<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Why Romney&#8217;s Desperate,&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p>On Nate Silver&#8217;s model, if the election were held today, Romney would have an <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_self">8.4 percent chance</a> of winning, compared with Obama&#8217;s 91.6 percent. Romney&#8217;s chances were 32.3 percent <em>a week ago</em>. That&#8217;s not a decline; it&#8217;s a free-fall.</p>
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