Its been a rough week for the President, given his poor performance at the first 2012 presidential debate, but the latest report indicating that his campaign raised $181 million for September has provided some significant positivity. This is the largest amount raised by the campaign since its launch months ago.
The message on the President's Twitter page indicates that the campaign is more than pleased.
"Some amazing news this morning: 1,825,813 people came together to raise $181 million for this campaign in September," as posted on Twitter @BarrackObama.
The Romney campaign has yet to reveal the amount it raised for the month of September.
On Friday, reports that the U.S. unemployment rate fell below eight percent for the first time since January 2009, also seemed to be taken as a positive sign by the Obama campaign. The campaign now is stating that just as Obama said his policies would bring (and maintain) the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Of course the Romney campaign sees it very differently, suggesting that the change is so incremental. The former Massachusetts governor told Forbes, "This is not what a real recovery looks like."
It seems as though the Romney campaign has gained more confidence and support after the debate earlier this week. A number of polls have unanimously showed Romney to be the victor.
According to a poll conducted by Government Executive, among the 523 undecided voters surveyed 46 percent said Romney did a better job, while only 22 percent said the same for Obama. 32 percent of those surveyed said it was a tie.
In a poll by CBS of 430 undecided voters, 67 percent say Romney was a clear winner last night, while only 25 percent said Obama won the debate. The CBS poll also indicated that 50 percent of those surveyed said the debates changed their opinion of Romney, boosting is likability to 63 percent, which was a 30 percent jump to the number prior to the debate.
A poll by CNN showed a closer call between the two opponents, but never the less, Romney had was declared a winner by those surveyed. The CNN poll suggested that 48 percent said Romney was a stronger leader, while 37 percent said the same for Obama.
The next debate will take place on October 11, between the Vice Presidential candidates Paul Ryan and Joe Biden.
