The only reason we didn’t get MN in 1984 is that Mondale was from there.
If you want confirmation of Romney’s strategy, look at his opponent’s schedule. Don’t look at where 0bama is going, look where he is not: VA, FL, NC.
But that scheduling works both ways. Bonzo is NOT going to ‘Oiho’ because he thinks he has it sewn up; Romney is having a huge rally there because he’s desperate. Isn’t that just a teeny bit possible? Can anyone truly believe that the Rats have totally conceded Ohio? We can *hope* that’s the way things are, but ‘hope’ means squat.
From outside the campaign there is no way to tell whether a visit means desperation or something else. There is no way to tell whether a NON-visit means confidence or having already given up.
It’s just like the polls: people desperately try to spin them to see their boy doing well and ignore whatever evidence they don’t like.
There may have been one or two people on here back in 2008 who thought that the McCain campaign knew what they were doing, despite all evidence to the contrary.
It’s true that none of us out here actually KNOW anything; but it’s idiotic to assume that the Romney Brain Trust is infallable.