UP-FRONT CONSERVATIVE PUNDIT NUGGET!!
Time for an Intervention (Peggy Noonan) from the Wall Street Journal
"It’s time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. It’s not big, it’s not brave, it’s not thoughtfully tackling great issues. It’s always been too small for the moment. All the activists, party supporters and big donors should be pushing for change. People want to focus on who at the top is least constructive and most responsible. Fine, but Mitt Romney is no puppet: He chooses who to listen to. An intervention is in order. “Mitt, this isn’t working.”"
Who’s in Charge? (Todd Purdum) from Vanity Fair
"It may well be that all unhappy campaigns are unhappy in their own way, but the surest universal sign of staff discord and dysfunction is the appearance of the circular firing squad. Mitt Romney’s top advisers have had each other in the crosshairs all week."
Romney’s Gift to Democrats (Alex Setz-Wald) from Salon
"The ripple effects from his leaked video comments will extend far beyond the presidential race."
Obama’s Lead Looks Stronger in Polls That Include Cellphones (Nate Silver) from the New York Times
"... for the most part Mr. Obama seems to be getting stronger results in polls that use live interviewers and that include cellphones in their samples — enough to suggest that he has a clear advantage in the race. ... The difference seems especially pronounced at the state level. Mr. Obama got very strong results in a series of NBC News/Marist College polls last week in Ohio, Florida and Virginia, which included cellphones and used live interviewers."
Democratic Enthusiasm Swells in the Swing States, Nationally from Gallup
"Overall, 59% of swing-state voters now highly enthusiastic, up from 46% in June."
Barack Obama: The Luckiest Politician Alive (Matt Latimer) from the Daily Beast
"Why on earth isn’t Obama in trouble? Chalk it up to Romney’s incessant bumbling—and the greatest streak of good fortune in recent political history. By Matt Latimer."
Romney's "47 Percent" Remarks Damage his Image with Voters: Reuters/Ipsos Poll from Reuters
"Nearly six in ten, or 59 percent, in the poll said they felt Romney unfairly dismissed almost half of Americans as victims in his remarks made to donors in May at a private event at a luxury home in Florida."
A Mood of Gloom Afflicts the Romney Campaign from the New York Times
"A palpably gloomy and openly frustrated mood has begun to creep into Mr. Romney’s campaign for president. Well practiced in the art of lurching from public relations crisis to public relations crisis, his team seemed to reach its limit ... a flustered adviser, describing the mood, said that the campaign was turning into a vulgar, unprintable phrase."
Obama Ahead with Stronger Support, Better Image and Lead on Most Issues from the Pew Research Center
"Not only does Obama enjoy a substantial lead in the horserace, he tops Romney on a number of key dimensions. His support is stronger than his rival’s, and is positive rather than negative. Mitt Romney’s backers are more ardent than they were pre-convention, but are still not as enthusiastic as Obama’s. Roughly half of Romney’s supporters say they are voting against Obama rather than for the Republican nominee."
Mitt Romney Video Offends Liberals And Conservatives Alike, Receives Negative Press Response (Grim & Sledge) from the Huffington Post
"...many were unimpressed with the Republican candidate's unapologetic stance. "Romney's explanation of his comments may be worse than the comments," said Politico's Roger Simon. "The sickest thing here is that Romney did not, and won't, apologize or say he was wrong in any way," said liberal columnist Michael Tomasky."
Romney Takes Hits in Republican Party as Obama Gains Edge (Lisa Lerer and Julie Hirschfeld Davis) from the Bloomberg News Service
"“He’s had two narratives over the last week and a half: one that says, ‘Is he compassionate?’; the other that says, ‘Is he competent?’,” Matthew Dowd, a Bloomberg analyst and former strategist for President George W. Bush, said on Bloomberg Television"
Why Romney's Video Comments Have Killed His Candidacy (Peter Goodman) from the Huffington Post
"The reason the video kills what remains of his bid for the White House is because of what it tells us about his understanding of the basic facts of the American situation: He thinks there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the economy, and there are plenty of lucrative opportunities out there for anyone willing to work for them."
Matt Taibbi: Mitt Romney's 'Insane' Comments Reveal Delusions Of The Super Rich from the Huffington Post
""I think he really genuinely believes that the only reason that his particular message isn't resonating is that people want something for free and he's not offering it to them," Taibbi, a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. "It's crazy.""
Why Time Is Running Out for Mitt Romney (Mark McKinnon) from the Daily Beast
"Mitt Romney is running out of time, and voters like me are running out of patience. ... the release of the Romney tape was a moment that certainly revealed something about him. But not what I was hoping for. Just the opposite. It reveals a deeply cynical man, who sees the country as completely divided, as two completely different sets of people, and who would likely govern in a way that would only further divide us."
Mitt Romney's Resentment (Amy Davidson) from the New Yorker
"Romney has been running a campaign centered on resentment, in many forms: the resentment directed at the “successful” that he imagines is driving his critics; the resentment he is trying to fan in his base voters; and, increasingly and most strangely, his own. Romney’s resentment has become a matter of temperament, of policy, and of politics."
Ryan Walks Back Romney’s ‘Victim’ Talk on Leaked Video (David Freedlander) from the Daily Beast
"Campaigning in New Hampshire, Paul Ryan appeared to defend Romney’s leaked remarks about America’s poor—while distancing himself at the same time."
Ah, a nice loyal surrogate!
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