Since the lack luster performance Obama had at his debate, there is less momentum and support behind his campaign. People are concerned that the Democratic ticket isn't aggressive enough to combat Romney's recent growth in range of appeal. Many are worried that Obama will not be able to move past his performance from the last debate and pick up momentum again.
While Obama does not plan to change his strategy, he does plan to focus on consoling the more concerned Democrats. Even with all the worry he is still showing a slight lead in many battleground states. Even with this minute lead there is some concern as Romney has made some very strong and successful plays towards getting the women's vote.
People are concerned that Obama went into the first debate too confident. “I’ve never seen a candidate this late in the game, so far ahead, just throw in the towel in the way Obama did last week,” wrote Andrew Sullivan, a strong Obama supporter.
While the debate went badly, some current changes are looking good for Obama. Last Friday’s dip in the nation’s unemployment rate to 7.8% was good backing for his claim that things are slowly, but surely, getting better.
What do you think? Does the low unemployment rate outweigh the bad debate? Will it help Obama supports feel more confident? How will Romney do attempting to get the women's vote?
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I do think that the dip in the unemployment rate will help to bring confidence back into the Obama campaign. However, I don't think that it will be as effective as they would want because of the instability of unemployment rates and their constant fluctuations, even if the changes are minor. I think that Obama will need to have a strong showing in the next debate to redeem himself as well as draw more attention that has been highlighting and focused on Romney back to himself.
I don't think a small drop in unemployment this late in the game will be very helpful to Obama since it is only a small change and could be attributed to chance(?). But i agree with Allison in saying that unemployment rates are very unstable and for all we know could be back at 10% next week (hopefully not...) As for Romney attempting to get women's votes, I think it is a very crucial strategy because women have been a Democratic leaning constituency in the modern era, and if Romney can attract even a small percentage of their votes, he could deal some serious damage to Obama's reelection chances. But it may be too late to be feasible.... We'll see though.
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