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Romney campaign memo: Dont get too worked up about the latest polling
September 10, 2012 | 9:20 am
Mitt Romneys campaign just emailed out the following Romney Polling Memo to reporters:
TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Neil Newhouse, Romney for President Pollster
RE: State of the Race
DATE: September 10, 2012
Dont get too worked up about the latest polling. While some voters will feel a bit of a sugar-high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. The reality of the Obama economy will reassert itself as the ultimate downfall of the Obama Presidency, and Mitt Romney will win this race.
In his acceptance speech, President Obama did not offer any solutions for the millions of Americans unemployed or underemployed. But his convention speech was not the only big letdown to voters, as Americans also dealt with yet another dismal jobs report last week. President Obama is the only president in modern American history to stand before the American people asking for re-election with this many Americans struggling to find work. The key numbers in this election are the 43 straight months of 8% or higher unemployment, the 23 million Americans struggling to find work, and the 47 million Americans who are on food stamps.
Today, there is no question: Americans are not better off than we were four years ago, and that is why President Obama has struggled in this race. The truth is that some of President Obamas allies are claiming victory, but others are acknowledging the unsustainable position in which they find themselves. This is evidenced in a recent quote in The New York Times by an Obama Administration official saying, Its certainly not what I would call the position we wanted to be in at this point in the race
Hes going to have to make the case that we wouldnt even be at 8 percent if it werent for him.
Consider the following points:
The Obama Economy: The stakes are very high in this election, and voters understand the future of our country is on the line. This may be lost on those living within the hyper-political world in and around the Beltway, but it is not lost in communities in battleground states. In short, the Romney-Ryan campaign understands Americans struggling in the Obama economy will determine the outcome of the race, and once the preponderance of information about the Presidents failed policies combined with Mitt Romneys vision to strengthen the middle class are communicated, our nation will move in a different direction.
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Mitt Romney will be the next President. The outcome of this race will ultimately be determined in favor of Governor Romney because he has the better leadership skills, the better record, and the better vision for where he wants to take the country. These advantages are being fueled by the commitment and determination of volunteers and voters to change direction and move our country on a path toward economic growth and job creation. In short, the combination of having the superior candidate, being in a margin-of-error race with an incumbent President, having a cash advantage, and having an unprecedented grassroots effort and a winning message on the economy ensure that Americans will make a change in leadership in Washington on November 6.
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nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Are these types of releases considered to be normal standard operating procedure?
Are these considered to be "talking points" for the "liberal" media?
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)It's utter crap and has led to the last 30 years of delusion, including trickle-down and downsizing and offshoring.
Lionessa
(3,894 posts)and yet so devious as to fail to honestly point out that their plan takes further from said strugglers and enriches the uber-wealthy even more?
savalez
(3,517 posts)He also didn't tell the employees of the companies that he bought that they were going to be fired.
bluerum
(6,109 posts)liberal N proud
(60,331 posts)They got pretty beat up yesterday in the mourning shows.
cali
(114,904 posts)don't know if you did that intentionally or not but it's perfect in regard to rMoney spokespeople.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)"the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly" = "even we know we just lost the race".
BumRushDaShow
(128,244 posts)Who wants to throw (purported) good money after bad?
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,922 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)So I can pour it on the weeds in my garden. I hear that stuff can help to stifle the grass roots.