong about anything, and pretend that no one has ever challenged you even when they have, sometimes repeatedly.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
8:47 pm
Notice how it slows down around here when it’s kick-off time? Support those 1%ers ! The players, coaches, owners and advertisers.
Had to take care of bath time here for the lil one. Now, it’s getting close to light’s out time. She got to hear Faith Hill sing her song, although she was a bit miffed about the changes made. Guess I’ll have to write NBC Sports and let them know they have an upset 4 year old on their hands.
josef
September 9th, 2012
8:48 pm
PAULO
Yep. We have ice cream Friday…a lot of us make sure that all of our little ones get it…charity from the bleeding hearts…I wonder if my accountant will let me write it off?
Hey, JM, how much did YOU give to ice cream Friday?
Adam
September 9th, 2012
8:48 pm
Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone with unlimited free minutes, cash for his clunker, food stamps, section 8 housing, free contraceptives, Medicaid, ninety-nine weeks of unemployment, free meds…
Sounds like poor people are living it up! So why aren’t you making the choice to be poor? Oh, that’s right, you want to work real hard and feel like you can’t have all the nice things poor people have on PRINCIPLE.
Self flagellation – keeping people working instead of sucking on the public teat since the advent of guilt and jealousy.
POOR ENVY!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
8:52 pm
Not a fan of the oblong ball ( Them hot sweaty mens in their tight uniforms ) how are the scab refs working out?
Adam
September 9th, 2012
8:57 pm
And of course, we know that if poor people have prom dresses it means either a) they’re not really poor and should just sit down and shut up or b) they were foolish with the money they do have and they should know their place and live in rags. They shouldn’t even have proms because then they have to pay people for that or something. Every human being is just a resource to be exploited by the wealthy.
Jm
September 9th, 2012
8:59 pm
Josef
I do beach cleanups now
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
8:59 pm
Kam
I think the temporary zebras are doing ok. I’ve seen a few missed calls, but nothing above and beyond what normally goes on. I haven’t heard much of a ruckus either.
G Mare
September 9th, 2012
9:01 pm
Kam, not a fan of any sport, but must recommend ROBIN HOOD; MEN IN TIGHTS. Yeah, true sports fans may not approve, but not being a sports fan, I thought it was hilarious.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
9:05 pm
Quittin’ time here. Y’all have fun…
barking frog
September 9th, 2012
9:07 pm
Jm
a tarball specialist ?
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:10 pm
Frog
Nope
barking frog
September 9th, 2012
9:12 pm
Jm
what do you clean?
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:15 pm
Frog
Trash pickups
I get virtual practice here.
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
9:16 pm
G Mare, I would not pee on that POS Chambliss if he was on fire…
barking frog
September 9th, 2012
9:19 pm
Jm
do you metal detect ?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
9:23 pm
Very sad ……….. this has happened several times over the past 30 years. These “motormen” do a terrific job on intersection control at the risk of their lives all the time.
Headline: ” Fla. officer in Obama motorcade struck, killed”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
9:31 pm
There are four boxes that defend our freedoms:
The soap box.
The ballot box.
The jury box.
The cartridge box.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
9:32 pm
Bumper Sticker:
“Romney Campaigns ……. Obama Scampaigns”
Mick
September 9th, 2012
9:39 pm
jamvet
Spoke too soon about the canes – they got shellacked, the fins too, were still in the bermuda triangle, the hex is on…
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
9:48 pm
Mick, I watched part of it. One of my younger brothers went to K State.
Don’t feel like the Lone Stranger, though.
The much improved Bruins amassed more yards in Pasadena last night against NU than any other opponent in the storied history of Nebraska football. Eclipsing the old record set by the 1956 Sooners.
Ouch.
At least several other top 25 teams got spanked, including Arkansas by a nobody (Louisiana – Monroe)!
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:53 pm
Classy
Looks like ole Jill just ain’t doin it for ole Je Biden
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80962.html
Jm
September 9th, 2012
9:54 pm
Those other 2 bikers look ready to kick joe’s arse
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:00 pm
US population 2000: 281,421,906 Private sector jobs in Feb 2001: 111,623,000
2010: 308,745,538 Private sector jobs in Aug 2012: 111,400,000
Good job Mr President. All rainbows and unicorns here in obamaland…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:09 pm
Looks like ole Jill just ain’t doin it for ole Je[sic] Biden
drudgey spam
Lord Help Us
September 9th, 2012
10:16 pm
If Faith Hill gets any hotter, they won’t even need to have a Sunday night game…
Jm
September 9th, 2012
10:17 pm
Kam
I know you have reading comprehension issues
That’s a politico link though
Keep working on that case of beer
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
10:19 pm
That’s a politico link though
Never said it wasn’t, sport.
