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Drunken Irishman

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8. No way will Romney have a billion dollar war chest...
Wed May 2, 2012, 04:33 PM
May 2012

He's not even sniffing 100 million and there's now only six months until the election.

Now the Super PACs will pump a ton of money into the election and certainly that could push a billion, but even their reach is limited. Elections aren't won or lost because of ads saturating the market. I think people will be surprised at how ineffective many of these Super PACs will be because they don't address voter turnout, the ground game, basic, local campaigning in many of these swing states. Take Ohio. Obama currently has 18 offices open there. Romney has 0. That will change, of course, but the Romney CAMPAIGN has far less money than Obama's. Because of that, they'll be strained where he actively campaigns, opens offices, trains personnel to GOTV and other issues addressed solely by the campaign - not the Super PACs.

Are there really that many ignorant Americans? Gregorian May 2012 #1
Widening the gap! And this is Rasmussen, so I'll just add a couple of points, if that's okay. Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #2
Ruh Roh. progressoid May 2012 #3
Stinker? Obama is up 8% in a swing state. Pretty good news. grantcart May 2012 #6
Sorry for the confusion. progressoid May 2012 #9
Pretty much... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #11
Obama won Nevada by 12.5% in '08. Rozlee May 2012 #4
Rasmussen understimated Obama's lead in '08 Marzupialis May 2012 #7
No way will Romney have a billion dollar war chest... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #8
Ads Don't Work on Known Candidates Yavin4 May 2012 #14
wow grantcart May 2012 #5
sweet mgcgulfcoast May 2012 #10
Booming Hispanic population, increased Democratic registration Daniel537 May 2012 #12
GOTV NEVADA Herlong May 2012 #13
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