PODHORETZ: Romney Has a Natural Convention Advantage over Obama « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at August 25, 2012 | 12:40 am | Print
John Podhoretz, 08.24.2012 –
Three days before the GOP convention begins, the race is effectively tied. The first CNN poll to feature “likely voters” has it 49-47 with Barack Obama on top; Gallup and Rasmussen, which have daily tracking polls, have it dead even. I go into greater detail about Mitt Romney’s pretty good position here.
More important, though, is the opportunity Romney has when he delivers his convention speech Thursday night with the entire country watching. It is likely that 75 percent of the people who will see him on Thursday may never have heard him say more than a soundbite or two. Romney tends to rise to occasions, like the 20 Republican debates in which he performed—never badly, and probably outright won 15 of them. But this is the occasion of occasions—the most important night of his life and potentially a turning point in the nation’s life.
This is obviously a huge opportunity for Romney; and it’s an opportunity that Barack Obama does not have.
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