All I can say about Politico's recent article about Thom Tillis is, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The headline of the article, published on October 21, 2014, is "Thom Tillis claims 'momentum' in North Carolina." In the article, they claim that "Thom Tillis finally seems to have it figured out" and that a "combination of factors has helped Tillis pick up momentum heading into the homestretch."
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Yet if we look back at Politico in 2012, an article published at almost exactly the same time expresses almost the same meme about Mitt Romney.
On October 22, 2012 (exactly two years ago to the day), Politico stated that Obama was playing defense:
With a little more than two weeks left until judgment day, Barack Obama’s campaign is embracing a fundamentally defensive strategy centered on winning Ohio at all costs
while Romney, in contrast, had the momentum and was on offense:
A surging Romney is suddenly playing offense all over the map, and the upward movement since the Denver debate gives him the luxury of striking what his advisers — and more than a few Democrats — think is a more positive, presidential, “Morning in America” tone.
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While the Hagan-Tillis 2014 article states:
The most recent surveys show the race tied or Hagan leading inside the margin of error.
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the Obama Romney 2012 article insists:
But Sunday’s NBC/Wall Street Journal poll lays out the potholes on their narrowing path in the clearest possible terms. Obama and Romney are deadlocked at 47 percent among likely voters — while the president, struggling to ignite enthusiasm around his stay-the-course message, enjoys a 49-to-44 percent edge among registered voters. That means some of the people who would vote for Obama simply don’t plan to expend the energy to visit the polls — which explains Obama’s “Don’t boo, vote!” directive to his audiences these days.
If Obama can’t close that gap by mobilizing his base of black, Latino, young and highly educated voters, he’s toast — and Chicago knows it.
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Just a little more of a fun trip down memory lane and then I'll close
If Romney officials are increasingly confident about Florida and Virginia, they are more bullish on Iowa than Wisconsin — which has emerged as a must-win if Obama holds on in Ohio. And they are more optimistic about Colorado than Nevada, which Obama aides now flat-out predict will be an Obama win.
Romney isn’t abandoning Nevada yet, though, and will visit the state this week on a western trek.
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So I guess my question is, why is it that people still listen to Politico? And why does Politico keep insisting on writing the same misleading meta article every two years?