Or are you just happy to see Mitt Romney?

Andrew Sullivan at the Dish wonders if Obama cost himself the election with a less than enthusiastic debate performance. Before the debate Obama was polling strongly at 51-43 but after Romney is rocking it with 49-45 according to a Pew survey taken last week. When you look at the internals you see that basically all of Obama’s leads have evaporated.  

For example, Obama went from an 18 point lead among women to dead even (47-47). Sullivan writes:

Seriously: has that kind of swing ever happened this late in a campaign? Has any candidate lost 18 points among women voters in one night ever? And we are told that when Obama left the stage that night, he was feeling good. That’s terrifying. On every single issue, Obama has instantly plummeted into near-oblivion.

The question is what caused such a dramatic reversal? It’s not like Obama was a total train wreck during the debate. Did he accidentally punch a baby? No. Did he fail to speak, you know, words? No. He was simply underwhelming at worse.

The surge has since receded slightly with a PPP survey putting Romney up by just two (49-47).

It is possible that many people were just waiting to come out of the closet for Romney. It’s not that he obliterated the president on national television. He just showed a little life. All those people out there who are dissatisfied with the current administration, but never saw a reason to get excited about Romney, just found a reason. 

But, is this the end as Sullivan thinks it might be? With a month to go was this Obama’s Waterloo or a kick in the butt reminding him not to be complacent? 

Check out  next week's CyberMaryland 2012 conference (http://www.fbcinc.com/e/cybermdconference/Default.aspx) being held at the Baltimore Convention Center next Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct 16 & 17).

Homecoming Comedy Show: BJ Novak

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

8:00pm

RAC

All Guests = $10

Ticket #: 465 of 1700

Ira Glass Lecture

Saturday, October 13, 2012

10:30am

University Center, Ballroom

UMBC ID = $5 (limit 1/ID)

Ticket #: 18 of 60

Akomo Ntoso Cabaret

Black Student Union

Friday, October 19, 2012

7:00pm

The Commons, Skylight Room

UMBC ID = FREE

General Admission = $10

Ticket #: 3 of 139

Hershey Park Bus Trip

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 12:00pm

All Guests = $35

Ticket #: 25 of 48

Larriland Bus Trip

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 11:15am

All Guests = $3

Ticket #: 5 of 28

Philadelphia Bus Trip

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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 9:00am

All Guests = $15

Ticket #: 13 of 49

Washington, DC Bus Trip

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 10:00am

All Guests = $5

Ticket #: 3 of 49

HSC has teamed up with the Asian Studies program Director Julie Rosenthal to help feed needy senior citizens.

Food on the 15th, a program of the Coalition of Geriatric Services (COGS), is an award winning program. They are proud to operate on $0 overhead. They have been in existence for 6 years and have delivered over 9,500 free bags of groceries and toiletries to economically disadvantaged senior citizens at Morningside Park Apartments in Jessup, Maryland as well at the Tiber Hudson building in Ellicott City, MD.

The number of residents we serve varies from month to month, but it is generally between 75-80 residents, many of whom live on just $9k per year. Food on the 15th delivers free groceries around the middle of the month, which is the time that the resident's social security checks may have run out for the month.

HSC will have donation boxes at all of our upcoming events as well as in the student reading room in the history department. Please help us and the seniors by bringing at least one non perishable food item to every HSC event you come to. Think of it as paying your way to have free food and refreshments at the event. If you are feeling extra giving please stop by the history department and drop of more items to the box in the student reading room.

If you have any questions please contact Erica E55@umbc.edu, Ryan roconno1@umbc.edu or Julie Rosenthal julier@umbc.edu.