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To: bentway who wrote (682927)	11/4/2012 12:35:33 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575063

You're right, of course. And frankly, most are in a more cognitive state for voting than the vast majority of Dems.

To: bentway who wrote (682927)	11/4/2012 1:59:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575063

GOP pundits preparing their faithful for a Romney loss. If God......I mean Mother Nature had not intervened, Ole Mitt would have won..............BIG. GOP pundits say Sandy stopped Romney’s momentum By Jeremy Herb - 11/04/12 01:50 PM ET Former Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Ms.) said Sunday that Hurricane Sandy stopped Mitt Romney’s momentum in the presidential race as the campaigns were temporarily suspended and the media focused on the superstorm. Other Republican lawmakers and pundits were less forceful in their assessments of Sandy’s impact on the presidential race, but several said it likely would have some impact. “The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum,” Barbour said on CNN’s “State of the Union. “I don't think there's any question about it,” he said. “Any day that the news media is not talking about jobs and the economy, taxes and spending, deficit and debt, Obamacare and energy, is a good day for Barack Obama.” President Obama has received a favorable reception from the public for his response to Sandy. Obama also received high praise from Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) for his handling of the storm, and the two toured the New Jersey coastline together on Wednesday.Former George W. Bush strategist Matthew Dows said on ABC’s “This Week” that Christie’s embrace of Obama may have done more for the president than his response to the hurricane itself. “You had Hurricane Sandy, and then you had the Christie bear hug, and the Christie bear hug, I actually believe, actually did more for the president in this slight movement, as I said, in his approval rating than actually even really his handling of the hurricane,” Dowd said. Conservative columnist George Will appeared to be skeptical of a change in momentum in the race, but he said on "This Week" that if a shift did happen, it was due to Sandy. “If there's been a momentum change, it's because of the hurricane, which may have slowed Romney's momentum at all,” Will said. “But I'm not sure how many Americans out there, after nine months of intensive campaigning, are paying attention to this.” Republican strategist Karl Rove said that he thought Obama’s response to Sandy helped him initially, but suggested the images of people not getting aid that have come out in the days after the storm may have negated any advantages. “It was the October surprise. It was actually a surprise, a storm hits, the president responds,” Rove said on “State of the Union.” “I think it helped him initially, but I think it has been — whatever small advantage he gained from it is being eroded by the images that people are seeing on their television screens,” Rove said. “And look, the president again is out there campaigning as opposed to appearing to be tending to business.” The Obama and Romney campaign themselves did not want to get into political predictions over Sandy’s impact on Sunday. Obama senior adviser David Plouffe said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sandy’s impact was “irrelevant,” while Romney senior campaign adviser Ed Gillespie said “I just don’t know” when asked about it on “This Week.” thehill.com