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Romney Grabs Lead in Rasmussen Poll

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    Former Clinton pollster Doug Schoen on the current shift in the presidential polls.

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-- post debate bounce continues the latest Rasmussen tracking poll for just a swing states as Romney ahead by two points and eight point swing in less than a week.

That's his firstly by the way in this fall since September 19 joining us now -- Fox News contributor and also.

Former pollster for President Clinton what do you make of this dramatic swing I mean -- -- season pollster is is this something that you've ever seen before.

Well we saw this kind of a move.

For Ronald Reagan in 1980 after the one debate.

George W.

Bush moved ahead of vice president gore after three debates but this is probably the moats.

-- announced single debate.

In a series of debates I've ever seen I that -- indeed because a week ago.

It was sort of like that the Democrats were so confident that they were actually talking forget the president.

We may take the senate and the house I mean that they were brimming with confidence and just like that they hit the stylized.

We're well and it's an iceberg but let's just be clear they're two more debates to go -- vice presidential debate.

Another 2829 days in the campaign Charles this campaign is deadlocked the momentum is with governor Romney but the sale was not club -- Andrew Sullivan the liberal bloggers saying look -- the president may be cannot recover from.

That first debate because he'd lost unlike ability loss on style loss and substance you agree with us.

I would agree with Mark Twain that the reports and that is demise are greatly exaggerated.

-- it's a close race it's gonna stay I think a close race and I think while one bad poll the pew poll certainly doesn't augur well for the president.

It's not as calamitous it's it's -- Why -- -- -- -- just the fact that that it was able to swing so quickly for Romney proves that obviously you go the other way -- -- that's -- point would you say though at this point now -- Romney's.

Election to lose.

Or K you know -- in other words who has in the driver's seat at this.

I call -- a jumble.

I think the real question is can Obama.

Regain his footing in the next debate can Romney double down on the great success of the first debate open question swing voters don't like either of them -- But here's appears real -- -- isn't the president in a bind.

Because if you start to go after the stuff people wanted to into like the 47% things like that that's a substantial you know that's not -- -- that's -- -- how you're going to fix the economy.

That the look -- at this point to go back and try to bring that kind of stuff.

Here is the theory of the Obama campaign -- They won with negative up to September won the pole right.

They believe going back to hard negative will get them over the finish line winnings winning losing losing they think negative campaigning.

Gives them the best tips aren't Doug we've got to CEOs blasting the president's economic policies of this one from -- when.

And this is ago -- -- a classic I'll be damned if I want him to lecture me about small business and jobs.

I image operator guys like -- your job creators and we don't like having a bullseye painted.

On our backs we think about that well Steve Wynn is a Republican he certainly.

A voluble occasionally volatile personality.

Who has had undeniable success that being said I think he speaks for a lot of business people who look at the president and they don't have confidence.

The issue with the president -- say look I inherited this recession but both Democrats and Republicans created the economic mess -- in.

Fannie Mae Freddie Mac vice president Biden's been around since the Nixon administration the president that it did inherit the recovery so -- -- -- speak to that.

Well politics is the art of the possible so you take credit for that which.

You can and distance yourself from.

That which is not Pleasanton.

Bottom line the -- polls still show.

Some vulnerability for the Republican but this is what bush that does the president care I mean listen he has a warm business that he -- that business leaders bristle.

And has policies that does is actually make them feel good or bad.

I think.

There's only one thing's gonna make -- pilgrimage girls.

Election.

You know -- you know in just so people know Steve -- inherited a dingle -- -- -- -- -- Pennsylvania upstate new York and Romero who look at what his -- what he has done is absolutely phenomenal it should be something we are encouraging kids and Americans to do.

Not not to not to make this -- the villain or the Bane of our existence but the the sort of person who can create.

Thousands of jobs through people where they can have mortgages within their kids to school I -- Steve Wynn has an amazing legitimate point.

But does -- resonate within the obamas -- Polls well the Obama circles are about reelection and they are not curry favor with business certainly not small business Steve -- not a small businessman he's one of the great American success stories as you point out.

But no I don't see the Obama campaign running on entrepreneurship so.

Bottom line it's a message to campaigns not -- well maybe mainstream may hear loud but it does -- that thanks operation.

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