Robert Bennett: Is the presidential election over?

By Robert Bennett, For the Deseret News

Published: Monday, Oct. 1 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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This week's conventional wisdom is that the presidential campaign is over. "Mitt Romney is in a death spiral, caused by his own ineptness, and Barack Obama is beginning to coast. The proof is in the polls."

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Baron Scarpia

Logan, UT

No question that the GOP is disappointed with its candidate. It is difficult for the GOP's right-wing base to be enthusiastic over Romney, the "inventor" of ObamaCare as a funny clip from "The Simpsons" circulating on the Web More..

6:57 a.m. Oct. 1, 2012
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liberal larry

salt lake City, utah

There seems to be a slow erosion in Mitt's support over the last several weeks. Mitt has not run a good campaign against a vulnerable opponent, he was a 50, 50 shot as recently as the end of August.

Three factors have led to More..

7:30 a.m. Oct. 1, 2012
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Nate

Pleasant Grove, UT

Polls are not to be trusted, unless they show your candidate winning. Then they're the Holy Bible.

Ignore polls from any news organization. They have their own agenda, and it's not reporting news.

The poll that More..

7:02 a.m. Oct. 1, 2012
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Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett, former U.S. Senator from Utah, is a teacher, researcher and lecturer at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics and a Fellow at George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs.

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