PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKING IN NEW JERSEY AFTER INSPECTING HURRICANE DAMAGE............

President Obama is speaking having been preceded by Governor Christie in New Jersey after almost three hours of inspecting from the air and on the ground the results of Hurricane Sandy on communities in the Garden State.  Acknowledging with gratitude the role being played not only by Federal, State, and Local, public officials - but the first responders and neighbors who have pulled together in addressing the crisis, the President vowed his first priority is seeing that electrical power is restored to the millions of people still without it.  The President also urged the citizens needing assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to call or contact the Red Cross or FEMA, to register as soon as possible, to expedite the support they need............tdp

ELECTORAL COLLEGE TRACKING AND PROJECTIONS PART TWO............

In addition to the Real Clear Politics, RCP; and 538 Blog, General Election Day tracking and projections in the Presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney I blogged about yesterday, today I share findings to the moment by two other sources providing such information and insights as to the current and anticipated Popular Vote and Electoral College Vote in next Tuesday's Election.  Politico.com and NBCNews.com are the two online media resources I am blogging about in this column.  The Politico.com online blog has the Electoral College Vote standing today at Leaning or Likely States for President Obama at 237 Electoral Votes;  Leaning or Likely States for Governor Romney at 191 Electoral Votes; and 9 Swing States with 110 Electoral Votes;.
When the 9 Swing States are pushed to where Politico analyzes they will go, the projected Electoral College Vote on General Election result is shown as Obama 281 Electoral Votes; Romney 237 Electoral Votes;.  The NBCNews.com coordinated by Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent finds the Electoral College at Obama 227 Electoral Votes; Romney 197 Electoral Votes;  8 Swing States 114 Electoral Votes;............tdp

THE ADVERSITY OF HURRICANE SANDY RESHAPES THE FINAL WEEK OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2012............

The devastation and destruction caused by the intensity of Monday night's Hurricane Sandy on the Mid-Atlantic and NorthEastern States in the USA has effectively stopped the Presidential campaign between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama as we knew it, and reshaped the manner in which both nominees are able to complete the final days of what is a very tight race in the face of the highly substantial adversity being faced by tens of millions of Americans as a result of this natural disaster.  News reports this morning are that President Obama will be touring the damage caused the supoer storm with Governor Chris Christie in New Jersey, carrying out his role as the President, and that Governor Romney will be resuming his Presidential campaign to some degree, while dealing with the sensitivity and changed dynamic the emergency has created, especially given his previous Republican Primary Debate response to the best way of handling disaster relief, in which he stated preference to leave such efforts to the States not the Federal Government, and when possible to turn it over to the private sector.   The latest CBS News- New York Times-Quinnipiac University Poll out this morning of swing States Ohio, Virginia, and Florida, show President Obama leading Governor Romney - in Ohio, by five percent :  50%; to 45%;  in Virginia by two percent, 49%; to 47%; and in Florida by one percent, 48%; to 47%;.  This Poll was taken October 23-28, before the onset of Hurricane Sandy............Fr.  Troy

WHERE THE ALL IMPORTANT ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE STANDS ONE WEEK UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2012............