It’s also the third story from the top, left hand column on drudgey.
You’re trolling from drudgey.
Too funny.
Bill Campbell
September 9th, 2012
10:20 pm
Carter had a big jump after his convention too but lost big time to Regan! Funny how people are suppose to trust Clinton who was impeached for lying!
getalife
September 9th, 2012
10:20 pm
jm,
It is linked to drudgey.
Kam is right con.
bman
September 9th, 2012
10:28 pm
Jimmy Carter didn’t lose until the debates. It’s the same now…whoever does clearly better during the first debate will be the one who wins
Jm
September 9th, 2012
10:31 pm
Indeed
well I guess drudgey is copying me
Jm
September 9th, 2012
10:32 pm
Is this on drudgey too?
http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/travel/space-tourism-is-here-wealthy-adventurers-wanted.html?pagewanted=4
Adam
September 9th, 2012
10:35 pm
JKL2 @ 10pm: hilarious. You imply Obama is responsible for the decrease in private sector jobs since 2001!
They BOTH suck
September 9th, 2012
10:36 pm
bman
That could be true, but people holding on to a Reagan / Carter scenario crack me up.
Unlike Carter, Obama will his less than 50% approval rating is nowhere near Carter’s 35%.
Romney is no Regan.
This isn’t over, but Romney needs a knock out during the debates. A draw will mean that he is back in Iowa for the next state fair and getting his “frequent friar” card stamped at the country diners all over Iowa.
Heck, he might even get a guest spot on “Diners, Drive In and Dives”.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:41 pm
adam- You imply Obama is responsible for the decrease in private sector jobs since 2001!
Never said that. Just not ready to jump on your bandwagon and give him a Nobel Peace Prize for Economics yet.
PS: It would be as well deserved as his first prize was.
Adam
September 9th, 2012
10:51 pm
Unlike Carter, Obama will his less than 50% approval rating is nowhere near Carter’s 35%.
Truth be told, Obama’s lowest approval rating is still far higher than most Presidents’ lowest approval ratings, so far. He lags behind quite a bit when it comes to his highest approval rating compared to others, as well. It seems that people, in general, fall more within a narrow range when it comes to Obama than other Presidents in history.
G Mare
September 9th, 2012
10:52 pm
Jam@9:16, “I wouldn’t have used those words.” Yeah, right, thank you Mr. Romney.
Please, everyone, hold a good thought for me – am going to the gastro guy tomorrow. Eeeww.
zeke
September 9th, 2012
11:01 pm
I cannot believe that any person with intelligence could vote for that socialist moron! Redistribution! Welfare! Government healthcare! Higher taxes on those successful! You name any socialist/commie idea or agenda, and, he is wholeheartedly for it! And you know what? Yes, I think it is time for everyone to “pay their fair share to this socialist”! I cannot wait for each and every one to pay 39% just to the feds! THAT IS ONLY FAIR!
Kamchak - "Socialism" is just a code word for "fear," the monster under you bed ~ Kamchak
September 9th, 2012
11:07 pm
I cannot believe that any person with intelligence could vote for that socialist moron!
Socialism — BOO!
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
11:16 pm
zeke, what an intelligent and persuasive post.
But alas that deranged POS Joseph McCarthy, that you rubes still adore, got flushed down the toilet sixty years ago. So maybe, just maybe you nimrods should find some other angle to try out, huh?
moonbat betty
September 9th, 2012
11:44 pm
Amvet, who is this Joseph McCarthy you so often refer to?
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone else refer to this guy more than once.
Let me guess…from the ’50s?
moonbat betty
September 10th, 2012
12:26 am
I believe in miracles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-p8bOoFlPo
moonbat betty
September 10th, 2012
12:45 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIlHt_syoSE
good night good peeps.
Oscar
September 10th, 2012
2:30 am
Please, everyone, hold a good thought for me – am going to the gastro guy tomorrow. Eeeww.
