Romney tries to put PA in play
Norfolk, Virginia (CNN) –In a late campaign push to change the battleground map, Mitt Romney will travel to Pennsylvania on Sunday in the hopes of capturing the traditionally Democratic-leaning state. A Romney campaign official confirmed to CNN the GOP nominee will stop in the Philadelphia area Sunday afternoon.
The Pennsylvania event falls into the Romney campaign's newly adopted strategy of expanding the battleground map in the final week of the race. Top strategists to the GOP nominee targeted Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota this week for potential gains, pointing to polls in the states that show Romney gaining on the President.
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A Franklin and Marshall College poll released Wednesday, for example, indicated President Obama Obama had a 49%-45% edge over his Republican opponent.
Romney's campaign began purchasing air time in the state this week–a move that was countered by Obama's team. The campaign also announced Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate, will be traveling to Middletown, Pennsylvania on Saturday.
The Obama campaign immediately scoffed at Romney's Pennsylvania trip as an "act of desperation."
"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are going all in Pennsylvania, following the lead of every Republican presidential candidate since 1992 who have made last ditch investments in the Keystone State. Not one of them carried the state," Obama campaign northeast regional press secretary Michael Czin said in a statement.
The Romney campaign instantly fired back, accusing the president's re-election advisers of reacting from a "defensive crouch."
"We are looking at an expanded map, while the Obama campaign is pouring resources into states that were supposed to be safe for them," a Romney campaign official said.
"I totally understand why Chicago is freaking out, but I just thought they'd be better at hiding it," the official added.
In the final days before the 2008 election, then GOP nominee John McCain and his running mate, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin made campaign stops in Pennsylvania with similar hopes but to no avail.
In a strategy memo, Romney campaign officials referred to recent comments made by former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell who said Democrats could let down their guards in the state, opening up the possibility of a "startling upset."
Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, a Romney surrogate, predicted the GOP nominee would win the state in an interview on Fox News Thursday.
Romney's upcoming visit to Pennsylvania was first reported by The Daily.
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Pennsylvania has elected a very unpopular governor in Tom Corbett. No chance for mittens in PA!
Winning!
Um, I'm not convinced, Mitt.
Lol smells like desperation
Christie and Bloomberg are both endorsing Obama,,,pretty soon even Ann Romney will be voting for Barack.
You know what they say about Pennsylvania – it's Pittsburgh on one end, Philadelphia on the other, and Alabama in the middle. It's the Alabama part that's going to go big for Romney.
Either Romney or his advisors are getting desperate and delusional. Do they really think that suddenly popping up in a heavily democratic area two days before the election is going to swing Pennsylvania to Romney?
loser in a panic goes all over the places ...
that's ok
I hope Obama wins the electoral college and loses the people's vote ...
yeah .. suck it GOP
I would love it if mitt cared enough to come to Oregon! Really, why doesn't he care about us?
I think it's time we start to make up lies about Romney, He's been rotting in the sun spouting lies way too long
HAHAHA good luck Mitt The Twitt. PA might almost be a southern state in some parts... but we're not as dumb as the rest of your following.
Pennsylvania has suffered for the past 3 1/2 years under the Obama Administration. It's time for all of us to get a little R & R.
Here is a question that I haven't seen posted, and it isn't directed towards just the Keystone state. President Obama called the Bengazi attack an act of terror, but his crew also said it was the reaction to a video. The reports I have seen showed that they apparently had information that said otherwise, but they continued blaming this little known movie. The attack was a true case of terrorism, and the attack was set to coincide with 9/11. Whether or not what was said was said to keep the Terrorist attack from being shown for what it was for political reasons is up for debate. I do not know why they took that route. Still, I have to wonder if the other embassys would have been attacked if the truth was told from the beginning. Were all of those terrorist attacks, or were some of those spurred by the video comment? Is it possible that blaming the original attack on a video could have created the chaos afterwards? I don't know the answer to that. Do you? I'm just asking.
After reading this here news article, sounds to me like the Obama Campaign is quite desperate attempting to grasp at any last straw within thar reach! Reckon I'll just be glad come next January once President Romney takes over!!! Finally a chance fer us Pennsylvania folks who cling to our Guns and Bibles to take our Country back come next Tuesday and I have NO doubt that we are gonna do it like fer sure!!!!
'"I totally understand why Chicago is freaking out, but I just thought they'd be better at hiding it," the official added.'
GOP is getting desperate. Keep denying and projecting that your desperate to the end. Lies are nt enough to fool the American people.
It's over, Mitt, just admit it, and go home to the house with the elevator for the cars.
Wouldn't it be a shock if Romney won Pennsylvania or New York and Obama won Texas.
Interesting play as I see it. Is it desperation from FL, OH, CO or a display of confidence, and expanding their already strong showing in these 3 states.
That's a good move Mitt. You should stay in PA this week.
Good luck, Mitch..or whatever your name is
GO ROMNEY GO!!!!!, i'm in PA and i support him and new leadership to the fullest!
Keep fighting Mitt. The country needs you. If that left wing communist Obama is declared the winner again, I know that the fix was in. Nobody wants this guy back in office. I he is declared the winner I will never vote again. What the point if they don't count the votes.
Anyone who refers to the President as "Chicago" deserves to be mocked mercilessly and then ignored for the remainder of their natural lives.
just because the joker visits a state doesnt automatically put it into play. lazy reporting at its best
Which modern societies have succeeded without compromise of any kind? The Republican Party seems focused on turning American into just such a society.
So, yes, this election matters.
If you're not voting, you are leaving this critical decision to others. You're letting your neighbor vote for you. You're letting your grandpa vote for you. You're letting your ex-boyfriend vote for you. You're letting your crazy Uncle Charlie vote for you.
And think about it – who benefits if they can keep you from voting?
I'm not letting that happen with my vote.
This is a con by RomneyCo. PA is not in play. Yawn. Keep walking... nothing here but silly.
This Presidetial, Senatorial and Congressional election is set on one Factor. Who's Future is best. Obama's or Romney's. From what I know. Obama has laid tracks to a more complex and variace destination. Repeating the past with Romey is going backwards.