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<\/a><\/p>\nWe also have Wisconsin. This is important, now. Wisconsin, 49-49 — and it\u2019s Rasmussen — 49-49. And you go back to 2008, Obama carried Wisconsin 56-42. Now, Scott Walker, how many recalls did he survive there, two? Three. Two or three. And in every one of them, in every one of those, Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin recalls, the Democrats were gonna wipe the floor, remember all that? The media, everybody told us, “Yeah, those polls had Walker losing by a point, losing by two points, maybe up a point,” and he ends up winning it by seven. Something big is happening in Wisconsin, and there\u2019s stuff happening in Oregon, and there\u2019s stuff happening in Iowa and there\u2019s stuff happening in Ohio and there\u2019s stuff happening in North Carolina. There is stuff happening all over the place, and the Obama regime is looking smaller and smaller and smaller as they react to it. <\/p>\n
Madison, Wisconsin is San Francisco of the Midwest. It\u2019s 49-49. In 2008, Obama carried Wisconsin 56-42. Obama won by 14 points four years ago. And among the 90% who say they have already made up their minds in Wisconsin, it\u2019s Romney 51, Obama 48. <\/p>\n
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No, I have not forgotten the Lena Dunham ad.<\/a> I\u2019ve got it here. It\u2019s coming up. Be patient. The Washington Post now, Romney is up by three in the ABC News\/Washington Post poll. And Romney has hit 50. “Mitt Romney has seized further advantage on economic issues at the core of the 2012 campaign, taking him to 50 percent support among likely voters vs. 47 percent for Barack Obama — Romney\u00c2\u2019s highest vote-preference result of the contest to date.” What an admission. What a shift this is. <\/p>\n On Monday this same tracking poll had Obama 49 and Romney 48. Last week they had Romney down by three. ABC News\/Washington Post. This is their tracking poll. This is the largest margin yet for Romney, 50 to 47. This poll oversampled Democrats by four. In a Democrat plus-four poll, Romney\u2019s up by three. So how does that happen? The biggest change in this poll has come from likely voters now picking Romney over Obama in handling the economy, 52-43 in the ABC\/Washington Post poll. So Romney up nine among likely voters on the economy. That\u2019s the first time either candidate has ever had a clear lead on the economy. <\/p>\n Exactly as predicted, by the way. Just like some of these other polls. NBC\/Wall Street Journal, they\u2019ve had Obama plus five, Obama plus seven. They\u2019ve got Democrat samples of plus ten. And then earlier this week, guess what? Poll comes out, and they\u2019re tied 49-49. Exactly as I predicted would happen as we get closer to the election. I\u2019m not patting myself on the back, but if I don\u2019t, who will? But that\u2019s not what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m just telling you, this stuff is predictable. The polls are used to move and shake public opinion. Why have all of these massive plus nine, plus ten Democrat samples when the turnout\u2019s not gonna be anywhere near that. <\/p>\n Independents, are you ready? In the ABC News\/Washington Post poll, independents side with Romney now in record numbers in both the economy, 61-34, independents, Romney over Obama, and on understanding people\u2019s problems, Romney plus ten, 52-40. Do you realize how huge that is? That\u2019s Obama\u2019s bread and butter.<\/a> It\u2019s always been his bread and butter. Obama\u2019s likability, he not of the 1%. He understands your plight. Obama understands the hell that you\u2019re going through in your daily life because of George Bush. Obama understands. He\u2019s likable. <\/p>\n Romney up ten in independents who believe that Romney better understands people\u2019s problems. And independents, 61 to 34, Romney over Obama on the economy. In foreign affairs, Romney has now essentially tied Obama. That means he has erased the eight-point lead Obama had in early September in this poll on foreign affairs. There\u2019s also a Pew Research Center poll, and we learn from the Pew poll — remember our program yesterday.<\/a> Republican enthusiasm for the presidential race is now the highest it has been all year. In fact, Pew\u2019s findings represent a huge change from just after the party conventions in September. The Democrat enthusiasm was stronger after the Democrat convention. In the latest poll, Pew found that Republicans\u2019 interest is up 23 points since early September, which means there has been a boost in Republican enthusiasm of 23 points in less than one month. <\/p>\n Do you believe that? I know you\u2019ll take it, and I know some of you probably will believe that there has been a bunch of people on the Republican side depressed and suppressed and despondent, but I don\u2019t. I think Republican enthusiasm has been “get me to the polling place yesterday” for two years. See, I still go back and measure everything against 2010. And then I ask myself, what\u2019s happened since then? Has Obama gotten more likable? No. Has the economy gotten any better? No. Has employment improved? No. Number of people in poverty come down? No. Has median family income risen? No. Number of people on food stamps gone down? No. <\/p>\n There\u2019s no improvement. There\u2019s nothing. The housing market zilch, zero, nada. Kids coming out of college with degrees, job prospects, not better. Nothing has improved since 2010. What happened in 2010? Republican landslide, all the way down the ballot to dogcatcher. The Democrats lost over 600 seats, legislative