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Romney, GOP Groups Pull Ads From Michigan and Pennsylvania
Talking Points Memo ^ | 9/6/2012 | Eric Kleefeld

Posted on 09/06/2012 4:24:23 PM PDT by taildragger

Republicans signaled this week that they might have given up hope in two important swing states. TPM Slideshow: Romney Takes The Stage At The RNC

The Romney campaign and conservative groups like Crossroads GPS have pulled TV ads in Michigan, Romney’s home state, according to the Detroit News.

Nor are the campaign and super PACs running advertising in Pennsylvania, after unleashing a barrage there over the past five months.

It is still possible for groups to purchase TV advertising in either state at a later date.

The PollTracker Averages show President Obama ahead 48.9 percent to 45.4 percent in Michigan, and in Pennsylvania, where he leads 49.9 percent to 41.4 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; election; election2012; erickleefeld; kleefeld; michigan; obama; pennsylvania; propaganda; romney; romneyads; speech; speeches; swingstates; tpm
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To: Fresh Wind

I’ll be happy to eat crow re PA. I just think money will be better spent elsewhere, esp. VA.


61 posted on 09/06/2012 4:55:03 PM PDT by workerbee (June 28, 2012 -- 9/11 From Within)
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To: workerbee

thought VA was full of liberal union gov workers


62 posted on 09/06/2012 4:55:25 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: workerbee

You were absolutely right about previous years though.


63 posted on 09/06/2012 4:56:56 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: madison10; Perdogg
Don’t think this is a give-up, or it shouldn’t be. Way to early to throw in the towel. Wonder what’s up? Hoping it’s a chess move

I agree, this team seems to know how to win, I am going to rest easy for a bit on this, and again I post stuff like this to get others feedback, ya or nay as a reality check...

Especially after Romney is supposed to have Macomb County and was working on softing up Oakland the other day....

64 posted on 09/06/2012 4:57:41 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: taildragger; Perdogg; Admin Moderator
No offense intended taildragger, but IMHO this thread needs pulled.

See perdogg's apparent debunking links in #37 et al.

Admin, shite like this is agitprop authored and/or encouraged by the enemy with the goal of spreading FUD.

Like him or not, I seriesly doubt that Romney intends to roll over like that lapdog McCain.

65 posted on 09/06/2012 4:57:41 PM PDT by tomkat ( FU hussein)
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To: madison10
Those God-haters were from Michigan?! Dearbornistan I presume.

I don't know why democrats give them so much attention. They make up less than 3% of the total population in Michigan.
66 posted on 09/06/2012 4:58:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: tomkat

No offense taken, I even asked the Admin (w/out doing it directly) to do so if it was hooey...


67 posted on 09/06/2012 4:59:04 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: 9YearLurker

It would surprise me if they let OH languish... maybe they’re just waiting til closer to election day.

Virgil Goode doesn’t carry enough name recognition to be an issue anywhere. The battle in VA will be in Northern VA, the DC suburbs — lots of govt workers/contractors, lib-types and minorities but also LOTS of wealth. There’s plenty of folks there feeling some serious cognitive dissonance right now.


68 posted on 09/06/2012 4:59:26 PM PDT by workerbee (June 28, 2012 -- 9/11 From Within)
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To: taildragger

DISINFORMATION.

Nice try.


69 posted on 09/06/2012 4:59:42 PM PDT by Walrus (Restoring America starts today! Let's roll!)
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To: taildragger
kewl     :-)



70 posted on 09/06/2012 5:00:25 PM PDT by tomkat ( FU hussein)
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To: Walrus

Been here forever Walrus, I asked it and got many responses like yours, I do it for feedback i.e does this pass the smell test...


71 posted on 09/06/2012 5:01:12 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: dalebert

See #68


72 posted on 09/06/2012 5:02:00 PM PDT by workerbee (June 28, 2012 -- 9/11 From Within)
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To: Walrus; taildragger

See #67 above and consider givin’ the guy a break ?


73 posted on 09/06/2012 5:02:22 PM PDT by tomkat ( FU hussein)
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To: taildragger

never give up....never surrender


74 posted on 09/06/2012 5:04:12 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: taildragger

What a bunch of bunk. Finally, as of last week, Romney can BEGIN his advert offensive. We’ve seen him fight hard...there’s no way in hell he’d be throwing in the towel less than a week after nomination.


75 posted on 09/06/2012 5:08:34 PM PDT by chiller (GO TEA, especially in the Senate and WE will fix this mess.)
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To: taildragger

Eric at Talking Points Memo obviously doesn’t realize many candidates lay low during the opposition’s convention.

“Give up hope”...riiiight. What a maroon.


76 posted on 09/06/2012 5:08:40 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: taildragger

The original source of the story is AP.

The Detroit News says the other side is not spending money in Michigan either.

“The Republicans met last week in Tampa, Fla., where deputy campaign director Katie Packer Gage told the Michigan delegation that Romney “’will never pull out of Michigan.’”


77 posted on 09/06/2012 5:11:56 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: taildragger

The best pro-Romney commercial this week has been the DNC Convention. Why waste money?


78 posted on 09/06/2012 5:12:45 PM PDT by HarleyD
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To: Walrus

One Romney group is buying $9.3 million worth of time on broadcast television and the internet for the commercial, which will air in the battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.

Romney’s campaign bought approximately $6.3 million for commercial time that began Tuesday and will run for a week, according to the Democratic source.

The buy breaks down this way:
Colorado: $600,000
Florida: $1.3 million
Iowa: $500,000
Nevada: $500,000
New Hampshire: just under $100,000
North Carolina: $700,000
Ohio: $1.4 million
Iowa: $500,000
Virginia: $1.2 million

Future: They have over a 100 million to spend on ads... If you think they are not going to advertise in the states mentioned to make Obama waste resources you been hit with a silly stick.

“Time is short,” said one campaign aide. “We have $100 million we’ve just raised. If you look at our burn rate to date and our cash on hand, there’s not much more we can spend on infrastructure. So we’ve got to start spending our general election funds in a big way, because you know what the value of that money is on the day after the election? Zero.”


79 posted on 09/06/2012 5:14:36 PM PDT by BushCountry (I hope the Mayans are wrong!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

If you got a look at Eric, you’d understand.


80 posted on 09/06/2012 5:16:08 PM PDT by chiller (GO TEA, especially in the Senate and WE will fix this mess.)
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