Much like the man in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” who
protests that he is, in fact, not dead yet, reports of Mitt Romney’s demise
were “greatly exaggerated” before last week’s first Presidential Debate with
incumbent Barack Obama. He ended up winning in the eyes of many in the debate,
and the poll numbers since then have shown that result has really turned the
race around. According to Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight.com blog, Obama’s chances of
winning the election have dropped from 87.1% on October 4th to 66.1%
as of Thursday. Granted, this still gives him a two-thirds majority to win, but
with polls showing Florida and Colorado starting to swing toward Romney, that
percentage could decline further.
