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Mitt Romney's Sparse Campaign Schedule Worries Some Republicans
LATimes ^ | September 19, 2012 | Seema Mehta and Mitchell Landsberg

Posted on 09/19/2012 9:49:06 PM PDT by Steelfish

Mitt Romney's Sparse Campaign Schedule Worries Some Republicans Mitt Romney has been holding fewer public campaign events than John McCain did in 2008. He has spent a lot of time fundraising away from key swing states.

By Seema Mehta and Mitchell Landsberg September 19, 2012

When the political conventions ended in 2008, GOP candidate John McCain bounded around the country like a jack rabbit. In three days, he went from Wisconsin to Michigan to Colorado to New Mexico to Missouri, with multiple campaign appearances in some of those states.

Mitt Romney's schedule this year has presented quite a contrast.

In his first two days of campaigning after the conventions, Romney visited Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia, with one stop in each state. Then he went home to Boston and took a day off from the campaign trail.

That, as it turns out, has been Romney's most active period of campaigning since the presidential contest moved into its crucial post-convention stage. Although his campaign says he is about to accelerate his pace, Romney so far has held far fewer public events than either presidential candidate did four years ago, and has spent a significant amount of time in states — Massachusetts, California, New York, Texas — that are not considered up for grabs in November

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; romney
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1 posted on 09/19/2012 9:49:12 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Obama is doing some of the same.


2 posted on 09/19/2012 9:51:55 PM PDT by Andrei Bulba (No Obama, no way!)
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To: Steelfish

Laura Ingraham Unleashed:

Time for an Intervention
Posted by Laura

Peggy Noonan and I don’t agree on everything but we are in complete agreement that the Romney campaign is dysfunctional and often incompetent. It must be turned around and quickly. This might help: Mitt Romney should pretend we are all a group of potential investors in Bain. We are more sophisticated than your political consultants think. Explain to us why your investment strategy is right, how the Company A, B and C which your team has invested in will succeed. Mitt, you have done this countless times in your career—do it again. Help us, the ultimate “investors” in America will see a positive return if we choose to go with you and your team. When you do that, you’ll start to see investors (voters) “like” you a lot.


3 posted on 09/19/2012 9:52:37 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish
When the political conventions ended in 2008, GOP candidate John McCain bounded around the country like a jack rabbit. In three days, he went from Wisconsin to Michigan to Colorado to New Mexico to Missouri, with multiple campaign appearances in some of those states.

I guess that really paid off for president McCain.

4 posted on 09/19/2012 9:52:48 PM PDT by Arthurio
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To: Arthurio

Actually it did. McCain was 3 points ahead until he dashed off to DC following the Lehman crash to try and fix the collapse and came back empty handed and was wholly unprepared for the debates held the following week.


5 posted on 09/19/2012 9:55:01 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish
Wow, according to the press, that Romney sure can't do a SINGLE thing right.

According to the press.

God forbid it, I was planning voting third party (I can because I'm in Georgia) but with the constant and utter bias, the press is convincing me to vote Romney after all.

6 posted on 09/19/2012 9:56:12 PM PDT by Lazamataz (RAGE MONKEY RULEZ!!!)
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To: Steelfish

Lauar and Pegs need to stop pmsing..Romney is winning hence he is visiting Obama territories


7 posted on 09/19/2012 9:56:31 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: Lazamataz

It’s amazing how so many here (and in the conservative punditry) keep dancing to the MSM beat


8 posted on 09/19/2012 9:57:49 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: Steelfish

Romney is either campaigning like a guy who knows he is comfortably ahead (like Nixon in ‘72) or is campaigning like a guy who doesn’t want to win. Which is true, I don’t know.

Truthfully, I feel Romney is losing. In a sane world he’d be far ahead. 0bama has nothing to run on. But this isn’t a sane world. 0bama has nothing to show for his first term except disaster. It’s similar as 1936. FDR had nothing to show but a bunch of radical new federal programs that did nothing to heal the economy. But he won big because people felt FDR cared about them. That’s what 0bama has going for him. People think he cares and Romney is a cold heart, evil rich SOB. That’s what 0bama is winning with, empathy.

We’ll see what happens, but right now I don’t feel good about things.


9 posted on 09/19/2012 9:59:07 PM PDT by GR_Jr. ("On Nov.6 I guess I will swallow that bitter pill called Mitt Romney...only to stop 0bama")
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To: over3Owithabrain
The press, though diminished, still has sway.

I await the day when the State Run Propaganda Outfits no longer have ANY (or very minimal) sway.

10 posted on 09/19/2012 10:00:26 PM PDT by Lazamataz (RAGE MONKEY RULEZ!!!)
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To: GR_Jr.

Brew up a big cup of Hell No, brother. Put away your doubts and work. The press is attempting to demoralize, and it appears they got a toehold with you.


11 posted on 09/19/2012 10:01:57 PM PDT by Lazamataz (RAGE MONKEY RULEZ!!!)
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People are now so conditioned to having the media tell them what they should think. It’s a long way from the days when they simply reported the news without the editorial commentary mixed in.

Heck I remember when a newscaster did offer their opinion on the news, you would see displayed “EDITORIAL” on the screen.....now they don’t even bother.


12 posted on 09/19/2012 10:05:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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You're right. A lot of the straight-news I see coming off AP would be a lot more at home on the editorial page.

But I have faith, I think Americans are actually a lot smarter than the press gives them credit for. I believe they see through it all.

13 posted on 09/19/2012 10:07:13 PM PDT by Lazamataz (RAGE MONKEY RULEZ!!!)
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To: Lazamataz

That’s what remains to be seen....perhaps the big story behind this election will be that people do realize how ridiculously biased the media are. That’s one thing that gives me hope that Romney can win. Believe me, if people really believe what the media is saying, we’re sunk.


14 posted on 09/19/2012 10:09:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: GR_Jr.

I agree. Romney is some 22 points behind Obama on the empathy issue and may explain why he has a whopping lead among single white women.


15 posted on 09/19/2012 10:10:07 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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Mitt Romney is definitely not lazy. So I’m assuming his time is being well spent in debate prep.


16 posted on 09/19/2012 10:10:32 PM PDT by yellowhammer
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To: dfwgator

I had my wife switch her home page from yahoo to drudge. Simple things make a difference. Also schedule looks busy tomorrow.


17 posted on 09/19/2012 10:11:39 PM PDT by Ravi
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To: Steelfish

Single women always favor Dems for some reason, that is not a surprise.


18 posted on 09/19/2012 10:12:28 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Steelfish

I don’t care who the Republican is, they will never win among single women, it just won’t happen.


19 posted on 09/19/2012 10:13:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: GR_Jr.
In a sane world he’d be far ahead.

How do know he's not far ahead? Because the polls tell you so, the polls that are consistently oversampling Dems by anywhere from +6 to as much as +13(!!!)?

20 posted on 09/19/2012 10:13:49 PM PDT by kevao (Is your ocean any lower than it was four years ago?)
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