"The Death Stench"

++Mark Halperin attacked the Romney campaign today and referred to its "death stench."

++The Obama bounce, which is at 5.5% and climbing,may just be the turning point in this whole race. After the DNC, reporters are more willing to call out the Romney-Ryan campaign for its lies and fantastic changes in policies.

++Intratrade has Obama at 60.0 now. 

++The desperation is being heard around the right-wing blogasphere. Rush Limbaugh on his radio show blurted out that out of spite Obama, when he wins, will deliberately crash the economy to encourage looting and pillaging. Frank Luntz, the GOP's master meme creator ,said that the ad that killed Romney in Ohio was the one of the former Bain employee talking about making a platform for Romney and the Bain people who then used it to declare everyone fired and the plant closed. "It was as if I built my own coffin."

++Sam Wang at Princeton Consortium said that his slow working computers showed a jump in 13 electoral votes and .8% in the popular vote. He said that any thing over 5EV and .5% happens when a real shift is happening. And he says it is not over yet.

++In Washington State, Obama leads 54 to 38 of Likely Voters.

++In Massachusetts , a Kimball poll shows Obama winning 56 to 40 among likely voters.

++Wolf Blitzer kept hyping the CNN poll to say that Conventions do matter. Among likely voters Obama leads 52-46 and among registered voters 53-45. For poll watchers this means the enthusiasm gap has practically disappeared and Obama is now enjoying leads among likely voters. 

++The CNN poll was devastating in other respects.
46% are more likely to vote Democratic after watching the Convention.
59% think President Obama will win.
56% say that Obama is in touch with Americans as opposed to 39% for Romney.
51% say that Obama shares their values, only 44% say Romney.
By a margin of 54 to 42, Obama wins foreign policy.
By a margin of 54-43, Obama wins Medicare.
The only issue Romney now has a lead on is the deficit at a slim 50-47.

++The Romney campaign blasted all the polls as "liberal attempts to 'suppress' the Republican base". In a letter to supporters the Romney people said that the Obama bounce is "like a sugar high" and will soon dissipate.