With the National and Swing State Polls in the 2012 Presidential Campaign in a close to tied position, and just 7 Days and counting until the General Election, what the outcome of the Popular Vote as well as the Electoral Vote is shaping up to be on November 6th, is becoming a very, if not most pertinent questions.  The Real Clear Politics, RCP online comprehensive Presidential Election analysis and projections, show in regards to a Poll of Polls averaging of the National polling in recent days, the race as to the Popular Vote total today is less than one percent apart.  Romney leads with 47.9%; to Obama with 47.1%; based on eight major national polls taken the past 8 days.  RCP'S reports the Electoral College Vote based on the States Solidly for either Obama or Romney is Obama 201 Electoral Votes; Romney 191 Electoral Votes; with 146 Toss Up Electoral Votes; remaining.  When the Likely and Leaning States are distributed by RCP to the nominee who isexpected will win them the projected Electoral College Vote they find to be Obama 290 Electoral Votes; Romney 248 Electoral Vote; with 270 the victorious number required to win the Presidency.  The 538 Blog, Nate Silver Political Calculus in the New York Times, today is reporting the Popular Vote projection as Obama 50.3%; Romney 48..8%; and the Electoral College Vote projection at Obama 294.6 Electoral Votes; Romney 243.4 Electoral Votes; .  Nate Silver has a third daily  projection in his 538 Blog survey, the Chance of Winning the Election.  Today he reports that to be Obama with a 72.9% Chance of Winning; Romney with a 27.1% Chance of Winning; the Presidential Election next Tuesday.  These are two of a number of tracking models utilized to analyze the current and projected state of the General Election.  I will share the findings from others in the next few days as I continue to Update Election 2012, and the Voting for President of the United States, seven days from today, November 6th............tdp

SIXTEEN DEATHS IN SEVEN STATES REPORTED DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY............

Hurricane Sandy, which is being called the most powerful natural disaster ever by meteorologists, is now downgraded to being a tropical storm cyclone, has exacted massive destruction in fifteen Mid-Atlantic and NorthEastern States of the USA, including a reported 16 Deaths of persons in 7 States.    Wind gusts exceeding eighty miles an hour struck much of the eastern seaboard, including New York City and Atlantic City, New Jersey; with water flooding to twelve feet high in many places and fires burning throughout the affected areas.  It is leaving more than 7 million people without electricity, with the likelihood their power will be out for three to ten days before restoration.  Extensive evacuations of residents occurred in the days prior to the landfall, and patients, including the most critical, and  neo-natal, i.c.u. infants and children. had to be removed from two hospitals in New York City, after back-up generators failed; taking ten hours plus to accomplish, with 115,000 persons evacuated in New Jersey alone and an estimated 14,000 flights in the United States cancelled as a result of the tragedy.  Since sunrise this morning rescue of the stranded in the wake of super storm Sandy and initial clean-up efforts have begun.  While the voluminous rains and freezing cold caused by the Hurricane / Cyclone, with a continuing array of rain, sleek and snow, has brought inordinately large snowfalls to 7 States from North Carolina and Virginia, to Ohio and Pennsylvania.  With the 2012 General Election, just seven days from today, to what degree voting will be impacted by this "Storm of the Century"............Fr.  Troy    

THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS SWEEP TO VICTORY WINNING THE WORLD SERIES............

Congratulations to the City by the Bay Baseballers, the National League West San Francisco Giants, on their four game sweep of the Detroit Tigers and victory as the Champions of World Series 2012; their second triumph in Major League Baseball's Fall Classic in two years, (2010) and their seventh World Series championship in the team's fifty four year history in the Bay Area of Northern California.  Kudos to Manager Brian Sabean, and to Team, for the heart and determination with which they played, especially in the post season, coming back from three days down against the St. Louis Cardinals to win the West; and winning four in a row from the outset against the Detroit Tigers, to become this year's World Series Champions.  A supersized orange and black shout out, to Marco Scutaro, for his fourth game, tenth inning, Series winning single.  To Pablo Sandoval, the Kung Fu Panda, the World Series' Most Valuable Player, who was 8 for 16, including 3 homeruns in Game 1.  To pitchers Matt Cain, and Sergio Romo, and all their teammates, for their splendid playing and surging spirit, that proudly brings back to San Francisco, the highest accolade and accomplishment in the sport of Baseball, The World Series Championship, yet again............tdp

THIS YEAR'S OCTOBER SURPRISE IS HURRICANE SANDY INTERSECTING WITH THE WEEK BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION...............

