I’m in Nevada, a place Romney should be furiously engaged as well...and his messages are as prevalent as Obama’s. So Obama does a big dump of money in early August in Ohio (probably to try and increase his numbers in the short term), that is the normal give and take of the campaign and particularly considering how early it is that is no reason to say the election is lost. Obama is going to dump huge amounts of money in places but Romney’s campaign would be foolish to map their strategy based on what Obama is doing from moment to moment.
Would you prefer it if Romney spent all his money now and had far less remaining to counter Obama in October? That is what Obama is doing right now, a furious and most likely vain effort to buttress his numbers so it doesn’t get out of hand, given how poor his record is, hoping that he can raise enough later to keep it going. Of course, Obama hoped that the stimulus would keep things going too, and that really worked out well for him.
Romney ought to simply call Peter Morici and ask what he, Romney, should do next...or perhaps just call one of the p240.
Rick Santorum proved that it doesn’t take money. Presence and hard work and local coverages make up for an awful lot. The guy should be in 4 different spots every day making it on 4 different 6 oclock local stations.
Obama, by the way, can spend because he knows the media will cover him the last 8 weeks of the campaign. That’s why he’s spending now to define Romney. Romney should expect the same kind of coverage from Fox, given their support of him since 2010.
And, yes, I want to see a candidate fighting back with the resources that they have.