The reality of the Obama economy will reassert itself as the ultimate downfall of the Obama Presidency, and Mitt Romney will win this race.” 
 
 Newhouse goes on to argue that Romney is proving to be more competitive in more states than anticipated, and he’s close to Obama in several swing states: 
 
 Next, the battlefield has actually expanded, not contracted. Note that Wisconsin is now in play and our campaign is now up with ads in that state, while the latest poll numbers from the Albuquerque Journal in New Mexico show the race closing there.  I asked a top Romney adviser what he makes of reports that the Romney campaign knows it’s losing and that Ohio is slipping out of reach (PPP has a new poll with Obama at 50 in the state): 
 
 It’s horses**t. Nobody in Boston thinks we’re going to lose. Newhouse characterized the recent shift to Obama as "a bit of a sugar-high from the conventions" and argued that the "basic structure of the race has not changed significantly": 
 
 All Signs Point to a Tight Race: Those watching the daily tracking polls know that, while the President has seen a bounce from his convention, his approval has already begun to slip, indicating it is likely to recede further. In eight states, Pollster.com’s reporting of the most recent statewide polls puts the margin between the two candidates at less than three points, virtually guaranteeing a tight race.  AP 
 
 The Mitt Romney campaign circulated a statement Monday from its pollster, Neil Newhouse, conceding that President Barack Obama "has seen a bounce from his convention" in daily tracking polls but urging readers not to "get too worked up about the latest polling." Next, the battlefield has actually expanded, not contracted. The Obama campaign’s North Carolina television buy has dropped 35% compared to June, and they have run more than twice as much advertising over the past two weeks in Rochester, Minnesota (hitting a small slice of Iowa), than they have in any North Carolina market. Also, the Romney campaign knocked on more doors last week than in any week during the 2008 campaign.
– Mitt Romney's campaign was scrambling yesterday to reverse any impression that the candidate might be slipping into election oblivion. A GOP campaign pollster conceded that, yes, maybe President Obama got a bounce out of the Democratic National Convention, but he warned voters not to get "too worked up about it." All "signs point to a tight race," emphasized pollster Neil Newhouse, reports the Huffington Post. "While the president has seen a bounce, his approval has already begun to slip, indicating it is likely to recede further. In eight states, Pollster.com's reporting of the most recent statewide polls puts the margin between the two candidates at less than three points." An unnamed Romney source talking to the National Review also slammed reports that Romney's campaign "knows it's losing, and that Ohio is slipping out of reach." The source said Obama's convention bounce will quickly evaporate. "Sometimes I think there’s a conscious effort between the media and Chicago to get Republicans depressed," he told Richard Lowry. "And I hope our friends realize that all these media analysts out there are Democrats who want us to lose."