American Presidential Elections have been impacted for the past half century by what has become known as the, October Surprise.  This year the October Surprise is not overtly political, but weather oriented, in the form of Hurricane Sandy, which threatens to substantially change and affect the closing week of the General Election Presidential campaigns of Governor Romney and President Obama, in an election already becoming too close to call.  The ferocity of what is shaping up as a surging storm, Hurricane Sandy which is expected to hit high tide tonight, is impacting 8 Mid Atlantic and NorthEastern States, many of them in the 7-11 Swing States remaining as the determiners of the outcome in the Presidential Election.  President Obama has postponed personal campaigning to concentrate on preparations and oversight of Hurricane Sandy, as his re-election campaign adjusts to the potential fall-out from the urging storm.  Governor Romney has shifted his campaign schedule away from the swing States in Hurricane Sandy's path and into Ohio and the MidWest, as the electoral response on the part of residents due to the damage, power outages, and other frustrations take hold.  I am monitoring and will blog about this and developments as circumstances unfold in coming days.  For now we pray and stand in solidarity with our 50 million fellow citizens who are in the midst of this most unwelcome October Surprise interpersonally and inplicitly............Fr.  Troy

A WISCONSIN CATHOLIC BISHOP DECLARES DEMOCRATS SUPPORT INTRINSIC EVIL............

In a letter sent to Catholics in the Diocese of Green Bay Wisconsin Bishop David Ricken has declared to the Faithful that they risk eternal damnation if they vote for the Democratic Party in the Presidential General Election on November 6th.  Calling support for Abortion, Euthanasia, Stem Cell Research, Human Cloning, and Homosexual Marriage, "intrinsically evil", in his letter dated October 24th, Bishop Ricken warned Green Bay Catholics that voting for such a political party or candidate may threaten their eternal salvation.  Bishop Ricken specifically wrote in the letter, "Some candidates and one party have even chosen some of these as their party's or their personal platform.  To vote for someone in favor of these positions means you could be morally "complicit" with these choices which are intrinsically evil.  This could put your own soul in jeopardy".  Use of the words, "one party", clearly suggests Bishop Ricken is referring to the Democratic Party.  However, there is no inclusion in Bishop Ricken's letter to the failure of the Republican Party's adoption of the Ryan Budget and its adverse affect  on American society and is in opposition to Social Teaching of the Catholic Church, and which the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has criticized as contrary to Gospel Values.  Neither does it reflect any criticism of a Presidential nominee whose position on Abortion has shifted multiple times, including during this 2012 election campaign.   Bishop Ricken is the second American Catholic Bishop in two months to issue a similar statement.  Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, of the Diocese of Springfield Illinois in September, claimed Democrats are in favor of, "intrinsic evils", and that supporters of the Democratic Party put their eternal salvation in jeopardy............tdp

PRIESTHOOD SUNDAY - VOCATIONS APPRECIATION DAY OF PRAYER CELEBRATION AND DIALOGUE WITH OUR PRIESTS............

