If the Peak reads another gushing news account about how the Obama ground game is going to push the President over the top, the Peak is gonna puke.
Because as the results of early voting start rolling in — here in Colorado, and elsewhere — it is clear that the vaunted Obama ground game is either:
A) Less than it is cracked up to be;
B) Good but not any better than Mitt Romney’s;
C) Another made-up Obama talking point that has no connection to reality;
D) All of the above
Or as those chanting hooligans at a college basketball game might say, Obama’s ground game is….
How else to interpret news here in Colorado and around the country that the Obama ground attack is less than it’s cracked up to be?
Yesterday, Gallup released a poll showing Romney with a large lead among those who have already voted.
And now this from the Washington Examiner:
According to a GOP analysis of early voting and absentee ballot requests provided to Secrets, the Democrats are turning out their most reliable, or so-called “high propensity voters” than Republicans, leaving fewer for Election Day. The GOP is pushing weaker supporters to vote early, expecting high enthusiasm to drive their regular supporters to the polls next week.
“Democrats are cannibalizing their high-propensity voters in advance of election day to get stories that they are winning,” said a GOP analyst. “But in effect they are stealing from Peter, or Election Day, to pay Paul, or early voting.”
For example, in Ohio, the Democrats have turned out 43 percent of the most loyal supporters to vote, compared to just 27 percent of the GOP. In Iowa, the difference is 43 percent to 29 percent.
“Republicans will have more reliable voters available on Election Day and are spending our efforts turning out low propensity voters in the absentee and early voting periods,” added the analysis.
According to a GOP analysis of early voting and absentee ballot requests provided to Secrets, the Democrats are turning out their most reliable, or so-called “high propensity voters” than Republicans, leaving fewer for Election Day. The GOP is pushing weaker supporters to vote early, expecting high enthusiasm to drive their regular supporters to the polls next week.
“Democrats are cannibalizing their high-propensity voters in advance of election day to get stories that they are winning,” said a GOP analyst. “But in effect they are stealing from Peter, or Election Day, to pay Paul, or early voting.”
For example, in Ohio, the Democrats have turned out 43 percent of the most loyal supporters to vote, compared to just 27 percent of the GOP. In Iowa, the difference is 43 percent to 29 percent.
“Republicans will have more reliable voters available on Election Day and are spending our efforts turning out low propensity voters in the absentee and early voting periods,” added the analysis.
Pile on top of that the demonstrable advantage of Republican voters here in Colorado, and it is hard not to reach the same conclusion as these basketball fans.
Barack Obama’s ballyhooed ground game is OOOOOVERRATED.