Obama Betting on Turning Out the Base

How else do you explain Biden's performance last night?  The smirking, the interrupting, the constant talk about the "middle class" in a not very persuasive tone are all indicators that Biden was there to fire up the base, not to persuade the undecided.  Courtesy of KT's tweet:

It sounds like Biden is playing to his base. The anger and the emotions aren't for the general public, but for the lefty donors and fanatics
— K T Cat (@ktcat) October 12, 2012

I saw Mitch McConnell in the spin room saying the same thing.  CNN's post debate survey points out that the debate was probably not very persuasive for either side overall, with a very slight edge to Ryan.

CNN Poll: Who did debate make you more likely to vote for? 28% Romney / 21% Obama.
— NRSC (@NRSC) October 12, 2012

I don't give a lot of credence to such polls, other than in broad brush; which is to say that the real intended effect for Biden isn't to persuade the undecideds.

I am starting to think the race is coming down to Ohio.  It seems highly unlikely that Romney would win in Ohio and lose Florida or Virginia.  The polls are starting to catch up with reality.  Further, the national polls seem good for Romney.  The Gallup poll start over-sampling non-whites by about 5% around the Democrat convention, which means their dead heat is probably Romney in the lead outside the margin of error.  Even with the oversampling, Romney has a 1% lead.

Joe Biden Not Making Sense - Even in Email

Joe Biden sent me this email. I cannot fathom how the message relates to any of the events of the last two days nor to "Romney's Choice," the subject of the email:

From: Joe Biden (info@barackobama.com)

Subj: Romney's Choice

B --

Starting now, we can expect even more wealthy, right-wing ideologues lining up to support the Romney-Ryan ticket.

The people on the other side who are trying to buy this election are putting nasty, deceptive TV ads on the air right this very minute. They're not going away. They're getting worse.

If we don't do what we can to keep this close, right now at this crucial moment, we risk letting the other side run away with it.

If you're thinking about making a donation to the campaign, please don't wait -- donate $3 or more today, and let's win this together.

Every single day from now until Election Day matters. At the end of it, we'll all ask ourselves if we did everything we could to make sure that we are able to keep fighting for change.

I know how I want to answer that question. I hope you're with me -- because we're up against the kind of outside spending never seen before in modern politics.

And without people like you, this could get to be a pretty lopsided fight.

November 6th will be here sooner than we think. Donate $3 or more today:

https://[redacted]

Thanks,

Joe

No thanks, actually. Since you guys are the one's fighting like hell to protect the status quo of big government, which is going broke. Romney and Ryan are actually the ticket of change. Also, what's with the constant request for $3? It seems that every request I get from Team 0 is for three bucks. It must be to gin up some tale about grass roots support, but I have to believe it doesn't actually pay back to process a $3 donation. Hope Doo Doo Econ, my favorite financial guy, can explain.