Those that think Mitt isn’t a fighter to me weren’t paying attention during the Primaries.. He was down right nasty during the primaries and I have no doubt he’ll fight as down and dirty as needed.
However as others have correctly pointed out, much of Mitt’s money cannot be spent until AFTER he is nominated, and right now its the tail end of summer vacation and the olympics are on. Huge media buys right now aren’t pretty much torching money.
Romney is ruthless and he is an iceman-two qualities that might not be too admirable under normal circumstances, but two that are quite admirable for someone running for President (which Romney has been doing for at least a decade).
Early in the GOP primary, Romney kept smiling and presenting his agenda. He treated the other candidates as nothing more than buzzing flies. But when it came time to wrap it up, out came the Howitzer sized fly swatter and splat was all that was left.
Romney is staying on his game plan and treating Obama like that annoying fly. Obama would like nothing more than for Romney to lose his cool or slip out. When the time is right, the Howitzer fly swatter will be used and used mercilessly. I’ve no doubt of that. But the time is not right yet - he’d just be flailing at the air now.
Obama and his surrogates have been trying for months to get a reaction from Romney and they haven’t gotten one. That’s why the attacks on Romney have become more and more outrageous.
Calling Romney a felon and a murderer is pretty much the political equivalent of the kitchen sink. And Romney hasn’t taken the bait. Where else do you go after that? Wife-beater? adulterer? child molester? porn addict? Now that will be laughable - I hope they try it.
They’re holding off on attacking his religion - that will be the nuclear option-but I’ve no doubt it will be used, if necessary. Utah’s not the issue, but AZ, NV, and CO (to a lesser degree) would not take kindly to an assault on Mormonism and NV and CO are not slam dunks for Zero-far from it.