Barack Obama Advertising Swamps Mitt Romney In Ohio, Florida

[Tender Branson]

WASHINGTON -- In the biggest media markets in two electoral-vote-rich swing states, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's advertising efforts have been crushed by those of President Barack Obama's reelection campaign.

A review of political ad contracts with broadcast television stations in the top five media markets in Florida -- Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach -- and the top three markets in Ohio -- Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus -- show Obama's campaign running 10,000 more ads than Romney's campaign from the beginning of August through the middle of September. (We counted ad contracts that started any time between Aug. 1 and Sept. 19, 2012.)

In the biggest metropolitan regions in Ohio, the ad battle on broadcast TV has been a rout. Obama ran 13,556 ads, more than double the 5,971 for Romney. In August, Obama's ads outpaced Romney's 6,473 to 3,281. In the two and a half weeks surveyed in September, the president's advantage increased, with 7,083 ads to Romney's 2,690.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/barack-obama-advertising_n_1913430.html

[Tender Branson]

Might explain why Obama does so well in OH at the moment ...

[Earthling]

And in Florida.

What is Romney doing with all the money? Sitting on it until the last weeks of the campaign?

[Landslide Lyndon]

And in Florida.

What is Romney doing with all the money? Sitting on it until the last weeks of the campaign?

I wonder the same thing. If he believes that he will unleash a barrage during the last month and make up the lost ground then either he or his strategists are fools.

[Politico]

And in Florida.

What is Romney doing with all the money? Sitting on it until the last weeks of the campaign?

I wonder the same thing. If he believes that he will unleash a barrage during the last month and make up the lost ground then either he or his strategists are fools.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are being lulled (or LOLed, if you will) into believing this is over already. Republicans are dug in deep and will still vote against Obama regardless of what the final polls say, never mind polls in September. The more Democrats say it's over, the harder Republicans fight. We may see a replay of 2010 if the cards are played right, especially if we're dealt abysmal jobs reports in October and November (there is no indication that job growth is outpacing population growth, and QE 3 amounted to being the equivalent of blanks rather than real bullets).

Traditional, predictable routes probably never would have unseated a master politician like Obama. Romney's brain trust are going to be heralded as the new masterminds of politics when the dust settles. We should not be surprised after the election if it comes to light that a psychologist advised the campaign on certain unorthodox strategies and tactics.

[Earthling]

And in Florida.

What is Romney doing with all the money? Sitting on it until the last weeks of the campaign?

I wonder the same thing. If he believes that he will unleash a barrage during the last month and make up the lost ground then either he or his strategists are fools.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are being lulled into believing this is over already. Republicans are dug in deep and will still vote against Obama regardless of what the last polls say.

Traditional, predictable routes probably never would have unseated a master politician like Obama. Romney's brain drain trust are going to be heralded as the new masterminds of politics when the dust settles. We should not be surprised after the election if it comes to light that a psychologist psychopath advised the campaign on certain unorthodox strategies and tactics.

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[King]

For a campaign that's not supposed to be like 1936, Mitt is sure doing a good Alf Landon impersonation.