The 2012 Democratic National Convention is now over. Each night brought powerful speakers and speeches, reminding voters why they entrusted the democrats to fix the economy four years ago. Or republicans were reminded why they wanted back into power in 2010.
Regardless, each speech was a build up to last night's speech by President Obama.
Bill Maher called Thursday the "dream night." Some other pundits suggested it was a perfect speech. Democrats wept - democrats cheered - and Fox News sneered.
Now, the story turns to "the bump" and will one occur for the president's campaign.
Gallup shows a 9 percent change for the president.
Gallup's last three nights of interviewing of adults, conducted Sept. 4 to 6, shows Obama with a 52 percent approval rating, the highest approval percentage reported for Obama on the Gallup tracking poll since May 2011, just after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The latest results represent a seven percentage point increase in Obama's approval rating, from 45 percent, from Gallup's previous three-day sample, conducted Sept. 1 to 3. Each sample is based on interviews with roughly 1,500 adults and has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percent.
Other polls will be out soon and we'll see if the same holds.
UPDATE:
Reuters suggests a 2 points bump.
Asked who was the more likable candidate, 52 percent of registered voters surveyed favored Obama compared to 29 percent for Romney. Among independents, Obama enjoyed a likability advantage of 50 percent to 22 percent for Romney.
