A very bad week for Obama indeed

[Boreas]

I should remind you, though, that the popular vote doesn't decide the election. Right Now the President is looking pretty good electorally.

Obama (221)
Romney (181)
Undecided (136)

Battleground states (numbers in brackets are electoral votes):

Florida (29) -0.7%
Pennsylvania (20) +4.2%
Ohio (18) +0.8%
North Carolina (15) -3.0%
Virginia (13) +0.3%
Wisconsin (10) +5.0%
Missouri (10) -5.2%
Colorado (9) -0.5%
Iowa (6) +3.2%
Nevada (6) +0.7%

So, if the undecided "battleground states stay as they are, the electoral vote will be:

Obama (221 + 73 = 294)
Romney (181 + 63 = 244)

No question the President had a bad week but not bad enough to change the likely outcome. We'll see what happens tomorrow night and at the Town Hall debate. Maybe some "ordinary citizens" will have more guts than the press and call Romney on his lies.

John

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