The latest from Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign, hitting President Barack Obama in Colorado with the saturation post-convention airplay we’ve all been bracing for:
Unfortunately, through the power of the Youtubes, we discover that we’re not so special.
As you can see, they’re not using the exact same arguments in every state where this ad is running, and you can glean from that some idea of what the Romney-Ryan campaign has tested to be effective messages in each of these different battleground states.
Cookie-cutter ads are nothing new of course, but Youtube provides a way of easily seeing it, and the differences–which can sometimes tell as much of a story as the ads themselves.
Apparently in Colorado, “repeal excessive regulations” is the poll-tested panacea that all of us want to hear, leading directly to the creation of 200,000 new jobs in our state. Which obviously sounds great, if perhaps a bit of a leap from one to the other. If you watch all of these and decide that you’d like to see, for example, Ohio’s promises tacked on to Colorado’s, let the Romney campaign know! In all likelihood, they’ll cut an ad for you on the spot.
Full story: “Here In [INSERT STATE HERE], We’re Not Better Off”
Wherein Romney asks the undecided voter: ”What would you like to hear?”
If those three states are considered lost (which the Romney campaign will deny), Romney’s path to victory is a narrow and treacherous one.
I doubt any GOP strategist would recommend Rmoney spend any money on WI, MI, or PA.
I would like to know whether Mitt Romney is better off than he was four years ago. Perhaps he could share his tax returns with us so we could verify.
bumper sticker material. “Hey Mitt, are you better off than you were four years ago?”
I’m betting, since the DOW has gained 3 or 4 thousand points since 08, the answer is yes.
kill job crushing regulations
stand up to China
create jobs
Vague platitudes aplenty, but no specifics anywhere, not in the 30 second ads, not in the campaign.
And what is it?
Sorry, but this diary is really stupid. Do they contradict each other? I assume that anything done on a federal level would do more or less the same thing in every state, so tacking Ohio’s promises on to Colorado isn’t as breathtaking as you’re trying to imply.
Wouldn’t it be more effective to do a quick run down of all the things the campaign is promising? Lower taxes while improving education (whatever that means, it seems anti-Republican to interfere in state business like that), offering foreclosure help (this can only be done with either cash or more regulations – red tape), having houses built (basic capitalism not good enough?, having roads built with stimulus evil – houses fine), etc.
That’s from two of the ads. But, yeah, ha ha Romney uses YouTube!