Sigh. Romnet IS doing buys in WI and MI as per WaPo. This is the FIRST WAVE and Romney is awash in cash. If I read the start, it is to begin by locking down the likely states, THEN spend on true swing state lik n, WI, PA, and MI. Ras has now had Romney up in his swing state poll, which covers the first batch, for 2 weeks in a row, even after the Dem convention.
My understanding was that there were legal reasons he had to wait until after the R convention to access much of his money pot. Waiting until all the noise from the D convention subsided, and not giving the Dems the ability to attack his ad campaign from their convention floor, would seem to make good sense. Along with the conventional wisdom that “most people don’t pay attention to the Presidential race until after Labor Day,” and you have a number of good reasons for the campaign to not start the big advertizing push until about now.
Thanks LS. I have suspected from the start that making a buys in certain states does not mean buys are NOT being made in other states.
chopperjc, Do you have a link to reports of money being pulled from Michigan etc?