After Weekend of Attacks, Romney Campaign Shields Itself With Polls

[steve2470]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/after-weekend-of-attacks-romney-campaign-shields-itself-with-polls/

WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney spent the weekend with his family on Lake Winnipesaukee under assault by President Obama and his top surrogates, who hammered him for shipping American jobs overseas and continued demanding that he release more back tax returns. But on Monday morning, Mr. Romney’s campaign struck back with a message of their own: They’re not particularly impressed with Team Obama just yet.

In “The State Of The Race: Ballot Narrowing Despite Obama Attack Ads,” a memorandum released Monday morning by Mr. Romney’s pollster, Neil Newhouse, Mr. Romney’s campaign argues that even after being outspent by the Obama campaign more than two to one, the race between the two men remains increasingly close.

Citing three recent polls — Rasmussen, Gallup, and McClatchy/Marist — that either show Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney tied or have Mr. Obama up by a two-point margin, the memo points to the Obama campaign’s spate of negative advertising and asks, “What has that bought the Democrats? A closer race – Obama has slipped and support for Gov. Romney has increased.”

This memo, combined with a new, more aggressive posture on the stump that Mr. Romney plans to debut Tuesday in Pennsylvania, represents a coordinated and concerted effort by the Romney campaign to reclaim their narrative of fixing the economy and turn the heat back on the president. The initiative, dubbed “Obama’s Political Payoffs Versus Middle Class Layoffs,” will contrast the suffering of middle-class Americans with Obama donors who the Romney campaign claims have received special favors, and comes in response to a series of attacks by the Obama campaign.

[nanabugg]

1. And how much do you believe the polls they cite? nt

[steve2470]

3. not at all nt

[nc4bo]

2. Romney campaign has straw polls. Dems have the match.

Keep going Romney.