The delusional people even here on FR are those who think that Romney had this race in the bag. Thankfully Rush today, gave the warning that Romney needs to step it up or he could lose even with the economy being terrible. Romney is allowing Obama to define him in Ohio and Romney isn’t doing anything about it with his crappy advisers playing this prevent defense.....even if Romney blitz later in August, it may be too late because just enough voters may take the devil they know than the new devil they don’t know or specifically they don’t like. All Obama need is at least one swing state and hold onto CO and NV and he wins
Here in NC I’ve seen plenty of Obama’s ads attacking Romney over Bain.
Finally I’m seeing response ads, but I’m not sure they are as effective. They quote a Washington Post/Fact Check as saying the ad is misleading and false, and then shows a clip of Hillary blasting Obama for lying about her in the 2008 primary.
My criticism of the Romney response ad is that it isn’t completely clear what Obama attack he is responding too. The response ad should specifically reference the Obama attack ad. It should make clear that the attack on Romney for Bain and outsourcing are false. But it doesn’t do any of this.
Yeah I know that people who follow it closely know what the Romney ad is responding too, but I’m not sure the casual follower does, or will. It assumes too much awareness on the part of the viewer.
If Obama is smearing you as a heartless corporate raider who likes to outsource jobs and hide money in Swiss banks, then his response ads need to be specific about what they are refuting.