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MASON CITY, IOWA-- Mitt Romney's campaign schedule for the final four days of his Iowa campaign turns an old axiom on its head.
While veterans of recent bus tours by Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry likely won't be impressed, with 10 stops in three-and-a-half days, and some 770 miles of driving between them, the final stretch amounts to both a both a marathon and a sprint for the Romney campaign.
Touching down Saturday afternoon after a roughly 24-hour New Hampshire detour, Romney will criss-cross Iowa one last time -- putting roughly enough miles on his bus to get from Boston to Columbus, Ohio -- and hitting towns and counties which largely supported him four years ago.
On Saturday, Romney will make two stops in Northwest Iowa -- in Le Mars and Sioux City -- both of which are in counties Romney carried in 2008. Sunday morning, Romney visits Atlantic Iowa, in a county he lost to Mike Huckabee by 6 percentage points. Council Bluffs, where Romney will hold an afternoon rally, is Iowa's second-largest county, and Romney carried it by 11 points in 2008.
Overnight Sunday and into Monday, Romney will travel across the state to campaign in Dubuque and Davenport, on the state's Eastern border -- more friendly territory for Romney. Romney won Davenport's Scott County by 11 points, and Dubuque county by a whopping 23 points.
Monday afternoon the campaign works it's way to Cedar Rapids, where Romney pulled off a 5-point win four years ago, then terminates in Des Moines for events Monday night and Tuesday. It is there, in Polk County, which Romney lost by 13 points last cycle, where Romney will host his final rally and caucus-night event.
In what some see as a sign of the campaign -- and the candidate's -- confidence of a win or a very close second-place finish in Iowa, Romney will overnight in Des Moines, and conduct morning-show interviews there Wednesday -- rather than go straight to New Hampshire.
The campaign's explanation for staying the night? Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney senior adviser, told NBC's Andrea Mitchell today simply, "We want a well-rested candidate."
Ferhnstrom added Romney will leave for New Hampshire Wednesday -- at a "more sensible hour."
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dingle
Then who do you like and why?
I'll bet $1,000 you are a right winger that can't articulate an intelligent answer.
You know how I know you can't articulate an intelligent answer????
Because you are a right winger.........Duh
wrong, all these people are worthless clowns. Im just frustrated that our country is in the toilet and nobody can do a thing about it except bicker and blame each other
You mean bicker and blame like you are doing?
hahhahahahahahahahhaha
At some point in reality there needs to be someone to take charge...Obama took charge of the worst disaster in 80 years and things are turning around.
Not as fast as people would like..............But a disaster this big left by the previous guy isn't easy.
Hey, DingleB...quit your whining and worrying over who to vote for (you're a political coward) and go do something to make the country a better place. Then, die!
I noticed your previous posts had your whine about so-called "leftists". Sounds like you're a digruntled 'baggernut loon!
BTW: Obama/Biden in 2012! No doubt!!
I dont remember the previous guy pushing subprime which caused $11 trillion to be wiped out from the economy. I believe his his name was Bawny Fwank (liberal).
Barny never "pushed' subprime.
Bush was the Executive in charge and what did he do?
What?
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Exactly....
Nothing!!!!
Funny that clueless right wingers think a gay minority Rep from a state the size of a mouse has more power than a GOP President.....
Well maybe if that president is GW Bush.
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Romney hasn't got a chance, and do you know why?
Ron Paul.
And I'm the god of old Russia.
I bow down to the old Russian God. What? Oh. NVM
Wow the GOP is imploding. Another Bachmann person jumped ship today. Ron Paul is not disavowing endorsements from nutjobs who say gay people should be executed! Wait - I might vote for him now because that means WHATADICK Cheney's daughter would be executed. Totally worth it!
Mitt Romney will rebuild the foundations of the American economy on the principles of free enterprise, hard work, and innovation. It is at once a deeply conservative return to policies that have served our nation well and a highly ambitious departure from the policies of our current leadership.
phil gave a nice prepared post.
You have no idea how Romney will do what you say now do you phil??
Phill...Knock knock....
Phil.....Hello....
What is Romney's plan???
Hello....Phill................Are you there??.......
Too bad the only place that is going to happen is in Mitt's mind.
Romney is about as exciting, and has the same intellectual punch, as a 2 by 4 lying in the yard. And he's better than the rest of the repug cast.
Why do GOPers post something then run like cowards when questioned??
Are right wingers cowards??
