The hackishness of POLITICO (the website, not the poster)

[Tender Branson]

The Obama and Romney campaigns spend all day beating the pulp out of each other over policy differences, big and small. But when it comes to the political landscape and the dynamics of who prevails, the two sides agree on an awful lot.

Both sides predict the race will remain tied in the national polls — and in the 10 states that matter most — until three weeks before Election Day, if not longer.

Both think the race will finish 51-49, or closer. But both believe that if one candidate could win bigger — and reach a tipping point that provides a real cushion — it would be Mitt Romney, pulling away at the very end because he crossed the plausibility threshold after the third and final debate.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80141.html#ixzz24fM1PreK

[Talleyrand]

To be frank, I'm beginning to agree. Obama will not get more than 51% of the vote, but I could envision Romney doing such a thing. Problem is that the only things going for Obama right now are Romney and his superior ground game.

[Vosem]

It's probably true that Obama has a lower ceiling than Romney, but that ceiling is higher than 51%.

[cavalcade]

It's certainly not implausible that someone from the Obama campaign has said as such to Politico.  The site is less hackish than "runs with whatever it gets".

[Meeker]

Not really seeing what's hackish about the article.

[xavier110]

That whole article looks about right, from Ohio drifting Dem and could even ultimately go for Obama before Wisconsin to Romney exceeding expectations in the debates.