Romney giving up Missouri?

[proud2BlibKansan]

Exclusive: National Republicans shifting Missouri presidential resources to Florida

— Citing confidence in his chances in the state, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has shifted many of their resources out of Missouri to the battleground state of Florida.

Quietly this week, the Romney campaign and Republican National Committee’s Missouri Communications Director, Tom Brandt, was moved from St. Louis to Ft. Lauderdale to assist with the party’s effort Florida, a critical swing state.

“We’re confident that Missouri will deliver it’s electoral votes to Governor Romney in November,” RNC spokesman Matt Connelly said in a statement to PoliticMo. “Accordingly, we have made the strategic decision to shift our Missouri Victory Communications Director to Florida where his efforts will have a greater impact on ensuring we elect Mitt Romney as the next President of the United States.”

According to the Real Clear Politics Average of all polls taken Missouri, Romney leads President Obama by more than 7.3 percent in the state. Florida, however, is more competitive. Obama has led Romney in most recent polls by just a few points, within the margin of error of most polls. Earlier this month, Romney one point leads in two polls.

more ... http://politicmo.com/2012/09/29/exclusive-romney-campaign-shifting-missouri-resources-to-florida/

[oldhippydude]

1. looks to me...

like they are broke.. and Florida is more bang for their buck, as stated.. kind of wonder if this wave of publicity concerning their "contractor" has anything to with it..

[BlueStreak]

10. Simple. Romney can win without MO. He cannot win without FL.

It doesn't matter what happens in MO. If he can't stop his bleeding in FL, it is over.

[pstokely]

13. Missouri doesn't have enough electoral votes to decide the election

But if Obama wins Missouri, he'll win Florida even easier

[Gal Friday]

21. Sounds about right

If Obama wins MO, it will have ceased to matter.

[oldhippydude]

14. yes

less than 1% probability if he looses Florida.. early night for us..

[2pooped2pop]

30. I wonder if Adelson's millions are already

in Mitt's Cayman Island accounts?

Not much else to show for all that money. Where did it go? Maybe Mitt felt it would be safer in one of his overseas accounts.

[BlueStreak]

32. I bet Romney doesn't get any more cash from Adelson

Adelson never liked him anyway.

[KaryninMiami]

2. Oh goodie- just what we need here in FL

MORE Romney. Living in "ground zero" durning these election cycle can be very annoying.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I thought Florida had flipped to blue

Looks like Romney is having problems in lots of states.

[janx]

4. . . .

it’s

[Trajan]

5. It makes sense .... Mizzou is pretty solid hillbilly baptist for most of the southern half ...

My extreme right wing sister live in the Ozarks (I lived in Springfield for 15 mos), and I greatly doubt Mitt is worried about losing there ...

Claire needs to maintain her support in a NON battleground environment ....

[pstokely]

8. Claire may not even need Obama's help in getting out the Dem base despite her blue dog tendencies

A lot of people will vote for her simply because they find Todd Akin offensive but a lot of the Repuke base will still vote for Todd Akin simply because they hate Claire, just with little enthusiasm. Akin probably fires up the Dem base more then Claire

[loyalsister]

28. Claire has been distancing herself from Obama

He doesn't have strong coattails here. The Governor, on the other hand..

[pstokely]

29. Obama doesn't have strong coattails outside of the urban areas

nt

[jackbenimble]

6. The county I'm in

is flaming red, but I have hope this year. This election will be my son's first time voting and reports that he and every one of his friends is voting for Obama as well. Even the one's who's parents vote republican.

I even saw a Claire McCaskill yard sign on my street today.

I remember in 2008 when I went to vote the poll worker asked to see my ID, after I had handed her my signed election notice card. Had a mini argument with her over whether the card was sufficient ID or not. This year I have explained in detail to my son what they can and cannot ask for and what is sufficient ID. He has decided to carry his voter registration card with him to the polls that day just in case he has any trouble.

[pstokely]

9. How many Akin signs have you seen?

nt

[jackbenimble]

11. Actually I don't think I have seen any.

It has been weird here this election cycle. Usually there are tons of signs but this year not so much. Of course I don't get out and about as much as I used to so maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.