Thanks to Serra Club International and Vocations Offices in Dioceses throughout the United States, today parishes in these twenty counties and nationwide, are observing Priesthood Sunday.  Catholic parishioners are affirming the roles and responsibilities of the priests who minister to them, as Servant-Leaders in their Faith Communities, by praying for and with their priests; celebrating their dedication to ordained ministry; and engaging in dialogue for the common good  of sharing together in parish life; in building up the Community of Believers and the coming of God's Kingdom.  In this 25th Anniversary Year of my commitment to being ordained a Priest of Jesus Christ for ministry to the People of God in the Servant-Leadership of parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, I am not residing or present in a parish on this Priesthood Sunday, but prematurely sitting on the sidelines in a retirement facility and assisted care center, when I need neither offering, nor do my physical health limitations prevent me from ministering and otherwise functioning in parish life.  I will miss the interaction denoted by this annual observance, relegated to settling for the relatively small representative number of former parishioners, friends, and fellow believers, who will take the time to mark the day with me.  What Priesthood Sunday represents is a major part of why I chose to answer God's Call to become a diocesan priest and pass on the alternative path of some combination of a professional life in politics, government, public service, teaching, and communications.  Here I sit on Priesthood Sunday in a holding pattern due to a misunderstood and unenlightened view of a perceived incapability, when it is truly a physical disability that is no longer considered a disqualification in the United States and the Western World.  Were I a political leader, governmental worker, public servant, teacher, or communications professional, and it was a day affirming any of those professions, I would not be sitting on the sidelines left out, but fully participating in the day's activities.  The discrepancy is very apparent not only to me but an increasing number of others who know me and have experienced my presence and participation in parish life as a priest and wonder why I am not currently being permitted to proceed in carrying out priestly, pastoral, ministry ?  On this Priesthood Sunday 2012, I extended to the parishioners I have been privileged to serve the past twenty five years, in Holy Family Parish, Citrus Heights; St. Johm the Baptist Parish, Folsom; Holy Rosary Parish, Woodland; St. Joseph's Parish, Yreka; St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Oroville; St. Rose's Parish, South Sacramento; Presentation Parish, Arden; St. Philomene's Parish, Arden-Arcade; Sacred Heart Parish, East Sacramento; Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Del Paso Heights/ Rio Linda/ Elverta/ Robla; my prayers, appreciation, and assurance the dialogue and discernment in Living Faith, we have shared, are treasures I continue to value and remember with gratitude.  Thank you for being the Prople of God in my life as a priest the past quarter of a century.  I continue to be with you in spirit.  And as I continue to eagerly anticipate the soonest possible return to fulltime ministry in parish life, it is also my fervent prayer that the affirmation the Church continues to provide not become an obstacle course, but an ongoing breakdown of the barriers and limitations placed on Catholic-Christians with disabilities with wholistic empowerment and inclusion that is pro-active not deactivating............Fr.  Troy

CARA's LAST PEEK AT THE LIKELY CATHOLIC VOTE IN THE N THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION............

The Center for the Applied Research of the Apostolate, (CARA) 1964 Blog, has published what they call a peek at the final outcome of Catholic Votes in the 2012 Presidential Election between Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney, declaring it Too Close To Call.  The findings of the 1964 Blog's Most Recent Survey, an aggregate of the Gallup, Pew, Politico/George Washington University, and TIPP, Polls shows President Obama with a four point lead over Governor Romney among Registered Catholic Voters, Obama 50%; Romney 46%; - but Governor Romney leading President Obama by one percent, Romney 46%; Obama 45%; among Likely Catholic Voters.  The final tally of Catholic Voters with ten days to General Election Day with 9% of Catholic Voters UnDecided may well go either way, thus the 1964 Blog's declaration the outcome of which candidate receives the most Catholic support is Too Close To Call............Fr.  Troy

SYNOD OF BISHOPS ON THE NEW EVANGELIZATION RELEASES COMPLETED MESSAGE............

The current three week World Synod of Bishops in Rome which concludes this Sunday, today released the text of the Synod message on the New Evangelization, that will be the official document issued by this gathering. The 262 representative body of bisjops, is the 23rd Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, since the first one was convened in 1967.  In this Synod's message on the specified theme of the, "New Evangelization", the document speaks of our task being like the Samaritan Woman at the Well in Sacred Scripture in the Personal Encounter with Jesus Christ we share in the Church.  By taking the occasions we have to Encountering Jesus and Listening to the Scriptures, we can succeed in Evangelizing Ourselves and Opening Ourselves to Conversion by Seizing  the Opportunities for Evangelizaion in the World Today.  The Synod Document goes on to address Evangelization in the light of the Family and Consecrated Life, by focusing on the Ecclesial Community and the many Agents of Evangelization.  It underscores the importance of Youth Encountering Christ, that the Gospel in Dialogue with Human Culture and our Experiences with Religions, and Remembering the Second Vatican Council, and Referring the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in this Year Of Faith, Contemplating on the Paschal Mystery and being at the Side of the Poor, all all vital components of the New Evangelization.  It is addressed to the Churches in the Various and is guided by the Star of Mary, that Illumines the Desert we must pass through in effectively embracing and extending the New Evangelization throughout the Church and the World.  We will hear, read, and learn, more about this Synodal Document and the role it will play in the Mission and Ministry of Being Church as the focus and fruits of the New Evangelization unfold as we go forward as Catholic-Christians in the post conciliar, third Millennium of evangelizing and being evangelized in Jesus, our Lord and Savior and the Light of the World............Fr.  Troy

