POLITICO: Internal GOP poll from OH shows Romney losing by 4

[Tender Branson]

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/new-gop-poll-also-shows-romney-down-in-ohio-135557.html

[Badger]

Internal showing Mitt down 4? That actually jives with the NBC poll, give or take a point.

This poll clearly was released in response to the NBC poll. Ouch, Romney's in trouble.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Down by 4 in an internal? That's worrying news for Romney.

[Lief 🗽]

Hahaha, that's pathetic.

[Likely Voter]

The fact that Politico is reporting this is because someone leaked it to them. That means that the Romney campaign actually think this makes them look good. Hey look we are only losing a must win state by 4! Sure that ought to change the narrative.  The other day on Morning Joe one of the guests was saying that the Romney campaign is worried that all the media battleground maps are going to start showing Ohio as 'lean Obama' instead of a tossup. I'm not sure this leaks help in that cause or not.

[Umengus]

it's not an internal poll but a poll by a gop firm...

[Eraserhead]

It's time for the Romney people to get serious about finding a path to 270 without Ohio.

(Good luck with that btw. ...)

[Yank2133]

The implosion of Mitt Romney continues......couldn't happen to a better guy.

[Chaddyr23]

Time for me to start twerking for Obama.

[mondale84]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

[Umengus]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

[mondale84]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

[J. J.]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

We are still coming off the bounce.

[mondale84]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

We are still coming off the bounce.

The "bounce" is permanent and growing and you can either cry yourself to sleep or delude yourself with your statistical talking points, but that doesn't change the fact that Ohio is now lean Obama.

[Umengus]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

proof ?

[mondale84]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

proof ?

It's a hack-job Republican internal...

[Umengus]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

proof ?

It's a hack-job Republican internal...

proof of the "ridiculously R-friendly"... If Romney trails, the sample is not R-friendly...

[mondale84]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

proof ?

It's a hack-job Republican internal...

proof of the "ridiculously R-friendly"... If Romney trails, the sample is not R-friendly...

It is R-friendly if he trails by less than what the average of polls is...

...this isn't too hard to understand... (IT'S A REPUBLICAN INTERNAL FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!)

[Niemeyerite]

Why do people get nervous about this? Some (credible) polls have Obama leading by 2-5 points. This internal means nothing to me. 4 points? They may be right, but it doesn't change anything. Ohio is still leaning Obama and Obama is still the favourite to win the Presidency (again). Don't add 5 points to Obama simply because this is supposed to be an internal. Sometimes, it doesn't work that way.

[Umengus]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

proof ?

It's a hack-job Republican internal...

proof of the "ridiculously R-friendly"... If Romney trails, the sample is not R-friendly...

It is R-friendly if he trails by less than what the average of polls is...

...this isn't too hard to understand... (IT'S A REPUBLICAN INTERNAL FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!)

and the average is...is...is... 4 (with the overbiased nbc poll...)

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

I want to see the right-wing trolls spin this one! Obama is probably up 8-10 after accounting for the GOP leans of this internal.

LOL

You can LOL all you want, but your party ID trolling isn't going to allow you to spin yourself out of this one considering their sample is probably ridiculously R-friendly and Mitt is STILL trailing.

proof ?

It's a hack-job Republican internal...

proof of the "ridiculously R-friendly"... If Romney trails, the sample is not R-friendly...

It is R-friendly if he trails by less than what the average of polls is...

...this isn't too hard to understand... (IT'S A REPUBLICAN INTERNAL FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!)

and the average is...is...is... 4 (with the overbiased nbc poll...)

The RCP average also includes the last numbers Scotty pulled out of his ass...
That balances out, wouldn't you agree?

[pbrower2a]

At this point a genuine 4-point lead by the President will be difficult to undo. A four-point lead seven weeks before the election will be easy to defend. It might be more valuable now than a six-point lead four months before the election.  President Obama can play a cautious defense of his lead; Mitt Romney must gamble recklessly for a chance to get elected.