Romney Camp Shrugs Off Need To Win Florida

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August 28, 2012

Romney Campaign Official: We Could Win Without Florida


Rich Beeson, the national political director for the Mitt Romney Campaign., speaking with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep on Tuesday, says the Sunshine State would be nice to have in the red column, but it's not a sine qua non for clinching victory in November.

"You never want to say that one state is critical to a win," Beeson says. "Obviously Florida is a critical state to us, but there are other ways to get past 270." There are lots of ways to get to 270 and they don't all involve Florida's 29 electoral votes, according to Rich Beeson, the national political director for the Mitt Romney Campaign.

Beeson, speaking with Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep on Tuesday, says the Sunshine State would be nice to have in the red column, but it's not a sine qua non for clinching victory in November.

"You never want to say that one state is critical to a win," Beeson says. "Obviously Florida is a critical state to us, but there are other ways to get past 270."


http://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/romney-campaign-official-we-could-win-without-florida

[WI_DEM]

1. have to wonder what there polling is showing...

sorry Beeson, but if your boy loses Florida he's toast. Obama is the one with several different paths to 270.

[nc4bo]

2. IOW, they absolutely MUST win Florida.

Gee, this deciphering Rove to English gets easier and easier each election cycle.

[get the red out]

3. Translation

"I'm Fucked"

[Bake]

12. BAM! Or, WHOOMP

There it is!

Bake

[rocktivity]

4. TRANSLATION: Romney Has Lost Florida Already

Especially Since Our Voter Supression Efforts There Have Been Thwarted


rocktivity

[BlueStreak]

6. Adopt a platform of killing Medicare. Bring on VP who has the plan. What could possibly go wrong?

[BlueStreak]

10. Ignore the polls. Watch the candidate itineraries.

A lot of the polls on both sides are doctored to try to outmaneuver the other side. Rasmussen is famous for this. They have all sorts of wacky polls, then right before the election they put out "legitimate polls", so that they can claim "we were the most accurate pollster out there in 2008" etc. They aren't the only ones doing this.

Ignore the polls. if you want to know how the race really stands, simply look where the candidates are spending their time. If they are defending what should be sure bets, they are in trouble. If they are on the offensive in states they weren't expected to win, that is usually a very positive sign.

However this case is a little different. If Romney can't win Florida, then his only hope is to run the table on all the swing states AND also grab either Michigan or New Hampshire. It will be very difficult to get either MI or NH, so he will have to spend a lot of time there. And if he is campaigning hard in MI and NH, that is a sign he expects to lose FL. If he expects to win FL, he won't spend a minute in MI or NH down the stretch.

Romney was in MI last week. That isn't exactly the same as conceding FL because it is too early for that. But I guaran-damn-tee you that his advisers looked at the Florida numbers post-Ryan and said, "Holy Crap!!! We're in big trouble in Florida. We've got to try to open up a path to victory if we lose Florida. The only scenarios that get us to 270 require MI or NH. Send him to Michigan, pronto!!!"

[RedSpartan]

5. Nonsense and wishful thinking.

Without Florida, Rmoney has almost no chance:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=78265

[Jennicut]

8. He would have to win PA with another blue state to win.

Minn or Mich or Illinois? I don't really think he can pull that off. And VA is drifting toward Obama too. All the other states in blue on that map are too blue to vote for Romney.

[Dawgs]

9. Not quite, but close. He's screwed without Florida.

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http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=uhc

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. The polling must be worse than we are hearing

if they seem so nonchalant about it.

[maddezmom]

11. and they are now down playing any sort of bounce

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/romney-adviser-lowers-expectations-for-post-conven