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bedsitter23Business as usual around these parts. No surprise that Obama is running an ad which consists of nothing but Romney saying his "47% comments.
This of course, puts Romney in a place where he has countered with a look-you-in-the-eyes "I really care about 100% of you" tv ad.
Obama counters the counterad (where Romney says he will create more jobs) with his own look-you-in-the-eyes ad of his own, claiming that if he was somewhere that he could connect you like your living room (not in some debate on some stage where he looks bored or surely), you would certainly connect with him and pull the Dem lever.
On the radio, though you can hear a young black student say "President Obama, I've got your back".
No, seriously.
Yeah, it sounds about as authentic as when McDonalds tries to sound 'hip' and 'urban', but what do you expect?
Iowa is slowly falling off the battleground radar. A recent NBC poll has Obama up by 7, although one recent poll (Rasmussen) did put Romney up by three (which is more inline with what I got).
That means we get Biden in front of 600 today in Council Bluffs, while Paul Ryan was chilling with anti-abortion protestors before his speech tonight in Dubuque. It means the guys on the top of the ticket aren't here (breaking news: Romney is in Iowa next Tuesday. Apparently, the debate last night puts him back in play).
So, the real campaigning here is done by the surrogates. The Republicans brought Big New Jersey Star of the Workingman Chris Christie to rally the GOP for some of the local races. While here, Christie also gave a ringing endorsement of Romney in saying that he is the "best man who made himself available to defeat the President". Thus saying he's absolutely 100% behind Willard, and since Mitch Daniels, Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, John Thune, Jeb Bush, and Condi Rice aren't available, Mitt's totally the guy.
Meanwhile, the Dems are hoping for big crowds for their Big New Jersey Star of the Workingman Jon Bon Jovi. Jon is giving acoustic performances in Iowa City and Des Moines. (Level of difficulty: evening temps recently in the 70s have fallen to the 50s in recent days).
Lest you think, Mr Bongiovi is a kingmaker, he was here in 2004 backing John Kerry.
Nonpartisan (I guess), but opinionated Henry Rollins was here too (I found out about 24 hours too late) and is touring all 50 state capitols before election day on his Capitalism tour. While that visit isn't up on Youtube yet, he has shared a few excerpts like this one.
$30 million has been spent in Iowa for Presidential campaign advertising. Iowans in the blue areas of the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines should see a lot more of Mitt's visage on their tvs. Iowans who live in the predominantly Republican areas of Council Bluffs and Sioux City should be seeing a lot more Obama ads.
This of course, puts Romney in a place where he has countered with a look-you-in-the-eyes "I really care about 100% of you" tv ad.
Obama counters the counterad (where Romney says he will create more jobs) with his own look-you-in-the-eyes ad of his own, claiming that if he was somewhere that he could connect you like your living room (not in some debate on some stage where he looks bored or surely), you would certainly connect with him and pull the Dem lever.
On the radio, though you can hear a young black student say "President Obama, I've got your back".
No, seriously.
Yeah, it sounds about as authentic as when McDonalds tries to sound 'hip' and 'urban', but what do you expect?
Iowa is slowly falling off the battleground radar. A recent NBC poll has Obama up by 7, although one recent poll (Rasmussen) did put Romney up by three (which is more inline with what I got).
That means we get Biden in front of 600 today in Council Bluffs, while Paul Ryan was chilling with anti-abortion protestors before his speech tonight in Dubuque. It means the guys on the top of the ticket aren't here (breaking news: Romney is in Iowa next Tuesday. Apparently, the debate last night puts him back in play).
So, the real campaigning here is done by the surrogates. The Republicans brought Big New Jersey Star of the Workingman Chris Christie to rally the GOP for some of the local races. While here, Christie also gave a ringing endorsement of Romney in saying that he is the "best man who made himself available to defeat the President". Thus saying he's absolutely 100% behind Willard, and since Mitch Daniels, Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, John Thune, Jeb Bush, and Condi Rice aren't available, Mitt's totally the guy.
Meanwhile, the Dems are hoping for big crowds for their Big New Jersey Star of the Workingman Jon Bon Jovi. Jon is giving acoustic performances in Iowa City and Des Moines. (Level of difficulty: evening temps recently in the 70s have fallen to the 50s in recent days).
Lest you think, Mr Bongiovi is a kingmaker, he was here in 2004 backing John Kerry.
Nonpartisan (I guess), but opinionated Henry Rollins was here too (I found out about 24 hours too late) and is touring all 50 state capitols before election day on his Capitalism tour. While that visit isn't up on Youtube yet, he has shared a few excerpts like this one.
$30 million has been spent in Iowa for Presidential campaign advertising. Iowans in the blue areas of the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines should see a lot more of Mitt's visage on their tvs. Iowans who live in the predominantly Republican areas of Council Bluffs and Sioux City should be seeing a lot more Obama ads.