________
G Mare
Just one word, it’s never as bad as the thought about it. I like the feeling I get from the IV they put in my arm. Once I get that in, the rest is not bad.
But I’m seventy now and don’t see much point in ever getting another one. I had one last March, it may have been my last.
Oscar
September 10th, 2012
2:32 am
Let me guess…from the ’50s?
_________
He severed in WWII in the South Pacific and went to congress in the late forties. His big moment was in the early fifties. Never heard from again that I know of.
Oscar
September 10th, 2012
2:34 am
I cannot believe that any person with intelligence could vote for that socialist moron!
_______
Are you one of those people that check under your bed every night for a socialist. Must remain viligent, they could be anywhere.
Oscar
September 10th, 2012
2:36 am
Adam
________
I expect his approval rating will go up between now and November. Took a big jump last few days.
Oscar
September 10th, 2012
2:37 am
This isn’t over, but Romney needs a knock out during the debates.
_______
I predict that if Romney delivers a knock out punch during the debates, it will be to himself.
Oscar
September 10th, 2012
2:39 am
Yellow Jackets are stillundefeated. Go Jackets.
Drudge
September 10th, 2012
6:30 am
Yeah this will last – just like Carter’s 8 point lead in October ‘80 and…Dukakis’ +17 in October ‘88.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 10th, 2012
7:25 am
Nate Silver has Obama at an 80.7% chance of re-election
before the debates.
Confidence is high.
TaxPayer
September 10th, 2012
7:26 am
Mitt will get the best polling results that the gambling casino magnate, the one under investigation, Sheldon Adelson, can buy for him. And if that isn’t enough, the Koch boys can always chip in a little extra funding for the Tea Party to come out and support him even more.
JamVet
September 10th, 2012
7:26 am
betty, he was the disgraced GOP scumbag of a US congressman who was obsessed with imaginary communists in this country. He was instrumental in creating the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and led nationwide witch hunts for “commies” and intentionally ruined countless American innocent lives in the perverted process.
And people like slimy Alan West, much of the GOP ‘leadership” (LOL!) and many of Bookman’s Republican bloggers of today are would be Little McCarthys.
Paranoid, fascist idiots, to a man…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trgIWENOdQ
TaxPayer
September 10th, 2012
7:31 am
On the brighter side, Mitt said he does not want to get rid of all of the healthcare reform, just the healthcare part of it.
Release those tax returns, Mitt. Show us what you’re so ashamed of.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 10th, 2012
7:40 am
I can’t offer a million bucks like Larry Flynt,
I won’t blackmail for bitcoin,
but yes…
Mr. Romney show us your tax returns.
kayaker 71
September 10th, 2012
7:41 am
“Paranoid, fascists idiots, to a man”……. What an absolutely stupid statement.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 10th, 2012
8:07 am
“Paranoid, fascists idiots, to a man”…….
And I say, “If the shoe fits…”
JamVet
September 10th, 2012
8:11 am
71, are you a modern day McCarthyite?
Because you sure whelped like a hit dog.
Commies in this country only exist in your demented imagination, OK?
NOT in the White House. Not in your neighbor’s house.
Focus on the big GOP picture. Segregation and keeping women in their place…
skydog
September 10th, 2012
8:15 am
Julio Jones = Master Blaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y_xNKtxM0E
Jm
September 10th, 2012
8:18 am
Kayaker 7:41
That’s all they have left
TiredOfIt
September 10th, 2012
8:20 am
The GOP working forcefully to create a one party state ruled by oligarchs and corporations in a society that has not existed since the Russian revolution, all guaranteed by a SCOTUS that has been installed to the benefit of the GOP.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 10th, 2012
8:21 am
“That’s all they have left”
It is most certainly to our advantage for you
to continue to think that.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 10th, 2012
8:22 am
You say he got a good post-convention boost, but has he got the lift?
JamVet
September 10th, 2012
8:24 am
Poor Jm, another deranged Joseph McCarthy acolyte.
BOO!!
Socialists, Communists and Marxists, oh my!
THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!!!
EVEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the Occupation
September 10th, 2012
8:25 am
No school today for 400,000 students in the city of Chicago, where teachers have borne the brunt of the attack on public workers, in this case led by that good Democratic foot-soldier Rahm Emanuel.
