Pundits have been preaching that the Independent vote is the key to winning the Presidency. It's been common knowledge for quite some time now.
That's why Obama was forced to run as a "moderate" and fool the American people in 2008.
But the polls are all showing he's losing the Independent vote BADLY....
The
NYT/CBS poll shows Obama losing independents to Mitt Romney 44/50
The
WaPo/ABC News poll shows Obama losing independents by 11 points, 43/54.
The
CNN/ORC poll (.pdf) shows Obama losing independents by a whopping 14 points, 40/54.
And these are all polls that are skewed to favor Democrats using the type of voter turn out in 2008. Even those poling agencies admit that Republicans are more fired-up and more likely to win the turn-out to vote race.