MITT ROMNEY PROCLAIMS HE'S THE CANDIDATE OF "BIG CHANGE"...............

In the frenetic campaigning to the finish line, crisscrossing the remaining swing States in dueling repeated visits versus President Obama, Governor Mitt Romney today called himself and Paul Ryan the "Big Change", for America; while criticizing the President as having run out of ideas to address the country's problems and turn the Economy around.  Coming as retired General Colin Powell endorsed President Obama for a second term this morning, in which he specifically stated he supports Obama for his leadership on the Economy, Obamacare, and Foreign Policy, as well as Climate change, Immigration, and Education; while expressing he has difficulty with the positions Governor Romney has taken and now is changing his views on, as he did in the Third Presidential Debate earlier this week. Piers Morgan interviewing Romney campaign surrogate John Sununu, about the significance on the race of the Powell endorsement of Obama, responded by shifting to Powell's "boss", President George Herbert Walker Bush having endorsed Romney, and went to say there is likely another reason Powell is endorsing and sticking with Obama.  Asked by Morgan as to what reason that is, Sununu cited it is his pride in supporting him as someone of his, "own race".  Focus and fallout from the Richard Mourdock Indiana U.S. Senate nominee comments on Rape, and a resulting pregnancy as what God intended, Romney would not make any further comment about today when asked by reporters about whether he would ask Mourdock to pull the campaign ad Romney made for him.  A stir of frenzy dusted up this afternoon over President Obama's use of the word, "bullsh.....", to describe how children  see someone who shifts positions the way Romney has in this campaign.  The inappropriateness of the President using the word was alledged in response from Romney-Ryan supporters, but whether it will take on the degree of news coverage the Mourdock statement has, does not seem to be occurring.  Representative Paul Ryan's itinerary seems to have shifted from the battleground States to a number of safe Republican Southern States, such as South Carolina, and Alabama, perhaps to insulate him immediately from being forcefully confronted with how his own pro-life views on conception and abortion and rape, are the same as that of Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin, thus would drag the Romney-Ryan campaign further into the controversy in these final days of the homestretch to Election Day............tdp  

ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL OUT THIS MORNING............

The Associated Press Poll out this morning has the Presidential Race, Romney  49%;  Obama 47%   among Likely Voters; in a Obama 47%; to Romney  47%; tie with Women; and Romney 47%;  and Obama 42%; among men.  The accuracy of this poll is being questioned some for showing a complete wipeout of the gender gap between the two nominees in regards to who Women are supporting, given Obama's double digit lead with Women Voters until the First Debate; and for the closure of the double digit lead Romney has maintained among Men Voters until now.  The greatest change this week is in the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll, which last week showed as much as a seven percent lead for Romney, 52%; to 45%; for Obama, among Likely Voters; and now standing at Romney 50%; to Obama 47%;.  As Day 12 and counting to General Election Day November 6th, it is Math and Momentum in the intensity of the final roundup to victory for the Democratic incumbent President, or the Republican Presidential challenger............tdp

COLIN POWELL ENDORSES PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR RE-ELECTION............

John Heilman, of the New Yorker Magazine and a regular political analyst for MSNBC, has just shared a Tweet he received on the set of "Morning Joe", saying that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed President Obama for re-election on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose.  I will blog more about this later this morning............ Fr. Troy

TIME MAGAZINE OHIO POLL EQUALS CBS NEWS-QUINNIPIAC FINDING............

