All Post-Debate Polls Give Obama Clear Win
Greg Mitchell on October 17, 2012 - 12:08 AM ET
In quite a switch from debate #1, all of the scientific polls afterward gave President Obama a clear win last night.
CNN poll fiound Obama wins debate 46%-39%. Wolf Blitzer, this time, admitted up front that it was 8% skewed to GOP--just like the last two polls. (I hope my hammering at this for past week did some good.) So a big win for Obama, and if you count "skew," a huge edge.
Still, the main headline on the CNN site noted Obama doing well but "Romney Also Strong."
Blitzer then broke down the poll and found bunch of areas where Romney did better on economic issues. But AGAIN mentioned poll skewed GOP by 8%.
The CBS instant poll: Obama wins, with 37%, Romney gets 30%, 33% undecided. It had showed a similar win for Biden last week.
PPP poll of "moderate" voters in Colo.: 63% say Obama won.
Among the pundits: David Gergen gave it slightly to Obama. John King and Steve Schmidt both said Romney got clobbered on Libya. Chris Matthews, of course, scores it almost a shutout for Obama. Schmidt echoes my early tweet that if Obama had done this two weeks ago he'd still be far ahead.
Many pundits saying Obama won but then downplay it, saying probably won't stop Romney "momentum." The view from Nowhere.
David Axelrod denies Obama saved the brutal 47% reference to final minute. Ace blogger Digby tweets: "Fox is fact checking. Shocking that Obama lies about everything. Plus, angry black man."
Obama campaign chief David Plouffe says Romney lied about not wanting to cut access to contraceptives and will use that in ads ASAP. Charles Krauthammer on Fox: Obama "clearly had a good night," Romney very good but Obama "wins on points." Others on Fox and the right complaining about questions, Candy Crowley. Unlike some liberals (such as myself), they refuse to fault Romney's impolite "demeanor."
Chuck Todd: I've seen candidates who do not like each other but these two guys do not RESPECT each other.
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