Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign: Wisconsin Becomes The New Ohio

[applegrove]

Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign: Wisconsin Becomes The New Ohio

by Amanda Terkel and Sam Stein at Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/mitt-romney-2012-campaign_n_2026484.html

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WASHINGTON -- With President Barack Obama stubbornly maintaining a small but clear lead in Ohio polls, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is contemplating a shift in its electoral map. The pathway to denying the president a second term that once seemed premised on taking back the Buckeye State is increasingly shifting focus to another Midwest state: Wisconsin.

Romney campaign officials would never publicly announce a change in approach. And it's not that they are giving up entirely on Ohio; they certainly have the money to compete anywhere. But Republican sources say Romney headquarters in Boston is increasingly seeing Wisconsin as a state more apt for flipping. Less campaigning has taken place there, meaning fewer voters have been overwhelmed by, and tuned out, political ads. Moreover, the Badger State has, in recent months, been more conducive to Republican success and possesses a stronger ground operation.

On top of that, the Romney ticket features a native son -- vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan -- and the Republican National Committee is headed by former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus.

On Friday, the Romney campaign announced it would begin airing ads on broadcast television in Minneapolis -- not to test the waters in Minnesota, though they welcomed the speculation that that's what they were doing -- but to filter into media markets in western Wisconsin. Romney, moreover, is set to head there on Monday night, marking the first time he has visited the state since August, when he announced Ryan as his running mate.

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[Lefta Dissenter]

1. STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY STATE, MITT!!!! (N/T)

[applegrove]

2. Go, go get em!!!

[regnaD kciN]

3. Translation: our Ohio strategy has been a flop, so time for Plan B.

They're welcome to try, but I'd note that Nate Silver currently gives Obama an 86% chance of winning there.

[applegrove]

5. Thank god for Nate. Otherwise the MSM would drive the narrative that it is

a toss up.

[mzteaze]

4. Please Explain

Why is he making a play for this state? Nate Silver is predicting right now that its Obama @ 86% chance of winning.

Voter fraud? A fake out? Confused here.

[Lex]

7. Romney's path to an electoral victory is dwindling, so it's the Hail Mary throw. nt

[RomneyLies]

9. Desperation

He's conceding Ohio without saying it overtly.

Without OH, he absolutely MUST win VA and WI or else he loses no ifs, ands or buts.

[Life Long Dem]

13. That's right.

If O also takes VA, it's over.

[EC]

19. Yeah, I wonder too.

They have another medium size county ready to take the place of Kathy Nickolaus scam. I wonder if Waukesha finally got rid of her "personal" computer that they "had" to use to compile the votes. They never were able to prove something with her, but I really feel there was some padding going on there.

[Cosmocat]

22. early voting

Not only does the president have a solid polling lead in Ohio, about 20 percent of the vote is in with that lead built in.

So, it means even drawing to a clear tie by election day won't get it done, because the cake is partially baked already.

He would have to be polling up a clear point or two to make up for what is already cast.

I don't think Wisky has early voting, at least not on the level Ohio has had.

[Tutonic]

6. Yeah that's like saying plaid is the new black or

pork is the new beef. Wisconsin is a much more difficult state to crack. Why not go for gold and campaign in Oklahoma where he really has a chance of winning. Mitt Romney turning sense into stupid.

[skeewee08]

10. Lol please don't send him to Oklahoma....

[Tutonic]

12. OK, off to Arkansas Mitt

[Dan]

26. Actually that would be a great plan

send him to convert the converted . . . it would be a fantastic waste of money and resources...

[RomneyLies]

8. TRANSLATION: We're fucking desperate here, folks. We need WI, NV, CO, NH, IA, NC, & FL

and that's still not enough.

[BainsBane]

17. wouldn't they need VA too?

Is the combo you list enough?

[Tribetime]

11. he forgot to look back and lost Virginia in the process

now he has to win New York to make up for it

[Tutonic]

15. Are you kidding me?

Donald "dog barker" Trump owns the great Trump Towers in New York. And he's got 5 million, let me repeat 5 million samolis available to defeat the Kenyon born president. And if Don Trump says it is so then you can believe it!

[flamingdem]

14. You need a hurricane in WI

asap

[LiberalFighter]

27. Spread the word in the counties that went McCain in 2008

that Obama created a hurricane for them and they should go down to Florida to escape it. Especially those in Ozaukee and Waukesha counties. Remind them about the global warming effect.

[charmay]

16. Just what we need, more slimy Romney ads.

[Marsala]

18. Reminds me of McCain's desperate push into Pennsylvania

Not as much of a long shot as that, but just as desperate.

[MFM008]

20. Maybe WI, Maybe PA

Maybe California, NY, and Washington state will put Mittsy over the top


NOT.

[Lex]

23. LOL

[davidpdx]

21. Send Big Bird to Minnesota

I want to see Romney fight him. Big Bird will kick Mitt in the nuts.

[imgbitepolitic]

24. Dont take anything

RR camp says seriously. They are liars to their core and will try to all sorts of head fakes. O camp knows this I know.

[Splinter Cell]

25. LMAO

Don't forget.....no rethuglican has EVER WON AN ELECTION WITHOUT OHIO. Ever.

[bushisanidiot]

28. Smell that? It's desperation from the Romney campaign

they have 9 days to change the course of the race.
romney's camp know he is losing. they need a game
changer and going for WI isn't it.

watch for more desperation from romney this week.
he'll be telling brand new whoppers and sealing his defeat as he does so.