Obama stopped the bleeding, poised for comeback

Published October 21, 2012 4:00am ET



Are we seeing the beginning of an Obama polling comeback? There is some emerging evidence that the president is poised for a turnaround should he score some solid hits in the third and last debate with Mitt Romney Monday night.

The key indicator is a new analysis by pollster Scott Rasmussen who found that President Obama has stopped the freefall experienced after his dismal performance in the first debate with Mitt Romney. Rasmussen said that the second debate, which polls suggest Obama won by a hair, stopped the political bleeding though wasn’t a big enough turnaround to bounce off of.

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