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YES
Pat you sound just like the normal teatard with comments that have no basis or common sense intellect, you are the kind of person who likes to spew hate on President Obama because you have listen to fox news to much or because some one pissed in your pepsi and you drank it, which one is it?
i was preying to god to help me with who to vote for in 2012...and God told me that not to vote Mitt that if gets into the White House that it will be the end of all we know and love...I mean the GOP is not the only ones that God talks to and forgives them for all the bad things...no Mormon in the White House...
Preying? You were trying to kill god?
Amusing really...
I can really see willard connecting with the local populace.. LOL!!!
< wide camera shot > It's daybreak,. willard is riding a polo pony through rows of corn. He stops... surveys the massive field before him.. < cut to the close up > Hi,. I'm willard romney, and I'm going to cut farm subsidies, as well as ethanol subsidies. I might even break up Iowa, and sell the pieces to the Chinese...
<Cut to the face shot > I'm willard romney, and I approve this message...
I seriously hope that all you mental Teapublicans just post all this crap on this board and never actually make it out to the polls to vote. You morons really scare me. You guys would vote for a cockroach in order to make sure that Obama is a one term President. Oh wait... speaking of cockroaches... alot of you are supporting Newt.
This next Tuesday should be called the "Cockroach Derby".
I miss Gingrich. Wasn't Newt the one? Now Mr. Magic Pants is your offering? Are you guys nuts? (last one was rhetorical, and obvious) Come on back Newt! The Democrats loved you.
We need a fall back plan. Ron! Yeah, Ron! Run Ron Run! Help Help me Ron duh.
I got a good 1 for ya,
And you thought you could tell Republicans from Democrats by how they vote. Not so! Just observe how they act during the holidays:
Republican say "Merry Christmas!"
Democrats say "Happy Holidays!"
Republicans help the poor during the holidays by sending $50 to the Salvation Army.
Democrats help the poor by giving $50, one buck at a time, to panhandlers on the street.
Correction......Republicans will send in a 50 check to a "salvation army" type organization in stead of paying 100,000 in taxes and try to hold their head up hi like they have actually contributed their fair share.
What's funny is that the charitable organization takes their money and pays a CEO 5 million dollars a year and funnels the rest of the funds back into GOP coffers.
Then they have the audacity to criticize a democrat who makes 50,000 a year and who actually pays their taxes and give some help that really needs it.
Let's get a few facts straight:
The economy was tanking long before Obama came into office. In reference to the election of 2008, I don't recall that there was a republican candidate who could have done any better under the circumstance.
A republican led us into a false war - Iraq - which ended up killing 4000 of my fellow service members. Iraq was wrong on so many levels that I'm surprised Bush and Cheney weren't investigated by Congress.
A republican with the responsibility of finding the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks that killed 4000 plus of our Americans citizens, took his eyes off the prize and sent us into war against Iraq. To what purpose other than adding to the heartbreak of the families of those who were lost in a unnecessary war and adding another 2 trillion dollars to our deficit. PLEASE NOTE - IT WAS DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WHO AUTHORIZED THE INVASION OF PAKISTAN AND GAVE THE ORDER TO TAKE OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN. WHAT OBAMA DID IN THREE YEARS -BUSH FAILED TO DO IN 8. AND NO - NO CREDIT GOES TO BUSH WHAT SO EVER!
Republican led deregulation caused our financial institutions and housing markets to fail - there were simply no stop gap measures /safeguards in place to stop greedy and corrupt executives from pilfering and skeeming their business into the ground.
I don't see or hear your kind holding President Bush accountable....and by reading your tirade - you sound like a disenfranchised member of your local KKK faction. Please do us all a favor - please spare us your gun toting, bible thumping, neo "nut job" conservative rants and start bringing specifics to the table - not conservative talking points.
Just so all you knuckle head republicans know - if you're gonna debate this Presidents record - leave your talking points at the door. Brings facts - i.e. what was done, why it was wrong and how the decision has had a profound effect on your life and day to day activities.
Semper Fidelus
Here's the problem with your "logic."
Obama was "hired" to fix the state of our economy and all the other things people disliked Bush for. Instead of being a LEADER, he's been blaming Bush from day 1 .
What has Obama done to fulfill his promises?
We have 8.6% (17% real unemployment) , first ever s&p downgrade and a $15 trillion debt and going UP !