seats in Congress and statehouses all the way down to city council, 600-plus. And there wasn\u2019t a Republican on the ballot, and there wasn\u2019t a Republican agenda. What there was was the Tea Party and a bunch of conservatives rising up saying, “This is not the future of the country. This is not what we\u2019re gonna put up with. We\u2019re not gonna tolerate this. This is not who we are.” <\/p>\n Now we got a candidate. Now we\u2019ve got an agenda. We\u2019ve got even more in our favor than we had in 2010. So where is it written that the enthusiasm would be down in the gutter and even need to be resurrected by 23 points? I mean, I\u2019ll take it, don\u2019t misunderstand, and I understand some people\u2019s enthusiasm, you watch the media, you get all depressed. Folks, I ought to share with you, just to show you what I get every day. I sent some people an e-mail last night just summarizing the stuff I am told that I ought to believe and the stuff I ought to be saying every day, and it is fatalistic, defeated, so forth, and it sometimes makes me angry, sometimes frustrates me that people think this, they can\u2019t see how blatant the good opportunities are out there. <\/p>\n But I\u2019m telling you, as I say, I\u2019ll take all this polling data which shows Romney ahead and shows Romney\u2019s lead widening in certain places and tying Obama in certain places. My only point is I don\u2019t think it\u2019s happening in just the last week like the polls are telling us. That frankly is an insult to my intelligence. How long have you been intending to vote against Obama, for example? Did you just decide last week? There\u2019s so many factors here, people being honest and dishonest with pollsters and all kinds of things. <\/p>\n My point is that the Romney momentum<\/a> has been a conservative momentum, and it\u2019s been out there for a long time. And the momentum is now intensifying because we have a presidential campaign, not just a series of House and Senate races, that are on the ballot. I got some other polling data as well to share with you. I guess this is why I got the call yesterday saying I\u2019m sounding too optimistic here<\/a>; is that right? Too positive. Too optimistic. All I\u2019m doing is telling you what the polls say today and reacting to it. <\/p>\n (interruption)<\/p>\n Well, BS, that\u2019s my whole point. What do you mean, people aren\u2019t gonna work as hard? They\u2019re gonna be even more inspired. Would it be better if I said, “You know what, folks, don\u2019t trust this ABC poll that shows Romney up three. They\u2019re just doing that to get you to sit back on your laurels and not vote.” Not everything is a brilliantly conceived, flawlessly executed liberal media scheme. They don\u2019t do everything flawlessly. They don\u2019t always win. They don\u2019t always succeed at these things. But I understand, there are reasons why people are hesitant. For example, look at the Benghazi thing. Where the hell are elected Republicans on this expressing outrage? Why is it just Fox News and talk radio, for example? You know, where\u2019s the Republican leadership in the House? <\/p>\n Boehner sent a letter to Obama, I know, I know, but leave it up to the media to get the letter out. The point is, I understand how some of you can feel the way you do. But I\u2019m simply reacting to the polling data that\u2019s out there today. And, by the way, back to Wisconsin, Biden has now scheduled two campaign appearances there. I\u2019m just gonna tell you, there is no way that the regime ever planned, ever thought they would be in Wisconsin ten days before the election, no way. They are in Wisconsin trying to save it. If they\u2019re in trouble in Wisconsin, and folks, there\u2019s Oregon lurking out there, too. I don\u2019t want to make too big a deal about that, but Oregon\u2019s lurking out there. There are a number of similar type places. <\/p>\n We\u2019re starting to see stories about these polls and how they are not accurately reflecting the genuine Romney strength or Republican strength. The Romney campaign just bought some ads in Minnesota. When\u2019s the last time Republicans won Minnesota? Reagan\u2019s 49 landslide was not Minnesota, right? ‘Cause that was Mondale, and he\u2019s the favorite son, Minnesota. Richard Nixon was the last Republican to win Minnesota, and the Romney camp is buying time. So Biden\u2019s gonna be in Oshkosh. And Oshkosh Corporation, which is Wisconsin\u2019s largest employer, just announced that they\u2019re gonna be having layoffs in January because of defense cuts. Oshkosh. It\u2019s another reason why Biden\u2019s headed in there. <\/p>\n BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n RUSH:<\/p>\n Okay, now I\u2019m getting really confused here. I\u2019ve got three different versions of this ABC\/Washington poll right in front of me here. I\u2019ve just got an e-mail that says: “Romney Ekes Out Bragging Rights.” This date is October 23rd, and it\u2019s got Romney 49-48. I\u2019ve got another one here from the 25th that says Romney 49-48. Then I\u2019ve got one that\u2019s also from yesterday that has Romney at 50-47. I got three different Washington Post results here and in two of the three Romney is up either by one point or by three. The one that I told you about is the Washington Post\/ABC News tracking poll, and this is the one from yesterday, late yesterday, that has Romney up by 50 to 47, up huge in independents, on the economy, and understanding people\u2019s problems. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/BidenCheeseHead.jpg\"\/)
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