But the donors, being data guys, knew that Romney's momentum had stalled. And when they looked up at the Jumbotron to watch a biographical video showing the GOP nominee as warm-hearted, frugal and even a bit goofy, it was the culmination of much of what Republicans say is wrong with the Romney campaign: There is a great story to be told, and it isn't being shared with the country.
The 'Great Story' is being worn out in Northern Virginia - Obama lost jobs to China vs. Romney (Bain) sent jobs to China. Positive ads are few and far between. Come to think of it, there have been a few positive Romney ads...
Now, with 49 days left until the election, Romney's chief strategist, Stuart Stevens, is being accused of not defining the candidate quickly enough over the summer and not helping the sometimes awkward nominee forge a closer bond with voters. Republicans are increasingly frustrated with the campaign's inability to capiÂtalÂize on Americans' anxiety about the economy and their lukewarm approval of President Obama.I suppose that's because they really believe the polls that show a close race. What did the polls show two years ago? That the Pubs were gonna take the House?
Romney faced another distraction Monday, as Mother Jones magazine unearthed a video that it said showed the candidate speaking at a May 17 fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla. In the video, Romney says that 47 percent of Americans are "dependent on government" and that they think "they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it."
Shocking, I know. I thought the figure was closer to 48%.
Earlier Monday,
Like I said, they run ads saying Obama gave away jobs to China and does not enforce the rules against China.
They also said the candidate's overseas trip in July, which some top advisers urged him not to take, turned into such a mess that it jeopardized his credentials.
Says the main stream media progressives.
Furthermore, supporters said the Republican National Convention was a missed opportunity because Romney did not lay out a clear policy-driven vision and because the lauded biographical video was scrapped from prime time in favor of Clint Eastwood's performance, which featured an empty chair.
I thought Clint's thing was a sideshow, only the media obsesses about it to make it a central issue.
In late August, Romney's ad gurus took on the task of defining their candidate. They produced a powerful video for the GOP convention, revealing Romney's emotion and humanity. Yet the video was scrapped from the prime-time lineup, and the campaign has not aired parts of it in its commercials.
When donors in New York saw the video last week, they responded with a standing ovation. Then, according to one top bundler who was at the event, some of them asked, "Why aren't we pushing this film more?"
Because the networks can only fit it into the 3 am time slot?