And so here we are - 2 weeks to go and this is the picture. [View all]

[NRaleighLiberal]

538 aggregate polls posted after the debate.

Obama's climb started September 18, at 72.9%. Four debates later, we are at Oct 23 and he is at 70.3% and climbing. No more debates - two weeks of ads, big swing state rallies (some including Bill Clinton). Though 290 electoral votes isn't as nice as 310 or 320, it is more than 270. Seems to me that aside from endless MSM schilling and spinning (and of course the "October surprise"...hmmm) - this is when the superior Dem ground game can take those few registered voters that aren't showing up in the polls as likely converted to votes.

Think about all that Obama has working against him - 4 years of relentless attacks and obstruction, a media that is in the bag for their corporate masters, and the deep pockets of the Rovian groups thanks to Citizens United. And he is positioned for a second term...

Take heart - go be a poll volunteer, make phone calls, drive people to the polls, register voters. We have a part that we can play to ensure we don't have one of the most unfit candidates in history to take the wheel of the country and drive it back into the Bush-lined ditch.