The latest Time Magazine Poll on the Presidential preference presently in the pivotal, quintessential, swing State of Ohio; finds that Monday's five point margin in President Obama's favor over Governor Romney, 50%; to 45%; is the same margin Time released today, with Obama 49%; leading Romney, 44%;.  With Obama continuing to lead in the swing States of Ohio, Iowa, and Wisconsin, he has a potential midwestern firewall developing in the Electoral College.  Charlie Cook points out in his latest analysis as published in the National Journal that following the third and final Presidential Debate two nights ago, that President Obama has an easier path to 270 Electoral Votes and victory in the General Election than Governor Romney does.  As has NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd, Cook has put North Carolina as leaning toward Romney,
 and adds Virginia to Romney's column adding 28 Electoral Votes to the 191 he is all but sure to win, giving Romney a prospective 219 Electoral Votes, 51 short of the necessary number.  He also concurs with Todd, and places Nevada as leaning toward Obama, and adding its 6 Electoral Votes to the strong and leaning Obama present total of 237 Electoral Votes, giving him a prospective 243 Electoral Votes, 27 short of the necessary number.  Therefore, Cook posits that Obama by winning Ohio and Wisconsin with their combined 28 Electoral Votes would then be the victor, with 271 Votes, one more than required; even if Mitt Romney were to win Iowa, Florida, Colorado, and New Hampshire.  Thus, without winning Ohio, Romney most likely cannot win the White House, anymore than other Republican nominees have been able to without the Buckeye.  With Obama leading by five percent in Ohio, with only thirteen days until Election Day and exit polls showing the Early Vote in Ohio, splitting Obama-Biden having won 60%;  Romney-Ryan having won 30%; the Republican nominees will be hard pressed to win the Buckeye State and the Presidency on November 6th............tdp

POPE BENEDICT SURPRISINGLY NAMES SIX NEW CARDINALS............

For the second time this year, an unprecedented occurrence - His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, unexpectedly announced the appointment of six new members to the College of Cardinals; at his weekly General Audience meeting with pilgrims at the Vatican today.  Among the six about to receive the symbolic Red Hat, at a Consistory on November 24th, is one American.  The American Cardinal-Elect is not one of the currently serving Bishops in the United States, but one who has long served in the Roman Curia, Archbishop James Harvey, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; who since 1998, has served Popes John Paul II, and Benedict XVI, as the Prefect of the Papal Household.  Cardinal-Elect Harvey is 63 years old.  Today's appointments brings the total numner of Cardinals to 211, of which 120 are under the age of 80, and eligible electors of a Pope in a future Conclave.  This will be the fifth Consistory held by Benedict XVI, since becoming Pope seven and a half years ago; and will bring to 90, the number of Cardinals he has appointed.  Pope Paul VI, set the maximum number of votes in a papal conclave at 120 Cardinals under 80 years old.  The current eligible membership of the College is 116 Cardinals, with two reaching age 80, before the next Consistory on November 24th; meaning the six newest Cardinals will bring the number of eligible electors to the maximum of 120.  The other five new Cardinals-Elect are Lebanese, Indian, Nigerian, Colombian, and Philipino.  The 55 year old Archbishop of Manila, in the Philippines - +Jose Antonio Tagle; and the 68 year old Archbishop of Abuja, in Nigeria - +John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, are considered papabili, possible future contenders for Pope...........Fr.  Troy

THE DAY AFTER THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BOTH TICKETS CAMPAIGN IN TANDEM............