Jm
September 10th, 2012
8:40 am
No school today in chicago
Where teachers deem their outlandish compensation packages to be more important than the children’s education
southpaw
September 10th, 2012
8:45 am
JamVet – K71 isn’t imagining things. Ok, Communists and such aren’t everywhere, but “only exist in your demented imagination” is baloney.
http://www.cpusa.org/
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:48 am
Bull.
Obama loses in November.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
September 10th, 2012
8:48 am
Why yes. We would be better off with more strikes.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/10/opinion/rhomberg-unions-strikes/
Welcome to the Occupation
September 10th, 2012
8:48 am
Jm,
“Outlandish”, huh?
Where’s that big whopping resentment when it comes to the bankers and other financiers who “earn” multiples of what the teachers earn for activities that are of very questionable value to society?
No Finland are we.
#AmericanAnti-intellectualism
USMC
September 10th, 2012
8:49 am
DemocRats and UNION THUGS WAGE WAR ON EDUCATION:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicago-public-schools-chicago-teachers-union-contract-talks-strike,0,2062807.story
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:50 am
I am dumbfounded how anyone could vote for this guy…..Barrack Hussein Obama. Just his name should care the hell out of you.
Economy is a wreck
Hes a Muslim
They want God removed from everything
Debt is thru the roof
Wants to raise taxes even more
What else you need to know?
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:51 am
Good work Jay Bookman. I knew you would spin it just right.
Being a Penn State grad and all….
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:52 am
Let there be no mistake…..this Obama and his wife do not like Whites.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 10th, 2012
8:52 am
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021301629
Smile!
USMC
September 10th, 2012
8:53 am
The DummycRat Drones and Union Thugs continue their WAR ON CHILDREN!
http://www.suntimes.com/15054902-761/chicago-teachers-strike-for-first-time-in-25-years-contingency-sites-ready-charters-remain-open.html
stands for decibels (SfBA)
September 10th, 2012
8:53 am
Shorter conservatives, today: Nobody should be allowed to strike ever. Labor should put up with whatever crap management hands them. Oh, and it’s Obama’s fault.
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:53 am
If this Hussein fellow is re-elected, the Economy will tank even further. Businesses are sitting on the sideline waiting to see. If he remains in office, they will layoff more people, go into survival mode, and try to wait out the next four years.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 10th, 2012
8:53 am
Barrack Hussein Obama. Just his name should care the hell out of you.
Imbecile nation stretches, yawns, and gapes out of its hole at yet another day.
#AmericanAnti-intellectualism
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:54 am
PS: Have you bought gasoline lately?
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:54 am
Barrack Hussein Obama …….is a Muslim
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 10th, 2012
8:55 am
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021310670
Truth!
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:56 am
As Bill Clinton has said previously: “Give me a break! Hes a big Fairy tale”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDx4NZr2u4
stands for decibels (Race Traitor)
September 10th, 2012
8:56 am
Oops, almost forgot. I am no longer SfBA. My term actually ended on Aug. 31, but, apparently, nobody noticed. The “Spokesman for Black America” chair is currently vacated, and is available for anyone willing to go through the nomination process.
Please make a note of my new honorific.
oh, and I got producin’ to do. Later, maybe, if Jay’s got clean sheets for us.
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:57 am
Wake up people.
Brosephus™
September 10th, 2012
8:57 am
Let there be no mistake…..this Obama and his wife do not like Whites.
Jesus H. Christ!!!!
Lemme guess… The Obama’s do not like his White half… do not like his White family… do not like Bill Ayers… do not like Saul Alinsky… do not like George Soros…
So, basically Barack Obama isn’t the man that faux Conservatives make him out to be. Thanks for that moment of clarity.
USMC
September 10th, 2012
8:58 am
Chaos During Dems Platform Vote….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cEwnivdr0
DummycRats had a hard time understanding what 2/3’s means… LOL!
What a bunch of Brainwashed DRONES!
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
8:58 am
Bill Clinton was right!
“This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale…..”
Brosephus™
September 10th, 2012
8:58 am
Taylor Wooten
You need some attention or something?
Taylor Wooten
September 10th, 2012
9:00 am
Obama’s “Roots”….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAffMSWSzY
b-troll
September 10th, 2012
9:00 am
“Where’s that big whopping resentment when it comes to the bankers and other financiers who “earn” multiples of what the teachers earn for activities that are of very questionable value to society?”
Who made you the arbiter of a person’s value to society?