you guys completely underestimate... what Mitt is about to do post convention. I think you will see a coordinated orchestrated effort with media buys which will blow this election wide open. Romney it too competent for it to be any other way. Proof - his VP pick was perfect.
I can't help but think that Romney can't be this dumb, and that he is simply biding his time, so he can go all in with a blitzkrieg in the final lap that will leave Obama scrambling to figure out how to respond in the short time remaining. Either that, or he has an ace up his sleeve. Could he be that dumb? I suppose so, but he's a savvy businessman. Let us see how it goes.
romney has already been labeled as dishonest in the minds of voters so negitive adds will have little effect. besides republicans have been running negitive ads for 4 years straight. they have just about run out of ideas. the election will come down to this. can americans be manipulated into throwing away their ss and medicare just to get rid of a black man? i dont have a high opinion of the intellect of the average american. after all something like 70% believe there is an invisible man in the sky watching them but i think the answer will be no.
the only people who think Mitt is a liar are leftist liars. Everyone sees Mitt as a competent man with integrity. All he has to do is hammer the current economy, the current jobs, the prospect fro the future when Obama gets to implement more of his failed policies. I heard the RNC guy on hannity last night... he hit AAA themes... "we are suffering from the "failed obama economy" with the "highest unemployment in history." all caused by " the most radical administration in history." It will be easy... and the RNC guy said last night they will outspend Obama over the next 83 days. Mitt has kept his powder dry.
Fundraising Totals Announced for July Romney has announced that he and the RNC took in $101.3 million in July and has $185.9 million cash on hand. Obama has announced that he and the DNC took in over $75 million and makes no mention of cash on hand. This makes the third month in a row where the Republicans have outstripped the Democrats in the Presidential fundraising race. And considering the record paced burn-rate of the Obama campaign, perhaps those pathetic pleas for more money being sent out recently by Team Obama arenât just attempts at scaring supporters into sending more money. They may actually be in a world of hurt. http://race42012.com/category/fundraising/
Lastest Democratic Worry: Crowd Sizes http://race42012.com/category/fundraising/ The crowds coming out to see Romney and Ryan have been huge, with waiting lines stretching around the block. Meanwhile, Obama spoke to a half-empty (the left described it as âhalf-fullâ) room in Chicago, his home town. Vice President Biden spoke to a paltry crowd of 660 people in North Carolina, the same state where just the day before saw two huge R/R rallies, one had nearly 5000 people, the other far exceeded 10,000. Mitt and Ryan went on to speak separately to large capacity+ crowds in Florida, Wisconsin, and Iowa. The disparity in the crowd size has not gone unnoticed. A new Democratic fund-raising email has gone out: ****- I just got this disturbing report: Yesterdayâs Romney-Ryan rally in North Carolina pulled in an overflow crowd of 15,000 people. Thereâs no spinning that number. Itâs a LOT of people, and the Republican base in energized. And thatâs not all. Since the VP announcement, Romneyâs campaign has brought in over 70,000 donations from his Tea Party base. Weâve got to step up our game and mobilize our supporters â starting right now. Donate $3 or right now to help us rally our base around President Obamaâs agenda. ⦠The email is signed Brynne Craig, DCCC Field Director. Spending money may succeed in mobilizing their supporters, but will it enthuse them? That remains to be seen.
NYTimes: Obama Campaign Sounding Desperate http://race42012.com/category/fundraising/ The New York Times, of all places, is starting to notice that the pleas from the Obama Camp for more and more funds are starting to sound increasingly desperate: ⦠Each plea for money from President Obama and his allies has become more urgent and desperate than the last. ⦠The dire hand-wringing is partly tactical for a campaign that is likely to have more than enough money to execute its strategy. By appearing desperate, Mr. Obamaâs campaign hopes it can persuade more of its supporters to donate now, rather than later. But in fact, Mr. Obama is facing a quandary his 2008 campaign team never even contemplated: a rival whose fund-raising operation appears better positioned to tap into both the deep pockets of wealthy donors and the economic frustrations of average Americans. ⦠Regardless of the real impact on Mr. Obamaâs campaign operations, thereâs an image problem to worry about. The appeals for donations occasionally recall the âEverything 80 percent off! Going out of Businessâ sales that try to entice customers into the store. And yet, Mr. Obamaâs campaign team has clearly calculated that it is willing to risk leaving that kind of impression if it means raising more money. ⦠Perception plays a major role in the outcome of an election. People donât like to vote for a loser, and if the perception takes hold that the Obama campaign is on its last legs desperately clinging for life, it is going to be far harder for them to win this thing.
I understand, but I if that is his strategy, I think it's a mistake. Obama has successfully executed the toughest part of his campaign: tear down Romney's character without being tainted in the process. A lot of voters see Romney as the guy they have been taught to despise their entire lives, a super rich guy who got that way by trampling over working people. Of course Romney has objected to Obama's tactics, but that only magnifies the problem. It puts him on the defensive, he sounds whiney and it makes the conversation about whether or not Romney killed a guy's wife or only looted the company and left the workers high and dry. So now he picks a VP that gives the Obama slime team a chance to go through the whole exercise again. Rather than trying to justify a failed administration, Obama is accusing Ryan and Romney of wanting to push elderly women off cliffs. And putting blacks into chains. Of course, Romney and Ryan will object, and the conversation for another week will be about whether or not Ryan really does want to kill old people. The problem Romney now faces is by the time he rolls out his ad blitz, a significant number of independent voters will consider voting for him to be inconceivable, even if they don't like Obama.
Obama's negative ads gave him a few points for a few days. But they are forgotten in 48 hours. Rasmussen and Gallup have completely recovered and pushing new highs. Obama no longer has the cash to fight with Romney over the airwaves. Obama is toast. No one is showing up at the rallys . The big contributors have stopped contributing. Romney is going to out spend him by a wide margin. And 50% of the country will vote ABO. out of the remaining 50... Romney will get mormons and Ryan will get some democrat catholics. It won't even be a sweat. Unless we have a war or someone gives Obama a billions dollars.