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bedsitter23I usually spend my weekends in the battleground state of Iowa (though polls are firmly putting it in Obama's column).
This weekend, I was in Vegas.
Which also puts me in another battleground state.
Honestly, if you have seen one negative campaign ad, you've seen them all (Voted with Pelosi, voted for TARP, votes against women, isn't anti-China enough (both parties like this one)). There isn't much different, though the Nevada GOP has hard words on the GM bailout (likely a 'no go' in the Midwest).
Romney is promising jobs in both states, though he's put a number on Iowa -130,000. In Nevada, the superpacs are pushing for Jewish votes by claiming Obama snubbed Netanyahu.
Of course, there is one ad that is unique to this area, and you have to know some history to appreciate it. One has to go to the days of the Government Bailout of Banks, and the emergence of the Occupy movement.
In those days, echoing most of America, Obama was shocked that big corporate bankers were taking money from the government, laying off workers, bending over consumers, but executive compensation, trips, and parties continued as normal.
"You can't go take that trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers' dime"
I think we all agreed, except I suppose if ... you're Las Vegas.
Romney featured it in his tv ad, and has made it a talking point to the State of Nevada.
Nevada is in play, though which means Barack and Michelle are both headed there this week.
Curiously as life has gotten worse for Romney, he has a 3rd Party problem.
Most people probably wouldn't consider Former Republican Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson a threat, but interestingly, he is.
Johnson is popular in his home region (as well as Independent-minded New Hampshire) polling over 5% in five different states.
This hurts Romney, because these are red and purple states (NM, NH, Arizona, Colorado, Montana). Even states that Romney should feel he has a decent chance of winning (like Nevada, but also Florida and North Carolina), having 3% of the vote taken by Johnson (who as a Libertarian and ex-Republican, likely would pull more from Romney), would make an increasingly uphill battle that much tougher.
Nevada backed Obama four years ago, but went for Dubya twice (and went GOP 5 of the last 8 times). Polls from September, shows Obama's lead anywhere from 2-9%.
CNN's poll from 2 weeks ago put Obama up 47-44 among likely voters and Johnson at 3% (and if that wasn't enough support siphoned, Libertarian-leaning Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party was at 4%).
I don't have any pre-election trips planned for Colorado, Virginia, or North Carolina, but if anything comes up, i will let you know.
This weekend, I was in Vegas.
Which also puts me in another battleground state.
Honestly, if you have seen one negative campaign ad, you've seen them all (Voted with Pelosi, voted for TARP, votes against women, isn't anti-China enough (both parties like this one)). There isn't much different, though the Nevada GOP has hard words on the GM bailout (likely a 'no go' in the Midwest).
Romney is promising jobs in both states, though he's put a number on Iowa -130,000. In Nevada, the superpacs are pushing for Jewish votes by claiming Obama snubbed Netanyahu.
Of course, there is one ad that is unique to this area, and you have to know some history to appreciate it. One has to go to the days of the Government Bailout of Banks, and the emergence of the Occupy movement.
In those days, echoing most of America, Obama was shocked that big corporate bankers were taking money from the government, laying off workers, bending over consumers, but executive compensation, trips, and parties continued as normal.
"You can't go take that trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers' dime"
I think we all agreed, except I suppose if ... you're Las Vegas.
Romney featured it in his tv ad, and has made it a talking point to the State of Nevada.
Nevada is in play, though which means Barack and Michelle are both headed there this week.
Curiously as life has gotten worse for Romney, he has a 3rd Party problem.
Most people probably wouldn't consider Former Republican Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson a threat, but interestingly, he is.
Johnson is popular in his home region (as well as Independent-minded New Hampshire) polling over 5% in five different states.
This hurts Romney, because these are red and purple states (NM, NH, Arizona, Colorado, Montana). Even states that Romney should feel he has a decent chance of winning (like Nevada, but also Florida and North Carolina), having 3% of the vote taken by Johnson (who as a Libertarian and ex-Republican, likely would pull more from Romney), would make an increasingly uphill battle that much tougher.
Nevada backed Obama four years ago, but went for Dubya twice (and went GOP 5 of the last 8 times). Polls from September, shows Obama's lead anywhere from 2-9%.
CNN's poll from 2 weeks ago put Obama up 47-44 among likely voters and Johnson at 3% (and if that wasn't enough support siphoned, Libertarian-leaning Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party was at 4%).
I don't have any pre-election trips planned for Colorado, Virginia, or North Carolina, but if anything comes up, i will let you know.