Obama said it was very bad for the country ,when Bush was President, to raise the debt ceiling and now Obama himself is continually trying to do just that.
Obama is trying to prevent So.Carolina from getting Boeing's 1000 NON Union jobs.
Obama = Job-killer-in-Chief, Golfer-in-Chief, Flip-flopper-in-Chief
Based on the current state of the economy, I believe he has done just that - a TRUE LEADER. He's kept us from ending up like Greece. Bush is to blame and until Americans hold Republicans accountable to this mess that Obama has had to spend his entire 4 years in office cleaning up...we will not see a better result. Why you might ask...because as long as your in denial...you'll never lift a finger to help this President!
So as we look at BLS Statistics (U1 -U6) in all categories (which includes seasonal and non-seasonal) one can't possibly refuse the fact that there is one trend that's hard to ignore - all rates across the board are trending downward. Maybe all the banks and business are willing to start hiring now that they filled up their profit coffers!?
Are you seriously going to blame Obama for that...were you totally blind and ignorant to the entire process leading up to the showdown between Republicans and Democrats. Obama came back with a position much more extreme than what any Republican anticipated or could offer - ever. That's why we we're in the position we're in now with the so called "triggers" - If Congress fails to act, the triggers kick in and billion of dollars in deficit spending are cut immediately, taxes are raised, and tax cuts for the rich are ended. Key Republicans didn't like this backdoor measure because it really screwed people in their home states out Billions in defense appropriations and it would ensure the the Bush Tax Cuts for the rich would not be renewed. But you didn't hear the GOP talk about that during the Debt Crisis Meltdown did you, and you sure wont hear about it now. "Hush! Hush!"
He is the best example Republican Ineptitude of all time....you campaign on Defense and how the Republican Party are the defenders of this Nation. Republicans passed legislation for increased Defense spending, their New Canada Texas Pipeline and Payroll Tax Cut - yet refuse to fund it through a Debt Ceiling Increase. How hypocritical is that? Yeah I know democrats do it too....but you see that the difference between people like you and me...I'm willing to admit we have problems...you're not and you will push the blame on the Democrats.
In April of 2011, Obama admitted that his vote against raising the Debt Ceiling was a mistake - which I believe that you only gain this "wisdom" by being President of the United States. Why, because as a Senator or House Congressman you only get to see that little piece of the pie your authorized to. As President - you see it all. He's the bigger man here. Republicans had no problems raising the debt Ceiling during the Bush administrations - but now you suddenly have issue with it? Hmmmmm!
This statement is completely untrue - there is not a thing Obama can do or has done about it. Period. He has now influence over the NLRB other than appointments. Of the three "Recess Appointed" individuals that Obama appointed this years because of McCain's threat of filibuster...one was a Republican from Massachusetts who was eventually confirmed by the senate and the other was a Democrat who was also confirmed by the Senate. The 3rd was not confirmed and his appointment Expired in Dec 31st, 2011. So basically all of this craps is really about an obstructionist GOP platform. YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO CREATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL RESULT IN THIS PRESIDENTS and REPUBLICS FAILURE! You are true Patriots.
Republicans = Job-killers, Honorable Flip-flopper, and plain ole Clowns.
Perry, Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Paul, Santorum... the clown parade keeps on churning, each new buffoon more inane than the last, but the lead clown always stays in the spotlight. Unfortunately, no one's laughing.
No one is laughing because the President we have now is destroying the country.
No one is laughing - because the entire country has seen what a JOKE the Republican Party has become. You have no platform, no identity, hell...you don't even know why your upset. I will put my life on the fact that the reason 75% of the Republican Party hates Obama is due to the fact that he is black.
You try to say Obama's policies have fail and hurt this country...yet your argument is based on GOP talking points - no solid facts! In fact when I ask my Republican friend to give me one thing that Obama has done that has negatively effected their daily lives - all I get is Obama Care. Hmmmmm. I've seen no increase in my employers contribution and I have not had to contribute any more that what I have always had. I haven't been turned away from medical care. My daughter graduates from High School this year and guess what - I get to keep her on my insurance.
The Federal Government recovered approximately $3 billion in health care fraud funds in 2011.
More people are insured. Medication costs are going down. Now all we need to do is crack down on Pharmaceutical and Insurance Corporations and take a good percentage of the profit margins out of the equation. Pharmaceutical and Insurance Corporations make a crap load of money from us and they also fill GOP coffers; so they would rather not reform health-care.