Morning Examiner: Democrat delusions driving Obama bounce

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Washington Examiner:

Morning Examiner: Democrat delusions driving Obama bounce

 

September 28, 2012 | 8:11 am

Conn Carroll

 

Senior Editorial Writer

 

President Obama has surged ahead of Mitt Romney nationally and in a slew of important swing states since the Democratic National Convention. His current 4 point lead over Romney in the Real Clear Politics poll average is his biggest since depths of the Republican primary this April.

But what is driving this Obama resurgence? Are Republicans losing faith? Are independents leaning to Obama? Nope. Obama’s entire bounce seems to be coming entirely from a surge in Democratic enthusiasm. Gallup, who currently shows a six point Obama lead, reports: “Voter enthusiasm in [swing] states has grown among members of both political parties; however, Democrats’ level has increased more. Thus, whereas equal percentages of Democrats and Republicans were enthusiastic in June, Democrats are now significantly more enthusiastic than Republicans, 73% vs. 64%.”

And why are Democrats so enthused? Well, apparently, they think the economy has suddenly become awesome

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Tracking Ohio’s absentee ballot requests.

 

By: Moe Lane (Diary) | September 27th, 2012 at 08:00 PM | 27

RESIZE: AAA

We[**] got a guy out there doing just that, and the link to his spreadsheet is here.

Executive summary: the process is ongoing, and what’s being tracked are absentee/early ballot REQUESTS, not turned-in ballots. So it’s not telling us who’s ahead in Ohio; it’s merely telling us what we know of which party’s members are asking for ballots. In other words, it’s a possible measure of voter enthusiasm in Ohio. So…

 

http://www.redstate....allot-requests/