[pstokely]

12. There'd probably more Akin signs in your red county if they weren't embarrassed by him

They'll still vote for him, just not vocally

[jackbenimble]

15. Probably, but

I haven't seen a whole lot of romney signs either. In fact I think yesterday I saw a 'mitt' sticker on a lexus and it was the first one I had seen. I know the republicans will still get a lot of votes here, I'm just not sure they will be enthusiastic votes, maybe just party hardliners. My own mother who was not a fan of Obama in 2008 has been making noise like she will be voting for him this time around.

[xmas74]

16. I've noticed a handful in Johnson Co

two of them businesses on 50 hwy-always good to know.

I've noticed far more Claire signs around here and, though we have a university, we are also a military area and tend to trend conservative.

[pstokely]

17. I haven't seeANY Akin signs in the Western half of Jackson County, I see a few Romney and Turk signs

The first Akin car sticker I've seen was today (on a Subaru?)

[xmas74]

18. There was one two weeks ago on the Eastern half,

right around Lone Jack off 50 hwy. It was a big one, as was the matching one of Turk. I don't know if it's still there but it was rather large.

(Yep, I take 50 hwy into "the city" pretty regularly so I can usually report on the crap out in the country.)

[pstokely]

19. There's also several fireobamaslawyer.com billboards along I-70

nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Turk lives in Lee's Summit so it makes sense his signs would be in SE Jackson County

I haven't seen any Akin signs in KC. I've seen a few Romeny signs but not many. Not many Obama signs either, in KS or MO.

[pstokely]

26. I see Turk and Mittens signs in Brookside

Also see some Dem signs there

[smorkingapple]

7. Florida is a must win for them. More than Ohio even.

It's more favorable to them with the upper half being Georgia/Mississippi/Alabama.

I still think Obama takes it because of his ground game.

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Money running low in Mittville

The non-braindead Freepers will see this for what it is: Romney's losing badly in Florida, but is too damn broke to contest it without pulling out of MO. It also demonstrates that he's left Akin to his losery fate, since he's not going to lift a finger for down-ballot in MO.

[KharmaTrain]

23. Big Money Last Minute Commercial Buys...

For all the money the Stench raised over the past couple years...he's squander a lot of it and now has to scramble to make what he's got left last. He's overpaid his staff and did little to plan for this campaign. He failed to buy TV time is key areas and now is paying 5 times the rate (thanks to Citizens United) for the few spots remaining while Team Obama's spots have been there for months. There's no rhyme or reason to where he travels and his endless missteps only add to the perception of him being a loser...not only on our side of the sandbox, but more importantly, on his.

It'll be interesting to see what Willard tries to stay relevant in these remaining weeks. Baring some climactic change due to the debates (which I'm not), the playing field and opportunities will get smaller and smaller...

[Volaris]

24. I agree with the idea that Romney doesn't need to spend a lot of cash to carry Missouri...

FOR HIMSELF. But, he just effectively threw Akin to the proverbial Wolves by sending the message that he doesn't give one rat's ass about down-ticket races that need to be won for THE PARTY.
Oh well, let the ruthless fuckers eat each other. =)

[pstokely]

25. Never saw any ads from Mittens on any local Kansas City stations?

Was he running ads in the more redder areas of MO?

[Volaris]

27. Not sure, I live pretty close to St. Louis, try very hard not to watch network television...

and the sense I get around here is that if any particular someone is voting for Akin, they aren't expressing that sentiment publicly...there are people who have told me they ARE voting for Romney, but Akin? "NO. I can't after what spilled out of his mouth."
And since there are not going to be a lot of Romney/RNC paid for ads to help them change their minds....=)

[reformist2]

31. Actually, this seems like a smart move by the Romney team.

It looks like they have Missouri, so why waste resources nailing it down 100% when they need that money to work on other must-win states like Florida and Ohio?

Make no mistake, though - Missouri is a must win for the Romney team, given the electoral map gameboard. It's just that there are a lot of other "must-win" states that Romney has to turn around. If Obama does well in this week's debates, it might be a smart counter-move to plow resources in to Missouri to force Romney to defend one of his "core" states.

[cbdo2007]

33. McCain only won Missouri by 3903 votes

in 2008!! Especially with the fallout from the Akin thing, I could definitely see President Obama winning Missouri this year.

[pstokely]

34. Don't think Mittens will win MO by more than 5%

But I also don't think that Akin will lose by more than 5%