fastyxx said:
here's Ohio, for example, which has been getting heavy play of Bain-related material. See also Florida and Virginia.
It's getting play because it touches on all the chords of discontent in the heartland of the country, and it plays well across all demographics outside of Romney's peers. When you isolate the Bain attacks outside of the presidential race, it plays even better - - people's perceptions of the president overcome their distaste for Romney in some cases. But to say this line of reasoning isn't working is just patently false according to all data available. Bain and tax returns are going to haunt Romney through November. If the economic numbers don't collapse, Romney has little chance of prevailing. |
Those polls will change. Romney has yet to name a VP candidate, which if he chooses wisely, will give him a boost. Romney is also playing it smart. Obama is burning through his money pretty much as soon as he gets it, putting out ads way too early. Ones that the Reps. can easily counter by illustrating Obama's hypocrisy and then redirecting the focus on the economy. Romney, on the other hand, has not only been outraising Obama of late, but he is also holding on to most of it. So while Obama will be racking up debt late in the campaign, trying to put out ads to attack Romney, Romney will be unleashing all that money into an ad onslaught focused mainly on the bad economy. Obama probably won't even see it coming.
