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Mitt Romney pushes into battle ground states of PA and NH weeks before presidential election
NY Daily News ^ | Saturday, October 20, 2012, 3:28 PM | Jonathan Lemire

Posted on 10/20/2012 1:34:49 PM PDT by Red Steel

Anxious to find the right combination of states to win the Electoral College, Mitt Romney’s campaign pushed Saturday into battlegrounds it had largely avoided.

The Republicans forged into the swing states of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, which the GOP had previously appeared resigned to ceding to President Obama.

Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate, ripped Obama’s energy policy to a crowd at the Pittsburgh International Airport.

"Gas prices are more than double what they were four years ago - who knows what they're going to be if he got four more years," Ryan said. "Not only are these policies wrong, they...cost us jobs.”

The GOP also bought ad time on Boston television stations, which broadcast into the state directly north.

Though New Hampshire only awards four electoral votes, its importance is magnified if Romney can’t win Ohio. A loss in the Buckeye State, where Obama holds a slight lead over Romney, would mean the Republican would need to almost sweep the remaining swing states.

Obama is making his own push into those battlegrounds, announcing that he will launch a two-day, “around the clock campaign blitz” across six states starting Tuesday.

Air Force One will cover thousands of miles as the President holds events in Iowa, Colorado, Nevada, Florida, Virginia and Ohio - and makes a stop in Chicago to cast his own ballot early.

Both Obama and Romney remained holed up Saturday preparing for their last debate, to be held Monday on foreign policy.

They will square off in Florida, where Vice President Biden rallied supporters Saturday.

“With you, we can take Florida,” Biden said in St. Augustine. “If we take Florida, this election is over."

Biden also again touted his campaign’s new rallying cry - that Romney changes positions so much that he must suffer from chronic “Romnesia.”


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: newhampshire; pennsylvania; romney; uspennsylvania
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1 posted on 10/20/2012 1:34:51 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel
LOL: "anxious to find the right combination."

Or, gee, could it be that in fact OH is now swinging their way and they are building a larger electoral majority?

2 posted on 10/20/2012 1:38:39 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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To: Red Steel

I love the narrative of this report. As if Obama is still in control, and Romney is scrambling to find some EVs. Could not be further from the truth.


3 posted on 10/20/2012 1:40:01 PM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: Red Steel

Anxious? GOP candidates don’t put money, time and staff into PA when they’re anxious, they do that when they have territory locked up and want to try for more.


4 posted on 10/20/2012 1:44:08 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Reagan @ only 39/Mondale +5/Dukakis +17/McCain +3...panic is unwarranted. So is complacency.)
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To: Red Steel

Real headline:

Romney expands Electoral Map into PA and NH. Looks for Landslide!


5 posted on 10/20/2012 1:44:28 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: LS
Or, gee, could it be that in fact OH is now swinging their way and they are building a larger electoral majority?

I just don't see where the polls indicate OH is in Romney's column. I'm increasingly thinking this is 2000 where Romney is Gore and Obama is Bush. We could see a state or two won by razor thin margins like 2000 as well.

6 posted on 10/20/2012 1:53:34 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: Jim from C-Town; All

I saw a headline in where Obama had to buy ad time in Minnesota.. Not good for the Zero..


7 posted on 10/20/2012 1:54:19 PM PDT by KevinDavis (And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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To: lasereye

What I meant of course is I think Romney wins the popular vote and loses the EV’s.


8 posted on 10/20/2012 1:55:29 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: KevinDavis

They bought air time in MN that is broadcast in WI. It’s for WI not MN.


9 posted on 10/20/2012 1:56:26 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: lasereye

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/viewart/20121020/NEWS01/310200012/GOP-voters-flock-early-ballots?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

COLUMBUS — An Ohio history professor’s analysis of absentee ballot requests found a significant shift in Republican enthusiasm in the battleground state since 2008.

The University of Dayton’s Larry Schweikart tallied absentee ballot requests so far in 2012 and compared them to similar requests four years ago. His review showed a 7-point swing in favor of the GOP.

Still more Democrats than Republicans requested early ballots, but Democrats’ percentage advantage has shifted from 33-19 in 2008 to 30-23 this year.

“In 2008, Obama cleaned McCain in absentee voting,” Schweikart said in a news release announcing the findings. “McCain actually won the statewide vote on Election Day, but he was too far buried in the absentee and early vote count. Early voting in Ohio began earlier this month and could still produce some surprises.”

Schweikart found some of the most significant swings came in the state’s large, heavily Democratic urban counties. Summit County, where Akron is located, led urban counties in pro-Republican swings with a 24-point shift.

“In terms of absentee ballot requests, Republicans are hugely over-performing their 2008 levels, and the Democrats are underperforming compared to 2008, especially in the big counties,” he said. “What this means is that the polls are wrong. For weeks polls have shown an Obama lead ranging from 1 point to 8 points. But these absentee ballot requests reflect a huge enthusiasm gap among Democrats and Republicans, and I’m predicting a total shift from 2008.”


10 posted on 10/20/2012 1:57:50 PM PDT by Catsrus (Ma)
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To: lasereye
I just don't see where the polls indicate OH is in Romney's column.

The last 3 or 4 polls have had it a dead heat with samples ranging from D+6 to D+9.

With the turnout is likely to be at D+2 or 3, Romney is already up. It is not in "his column" per se, like FL, and NC. Or even as strong as VA. But the trend is there and he should win OH, fairly easy (+4). Unless something drastic happens (October Surprise).
11 posted on 10/20/2012 1:59:10 PM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: lasereye
NH I can see. But the PA move actually worries me. I'd like to believe the D+ margins and turnout predictions are wrong, but if they aren't the truth is OH is not moving very much. In that case this becomes 2008 where R/R waste time in PA because they have no other path.

I sure hope the folks saying this is an attempt to go for a mandate are correct.

12 posted on 10/20/2012 1:59:21 PM PDT by FredZarguna (A bump in the road. Not optimal.)
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To: Catsrus

Well actually you’re confirming what I said - that the polls don’t indicate OH is swinging to Romney.


13 posted on 10/20/2012 1:59:32 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: nhwingut

Seriously. Obama is in FL? Good. Waste those resources. Looks to me like Romney seeing the internals have secured OH and now are looking to add PA and NH.


14 posted on 10/20/2012 1:59:52 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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I disagree... Besides read this: http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/174690791.html


15 posted on 10/20/2012 2:00:20 PM PDT by KevinDavis (And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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To: KevinDavis

Those are radio stations in eastern MN that are heard in western WI. I don’t believe they’re worried about MN.


16 posted on 10/20/2012 2:03:22 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: FredZarguna

Mitt is down 1 or tied in most Ohio polls today with a D+ 7 or 8 ! What does that tell you:)


17 posted on 10/20/2012 2:03:34 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: FredZarguna
I sure hope the folks saying this is an attempt to go for a mandate are correct.

No they're not going for a mandate. That's delusional. They may need to carry PA because OH is iffy.

18 posted on 10/20/2012 2:05:12 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: lasereye

What ??? Mitt is down 1 or tied in Ohio with polls that are D+ 7 or 8. There’s no way Obama gets over D+ 2 or 3 in that state. Figure it out.


20 posted on 10/20/2012 2:08:01 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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