Right now, Obama is being forced to run negative, and that hurts his popularity numbers, which is really all he has gong for him.
I do believe Romney is going to fight back, and VERY hard, but for now, is keeping his powder dry.
Seriously, how many people are going to be influenced by a heavy-hitting Summer campaign? Not us, we're already decided here (both for and against Romney!). Not with zombie dems and Leftists; they're stuck with Obama.
The vast unwashed will not start following this until the Fall. In the meantime, I do believe people are getting fed up with Obama and his war against the American economy. I hear it everywhere I go. In 2008, he was a phenomenon. Today, the same people who were praising him are slamming him.
I think the campaign hasn't even begun.
Excellent synopsis. Especially, when the left has nothing on our candidate and are just salivating to get something on him,anything, even if they have to lie and make it up.
I think the campaign hasn’t even begun.
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Karl Rove just made a good point about Romney’s messaging this summer. Paraphrase: if Romney puts out all of his plans now, by September it will be called “old news” and ignored.
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I believe that Romney knows how to pace the release of “message” for maximum effect on potential voters.
I agree. To the extent there is any real interest at this time it is being ginned up by the liberal media. Romney is smart to amass the bucks and keep them for the ad blitz following the campaigns. Obama is NOT in a good spot now since as the incumbent he is well below 50% in likely voter polls (job approval) and is even with Romney in the head to head. Given Obamas' record I cannot imagine him picking up one more vote then he got last time and we already know he has lost some of what he had.
The Oct. surprise, of course, would involve an incident that happened after Mitt left.
AEI's John Hawkinson on Lucianne has the story about the day Mitt left Bain. There was quite a kerkuffle, as Mitt's sudden departure was clearly impactful and even included a prayer session on that day. Hawkinson's conclusion: it's clear Mitt would be having no further involvement. Further, when Mitt was primarying for the Mass gov. job, Dems tried to prove Mitt was not eligible because he hadn't maintained residence and was totally involved out of state.
I sense a shift today in Dems talking points away from 'felon' towards Bain outsourcing. Sen Kyl is pissed...as well he should be. Obie is outsourcer in chief and there are lots of incidences with Solyndra, Fisker auto's, and others.
The Oct. surprise, of course, would involve an incident that happened after Mitt left.
AEI's John Hawkinson on Lucianne has the story about the day Mitt left Bain. There was quite a kerkuffle, as Mitt's sudden departure was clearly impactful and even included a prayer session on that day. Hawkinson's conclusion: it's clear Mitt would be having no further involvement. Further, when Mitt was primarying for the Mass gov. job, Dems tried to prove Mitt was not eligible because he hadn't maintained residence and was totally involved out of state.
I sense a shift today in Dems talking points away from 'felon' towards Bain outsourcing. Sen Kyl is pissed...as well he should be. Obie is outsourcer in chief and there are lots of incidences with Solyndra, Fisker auto's, and others.
The Oct. surprise, of course, would involve an incident that happened after Mitt left.
AEI's John Hawkinson on Lucianne has the story about the day Mitt left Bain. There was quite a kerkuffle, as Mitt's sudden departure was clearly impactful and even included a prayer session on that day. Hawkinson's conclusion: it's clear Mitt would be having no further involvement. Further, when Mitt was primarying for the Mass gov. job, Dems tried to prove Mitt was not eligible because he hadn't maintained residence and was totally involved out of state.
I sense a shift today in Dems talking points away from 'felon' towards Bain outsourcing. Sen Kyl is pissed...as well he should be. Obie is outsourcer in chief and there are lots of incidences with Solyndra, Fisker auto's, and others.
Of course you’re right. Larry Sabato, whom I respect most of the time, says Romney is pulling an Ali rope-a-dope. Bambi is flailing away punching himself out way too early when voters are not yet paying attention.
However, I recall how Bubba came crashing out of the gate and wiped out Dole before he even got his pants on. To some extent Bubba did the same to Read-My-Lips also.
I think Romney will get much more active after his trip to the middle east.
He wants the emphasis on that for now.
Hope he’ll come out swinging when he gets back.