VICTORY FOR OBAMA AND DEMOCRACY!

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/federal-judge-will-permanently-remove-florida-voter-registration

" A federal judge said Wednesday he would permanently remove harsh restrictions on third-party voter registration groups that have handicapped registration efforts in Florida this year. U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle said he would grant a motion to permanently remove the restrictions once he receives confirmation that a federal appeals court has dismissed the case (the state of Florida has agreed to dismiss their appeal).
The suit was originally filed back in December by the League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock the Vote, and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. The Justice Department opposed the restrictions in a separate lawsuit."

Should people who want Obama reelected freak out already? Not really, they just need to go back to Nate's post from 10/3 and notice that 2 points Romney gained post-debate are less than what Kerry gained on Bush and even less than what Mondale gained on Reagan (to be fair, Reagan's lead was huge pre- and post-debate).

While there are obvious differences here, this race is more like 2004, not 2008 (and for a good reason, Obama is an incumbent now). Same way Kerry had a lame convention ("reporting for duty" - seriously?). Same way Bush looked like a fish out of water in the first debate (Obama looked more like he'd rather be somewhere else, but impression was the same - not passionate about this). Same way vp debate was between an "experience statesman" (Cheney/Biden) against a much younger upstart (Edwards/Ryan). Even the main incumbent message has similar mechanics - "we kept you safe from terrorists" vs "we saved you from economic calamity". So perhaps this race will follow the same pattern in its last month - incumbent regaining ground in further debates and just holding to large enough margin to win by electoral college.