{"id":14342,"date":"2012-10-08T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-10-08T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T16:25:08","slug":"the_left_still_can_t_come_to_grips_with_what_happened_to_obama_at_last_week_s_debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/10\/08\/the_left_still_can_t_come_to_grips_with_what_happened_to_obama_at_last_week_s_debate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left Still Can\u2019t Come to Grips with What Happened to Obama at Last Week\u2019s Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: The left, folks, is still discombobulated over Obama\u2019s debate performance<\/a>. The cover of The New Yorker is an artist\u2019s rendering of the debate setting from behind. Romney at his podium on the right, an empty podium and an empty chair on the left where Obama should have been. Saturday Night Live — I didn\u2019t see it, but I got an on-the-spot report from Mr. Snerdley. Saturday Night Live totally dumped on Obama and dumped on the media upset about Obama, totally made fun of Obama here. Obama had to go to Hollywood. Would somebody explain something to me? California\u2019s in the bag for Obama, is it not? California\u2019s in the bag. I mean, there\u2019s no reason to go out there, spend any money there. <\/p>\n

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By the same token we\u2019re told that Obama raised a record amount of money in September, and furthermore we\u2019re told that he might end up being the first billion-dollar candidate. So why go to LA last night? I mean, it\u2019s a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser, Wolfgang Puck\u2019s new restaurant. Why go? He went out, he assured these Hollywood types, (imitating Obama) “Everything\u2019s cool, everything\u2019s fine. I know what I\u2019m doing. I can\u2019t do it every night like you do. I can\u2019t act every day like you do.” It\u2019s what he told \u2019em. I got the sound bite coming up. But why even go? They could mail the money in. Are the Hollywood people so important you gotta go meet them personally or they will abandon him? Something weird about it. <\/p>\n

By the way, Gallup, which is being sued by the Department of Justice, which means it\u2019s under the thumb, under the threat of the government, has Romney with a postdebate bounce of five points. Among registered voters Obama and Romney are tied at 47%. The Politico Battleground poll is out. I\u2019ve always quoted the Battleground poll to you. <\/p>\n

This is Ed Goeas and Celinda Lake. Ed Goeas is the Republican; Celinda Lake is the Democrat. They poll their respective samples, they put \u2019em together, and end up with the results. Now, in 2008 Obama won the independent vote over McCain by eight points, 52-44. This morning, the new Battleground poll is out. Mitt Romney is up by 16 in independents over President Kardashian. Sixteen points, 51 to 35!<\/p>\n

What a difference after debate watched by whatever, 65 million people, that can\u2019t be spun by the media, that Obama can\u2019t be protected from. By the way, I should point out, too, that 85% of the people in the Battleground poll (which shows Romney up by 16) were sampled and polled before the debate. Now, we are at October the 8th. This is when traditionally the polling starts — historically, anyway — becoming a little bit with different from what it has been prior.<\/p>\n

This is when the race starts to tighten.<\/p>\n

This is when the race starts to be portrayed a little bit more honestly than it has in prior polls, particularly if you go back to last spring and in the summer. Now, this independent result today from the Battleground poll, that\u2019s a 24-point swing among independents since 2008. And what is the independent percentage? The independents make up anywhere from 15 to 20% of the electorate; some people say even more.<\/p>\n

Now, even with this, even with Romney up by 16 in independents, the Battleground poll still has Obama up 49-48, which I don\u2019t pretend to understand. If the independents are 15, 20, 25% of the vote and Obama\u2019s still up a point. Gallup, registered voters, has Romney with a five-point debate bounce at 47-47 now. Pre-debate it was Obama 50-45. Now it\u2019s 47-47 with another debate coming up. It is taking on a different face now.<\/p>\n