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Washington: With the
bounce given by the first presidential debate tightening the
presidential race, Republican challenger Mitt Romney made a bold
foray into parts of swing states that voted for President Barack
Obama in 2008.
The new strategy came as three new national polls indicated a big
bounce for Romney with a CNN Poll of Polls that averages all three
polls showing Romney marginally shooting ahead of Obama by 48
percent to 47 percent.
Indicating a big reversal of fortunes for Obama, a Pew Research
Centre showed Romney with a 49 percent-45 percent advantage over
Obama, while a previous survey, conducted by Pew in mid-September
gave the president 51 percent-43 percent lead among likely voters.
The Gallup daily tracking poll too indicated Romney at 49 percent
and Obama 47 percent among likely voters, while an ARG poll
indicated the former Massachusetts governor at 48 percent, with
Obama at 47 percent.
According to ARG's previous poll, conducted end September, the
president was at 49 percent and Romney at 46 percent.
However, the Obama campaign Tuesday made light of the new polls
with campaign spokesperson Jenn Psaki telling reporters aboard Air
Force One, "We're implementing our own game plan. We're focused on
getting our supporters out, communicating the choice."
Psaki, according to Politico, a news site focusing on presidential
politics maintained that unlike Mitt Romney's campaign, which has
reportedly pulled back from Pennsylvania and upped its focus on
Ohio, the Obama camp is still competing vigorously in every state
it set its sights on from the beginning.
"We feel that the race and the states in play have been entirely
consistent," she said. "...This is a race that is being competed
every day [in] about seven to nine states. That's where we're up
on the air, that's where our focus is."
Campaigning in Ohio, Obama himself alleged that Romney misled the
country about his tax plan during Wednesday's presidential debate
by suggesting that his rival spent his whole campaign running on a
$5 trillion tax cut only to disavow it while on the debate stage.
According to the Wall Street Journal both candidates also are now
talking differently to voters. Obama is delivering a more
assertive message that focuses on promises he made and says he
kept, such as ending the Iraq war and cutting taxes for the middle
class.
Romney, on the other hand is speaking more about personal
experiences, such as his work as a Mormon church leader, at a time
when some polls suggest the negative image that many voters hold
of him is beginning to soften, it said.
Politico also wondered if Romney's post-debate bounce will last
noting that Romney's bounce came after a debate in which Obama's
performance was widely panned as too passive. He is unlikely to
make the same mistake again.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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