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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:20 PM Nov 2012

OH/PA vs FL/NC

So the MSM continues to play the OH and PA are close, tie, toss ups memo, while not really mentioning FL or NC. Basically acting like those two states are clearly in the Romney column. But if you look at the averages in those 4 states Obama has a bigger lead in OH/ PA than does Romney in FL/NC.

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OH/PA vs FL/NC (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Nov 2012 OP
Noticed the same thing myself Lord_Maculus Nov 2012 #1
Because they see the election through pro-Romney prism Lightsource777 Nov 2012 #2
Because pretending it's a close election brings in more viewers ShadowLiberal Nov 2012 #3

Lord_Maculus

(53 posts)
1. Noticed the same thing myself
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:52 PM
Nov 2012

So hilarious how MSNBC basically dismissed their own poll in FL showing President Obama up by 2, yet pimped to death the conservative-leaning Mason/Dixon poll showing Romney up 6. They've also tried to dismiss their Ohio poll that had Obama up by 6, opting to instead show polls that show the race in that state at about a 2-3 point edge for Obama. Even Todd said that with a tighter screen Obama was still up by 3 points in their poll, and at the 50 percent mark.

Most polls out of FL show a tie or 1-2 point lead in either direction, so I don't get what they think M/D is catching in their poll that everyone else that has polled that state is missing. Also loved how Morning Ho was pimping the Sus-whatever poll from a conservative outfit in PA that showed a tie on Meet The Press, yet a week ago he was saying PA has always been fools gold for conservatives. And most legit polls out of NC either show a tie or slight Romney lead, early voting there shows that dems ARE enthused about voting, yet they move it into the Romney column because of the outlier Rasmussen and Gravis polls and also I think because they know if Mitt loses there he's screwed. I also believe that's why they have yet to put Ohio or Wisconsin in Obama's column, in spite of the fact that Obama is polling much stronger there than Mitt is in Florida or North Carolina-- if they put those two states in Obama's column, that would be the media equivalent of slamming the door shut on Mitt's chances of winning, and they can't have that. You can almost sense the desperation of the conservative and "neutral/both sides do it" pundits on the television, it's almost as if they're being paid to argue this race as closely as they can for Romney, and still somehow invent something out of thin air to suggest that he's surging and has the momentum in spite of all the statistical evidence to the contrary. I really do want to see guys like Joe and Todd exposed for the absolute assclowns that they are on Wednesday morning.

Lightsource777

(78 posts)
2. Because they see the election through pro-Romney prism
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 04:27 PM
Nov 2012

they focus on their hopes and dreams, which is to see Romney win this election and thus capturing OH/PA. That hope motivates them to write articles and speculate endlessly about those scenarios while their nightmares (Obama winning FL/NC) deter the opposite.

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