Cost: Independents Crucial

The Weekly Standard's Jay Cost writes canny political analysis. Here he looks at relevant numbers for independents:

The most recent Rasmussen Reports poll shows Romney besting Obama by 13 points, 52 percent to 39 percent, among unaffiliated voters. Since 1972, the first year of exit polling, no candidate for president has won election while losing independents by such a wide margin.

See the rest of the article for other interesting tidbits.