At this hour the day with Third and final 2012 Presidential Debate complete, both set of Democratic and Republican Standarbearers for the General Election to the White House, two weeks from today - are campaigning together in pivotal swing States.  The Republican challengers Governor Mitt Romney and Representative Paul Ryan have rallyed with supporters in Henderson, Nevada; where there are 6 Electoral Votes and a very sizable Mormon, as well as Latino, population.  NBC News Political Director and his Analysis Team this morning shifted Nevada from Toss Up, to Leans Obama; with the continuing increase in the percentage of the Silver State's electorate Latinos make up and the more than forty percent lead Obama is holding over Romney among Latino Nevadans in current polls.  President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have appeared together at a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio ago, where they are touting the plan for a second term the President spoke of in last night's Debate and they released in print and in a tv ad this morning, which will be the centerpiece of the closing days of this campaign.  A hard fought, spirited, and kinetic, two weeks pushing their competing plans and visions, governing philosophies, and models for management and recovery, where the 18 Electoral Votes of the Buckeye State and support for or against the American Auto Industry Bailout, holds a 49.9% chance of determining if Barack Obama and Joe Biden are re-elected, or Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are the winners of the White House on November 6th............Fr.  Troy

PUBLIC POLICY POLL THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE RESPONDENTS DECLARE OBAMA THE WINNER BY DOUBLE DIGITS............

The third poll taken tonight of the last of three Presidential Debates between Governor Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, and President Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, the Public Policy Poll, which surveyed 500 swing State Debate watchers in the eleven States of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, picked the President as the victor by eleven percentage points : Obama 53%; Romney 42%; with 5% declaring it a Tie.  90%; of Democrats sided with President Obama as the winner; 81%; of Republicans called Governor Romney the winner; and by a margin of 55%; to 40% Independents scored Obama to be the victor.  Also following tonight's Debate which was focused on Foreign Policy, found the respondents declaring Barack Obama more Trustworthy on Foreign Policy by a four point margin, 51%; to 47%; who think Mitt Romney is.  The results of the PPP instant poll, joins the CBS News flash poll, and CNN/ORC instant poll, tonight in giving this 3rd Debate to President Obama by an aggregated average of 51%; for Obama - 35%; for Romney - and 14%; a Tie............tdp

AN INVIGORATED ALMOST EVEN THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN ROMNEY AND OBAMA............

The American Economy was as much a part of the third and final Presidential Debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney just completed in Boca Raton, Florida, which was a strong one for both candidates, with the President and Governor often agreeing on Foreign Policy as Romney pulled back on his failed Libyan criticism at the previous Debate and more hugged than mugged Obama by moderating his positions and policy proposals yet again.  President Obama branded Romney's Foreign Policy and National Security positions as "Wrong and Wreckless", and "All over the Map", as his Republican challenger did his best to pass the Commander in Chief test on the part of the American People and bring the focus back to the recovery of the American Economy.  Romney let most of Obama's offensive pass without aggressive rebuttal except to repeat more than once that "attacks" on him, were not providing a "agenda" for the future to meet the challenges in the Middle East or take America forward.   The CBS News flash poll of 500 UnDecided Voters watching the Debate tonight scored it Obama 53%;  Romney 23;  A Tie 24%;.  As to Which One Would Handle An International Crisis Romney 46%; before tonight's Debate - 49%; after;  Obama 58%; before the Debate - 71%; after tonight's Debate; and on Who Would Deal With China Better Obama 50%; Romney 50%;............tdp

HOURS BEFORE THEIR THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE A WASHINGTON POST-ABC NEWS POLL SHOWS 1% LEAD NATIONALLY FOR OBAMA............

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama meeting in their third and final 2012 Presidential Election in just an hour and a half, the Washington Post-ABC News has released a national poll this afternoon, showing the President with a 1% edge over the Governor, 49%;-48%; down from their last finding of a three point, 49%;-46%; lead for the President.  Tonight's Debate focused on Foreign Policy with Bob Schieffer of CBS News moderating, is shaping up from the punditry, analysis, and commentary of the pre Debate preparation and interviews with campaign staffers as a strong exchange between the two nominees, which with the principals seated at a table, will be less physical, but still probably as high powered as was their second Debate last Tuesday, with tonight being the last major nationwide audience in the tens of millions of American voters............tdp