rssMcCain Advisers Don’t Deny Scaling Back in Wisconsin and New Hampshire
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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A pair of McCain campaign officials went to extraordinary lengths today to sidestep a news report that the campaign was halting new advertising buys in Wisconsin and New Hampshire — an indication that the campaign may be preparing to abandon the states with two weeks left until the general election.
In a McCain campaign conference call with the GOP presidential nominee’s traveling press corps, Mike DuHaime, Sen. John McCain’s political director, and campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds sought to paint a rosy picture for McCain in Pennsylvania, but reporters wanted to talk about the report from ABC’s George Stephanopolous. The report asserts that the campaign is stretching out existing ad buys in Wisconsin and New Hampshire — Colorado was added in an update — rather than purchasing new air time.
Asked about the report, DuHaime said:
“I believe that Wisconsin and New Hampshire very much remain in play for us. They are obviously states that Sen. [John] Kerry won…Our plan is to compete heavily in both of those states, and we think we’ve got a great shot.”
Bounds was asked if he was denying ABC’s report, but he ducked the question:
“We reserve the right to move advertising dollars around, and it shouldn’t be overly-analyzed. We will continue to shift resources in and out of states as our strategy plays out.”
When asked if the campaign is, in fact, “stretching” its existing buys, Bounds said:
“I have to be pretty firm on this…We continue to be on the air in all of our target states, including Wisconsin and New Hampshire. We, of course, reserve the right, just like the Obama campaign, to adjust our buys in these markets based on the strategic objectives we need to achieve. Today, John McCain’s message is in Wisconsin and New Hampshire. We expect to move strategically toward touching voters in key target states so we can win on Election Day.”
McCain has not appeared in Wisconsin since Oct. 10. He is slated to appear at a rally in Manchester tomorrow.
If McCain’s schedule in coming days lacks appearances in Colorado and New Hampshire, it will be a further indication that the electoral map has gotten considerably smaller for the Republican — and Pennsylvania will become even more of a must-win state for McCain.
UPDATE: Marc Ambinder adds Maine to the list.
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Comment posted October 21, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
McCain is scheduled to campaign in Colorado on Friday, and Palin was in the state Monday.
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 9:25 am
MAN ON FIVE, Cook County, Monday — The McCain campaign is looking at an Electoral College strategy heading into the final two weeks that has virtually no room for error.
“Democrat voting fraud is famous since Tammany Hall,” says Republican strategist Karl Rove. “So we'll win without votes.”
Voting machines have been remotely reset and the counts adjusted. “Diebold have come to the party big time.” Touch screen machines for West Virginia early voting offer voters “McCAIN” or “REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN LATER.”
The rolls will be thoroughly checked for voter fraud. “If the typeface or font size is different on their driver's licence, Social Security or the voter roll, that's obvious blatant fraud. A typical Liberal knife to the heart of democracy.”
The party will check for dead voters as well. “We're making the safe assumption that all registered Democrats are dead. If they're not, we'll correct that.” Governor Palin has long dealt with Democrat moose in Alaska. “You betcha!”
All residents of properties whose mortgages were underwritten by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac will be assumed to have voted Republican. “We own the houses, of course we own the votes. It's nonsense to say otherwise.”
Finally, under USA-PATRIOT, Obama supporters will be deemed associates of associates of terrorists. The offence will carry a penalty of one day's imprisonment: November 4th.
Mr Rove is confident in the future of our democracy. “One man, one vote. That man being me.”
Source: http://tinyurl.com/5cc3ve
Comment posted October 22, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
MAN ON FIVE, Cook County, Monday — The McCain campaign is looking at an Electoral College strategy heading into the final two weeks that has virtually no room for error.
“Democrat voting fraud is famous since Tammany Hall,” says Republican strategist Karl Rove. “So we'll win without votes.”
Voting machines have been remotely reset and the counts adjusted. “Diebold have come to the party big time.” Touch screen machines for West Virginia early voting offer voters “McCAIN” or “REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN LATER.”
The rolls will be thoroughly checked for voter fraud. “If the typeface or font size is different on their driver's licence, Social Security or the voter roll, that's obvious blatant fraud. A typical Liberal knife to the heart of democracy.”
The party will check for dead voters as well. “We're making the safe assumption that all registered Democrats are dead. If they're not, we'll correct that.” Governor Palin has long dealt with Democrat moose in Alaska. “You betcha!”
All residents of properties whose mortgages were underwritten by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac will be assumed to have voted Republican. “We own the houses, of course we own the votes. It's nonsense to say otherwise.”
Finally, under USA-PATRIOT, Obama supporters will be deemed associates of associates of terrorists. The offence will carry a penalty of one day's imprisonment: November 4th.
Mr Rove is confident in the future of our democracy. “One man, one vote. That man being me.”
Source: http://tinyurl.com/5cc3ve
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