You know the superstition about predicting something you want to have happen, that predicting it will make it not happen? I confess to suffering a bit of that superstition, particularly with respect to politics.
Nevertheless ... at COTTonLINE we read a lot of different sources, and abstracts from even more sources. There is no question that, one week before the election, a preponderance of evidence and opinion is moving in Romney's direction.
Barring odd circumstances, one week from tomorrow we will know the results of the quadrennial election. Win or lose, we will then begin to digest the meaning of whatever outcome is before us.
The exit polls will have told us whether or not the gender gap persists, to what extent Hispanics voted, and for what parties, how Ohio actually voted and whether it was pivotal as predicted, and the impact of the late October surprise that was Superstorm Sandy.
