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Romney super PAC forces Team Obama to buy airtime defending Pennsylvania
The Washington Examiner ^ | October 29, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 10/29/2012 12:09:18 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Mitt Romney’s super PAC is running ads in Pennsylvania, a traditional Democratic stronghold, which has forced the Obama campaign to spend money defending that state even as it denies that the race there could be close.

“This morning, Restore Our Future decided to go up in Pennsylvania, [so] we’re going to go up as well,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said. “They are not close in Pennsylvania — we are going to win Pennsylvania — but we’re not taking anything for granted.”

The spin accompanying that revelation was part-and-parcel with the rest of the conference call, which Messina hosted along with David Axelrod. “We know and you know, we are winning,” Messina said in a statement that would be redundant if it were as obviously true as he indicated..........

Both Axelrod and Messina argued that Team Romney’s attempts to pick off traditionally Democratic states are a sign of weakness, not strength.......

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economy; energy; jobs; romneyryan2012
"President Barack Obama’s aides are spinning like whirling dervishes, eager to knock down any data showing that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is gaining ground in critical swing states.

In North Carolina where the polls favor Romney and Obama has not allocated any time to headline a get-out-the-vote rally, “we really believe that North Carolina is within our reach,” David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist, told reporters during a morning conference call............." Source

1 posted on 10/29/2012 12:09:19 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Axelrod is the Baghdad Bob of the Obama Regime.


2 posted on 10/29/2012 12:25:58 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist
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To: BlueStateRightist

Yes!

LOL!!!


3 posted on 10/29/2012 12:34:25 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: BlueStateRightist

"They are not close in Pennsylvania — we are going to win Pennsylvania."

4 posted on 10/29/2012 12:42:21 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

5 posted on 10/29/2012 12:43:56 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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6 posted on 10/29/2012 1:13:35 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=om93destr)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
“Both Axelrod and Messina argued that Team Romney’s attempts to pick off traditionally Democratic states are a sign of weakness, not strength.......

Oh sure, Mitt's $hitting the bed so he's blowing money in Pennsylvania for the hell of it.

7 posted on 10/29/2012 3:33:30 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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