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Ohio Polls Show Solid Lead for Obama

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Targetpractice10/31/2012 4:51:20 pm PDT

It’s good to see that Baghdad Bob is finding work these days:

After Brutal Polling Day, Romney Team Reassures That They’ll Win

Mitt Romney’s top staff offered reporters an endless number of reasons they’re going to beat President Obama, on a conference call Wednesday. Not included on their list of Romney advantages: a clear lead in the polls.

“Obama has a political enviroment problem,” Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said. “He’s got an intensity problem, he’s got an image problem and he’s got a ballot problem — and they all add up to a challenging Tuesday next week.”

The call came as recent data shows Obama with a small, but persistent lead in enough states to win 270 electoral votes. Wednesday was a particularly rough day for Romney on that front, featuring new surveys in which Obama held a solid lead in Ohio, surged to an 8-point lead in Wisconsin, and even led by 5 nationally in one case. But Romney aides insisted things were on the right track.