...and looking at the list, here's where RealClearPolitics.com has those states on the electoral college map:

1. Florida - Toss-Up

2. Ohio - Toss-Up

3. Virginia - Toss-Up

4. North Carolina - Toss-Up

5. Colorado - Toss-Up

6. Iowa - Toss-Up

7. Nevada - Toss-Up

8. New Hampshire - Toss-Up

9. Pennsylvania - Lean Obama

10. Wisconsin - Toss-Up

11. Michigan - Toss-Up

12. Minnesota - Lean Obama

13. New Mexico - Lean Obama

RCP calls those states "Toss-Up" because the average of the polls is within margin of error. Take away the "Toss-Up" status of those states and the only one that Romney currently wins is North Carolina. All the rest go to Obama.

www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups.html

I'm glad I don't live in a battleground state and have to listen to all that crap. At some point, there has to be dimishing returns. Hopefully, the Koch Brothers and the other billionaires trying to buy the election will wake up the day after election day with the sad realization that they just flushed all that money down the toilet!

America will be on a more sustainable path when we get a President who supports capitalism. Romney/Ryan 2012

Is anybody concerned that Television may becomming dependent on political advertising?

What does that dependence do to the political dialog?

Does television consiously hype the trivial political comments at the expense of covering the real issues just to keep the ad money flowing in?

The entertainment value of politics on TV will lead to the demise of political democracy based on an informed citizenry.

So is our president still over spending his revenue?? Sure looks like it.

• PACman vs. the President of the United States

Seems all politions are happy spending money. How about saving the country by giving that half a billion bucks to pay down the national debt!! Sounds like a better use of the money than on ads which people change the channel or skip in TiVo.

Is this how the Democrats and Republicans create jobs? By throwing money at the TV stations.

Proud to be independent!

This is going to be an expensive election thanks to the Supreme Court and Citizens United.

In California Meg Whitman outspent Gerry Brown by millions and Brown is Governor not Whitman. Maybe we need to send the message loud and clear that you can't buy elections and, hopefully, politicians too.

I suspect that Republican candidates everywhere, especially those seeking to run against Hillary in 2016, are cleansing a full decade of their tax records as we speak.

If Romney has done ANYTHING this campaign season, he's taught his fellow Republicans that hiding tax returns is kryptonite at the national level.

So thank you Mitt, you have performed a necessary and vital public service.

Now drop dead. Figuratively speaking, of course.

The fat lady has yet to sing, but it's pretty much game over for Romney.

Obama can even loose Florida. Romney has to take Florida, Ohio and Virginia- and still pick up another swing state. I love watching billionairs waste their money, yet they don't want to pay taxes.

Boy, that's a lot of money to convince a handful of "undeciders" to vote for them. Better they simply go to every household and hand them a check for a few thousand dollars. TV ad's are like putting perfume on a hog. All it's doing is pissing off the hog (that would be you, the TV audience)

Rburn;

I can't believe the party faithful of all stripes still believe these thieves, con men, power monger, self serving hypocrites give a fat rats ass whether you live or die. Your indoctrination must have started at birth. Poor little brainwashed Brahman, politicians, no matter what party they claim, have only one thing in common, If they're mouth is moving, they are lying to you. It's not about the country or "We the people", it's about the power and the money. How can so many be so STUPID!

Its just crazy to use this much money on ads, if you don't know at this point who you voting for stay home....

The Koch Bros & Karl Rove have invested hundreds of millions on attack ads and one speech from Bill Clintion flushed their money down the toilet. It's arithmetic!!

Mitt's flushing money down the GOP toilets faster than you can say flip-floper.

MN GOP delegates bash Romney over Obamacare

Clint Eastwood was wrong, he can do that to himself?

I think that history will show that the Citizens United ruling will go down as one of the worst in history. We need a Constitutional amendment limiting political contributions.

I suggest:
1). Only US citizens be allowed to contribute
2). Contributations be limited to a maximum of $2500/person/campaign.
3). No PACs. All monies are to used under the direction of the candidate who should be responsible for the legality of the contributations and use.

Will never happen but it would be nice. An added plus - lots less ads on TV, radio, etc. whoopee!!

The amount of money spent attempting to buy our democracy is disgusting. These billionaire donors get the ear of the candidate and corrupt our process. They are all dirty with it. Romney is just a bit more dirty.

There's millions of republicans out there that seem to worship the economic idealism of their party. As if, one day, their own vast wealth will be protected. Or their small business will somehow benefit from a republican administration. Most of that stuff is never going to have anything to do with you. I appreciate rags to riches and having successful business people as heros.

While I'm at it, trickle down economics is a complete myth. Companies hire people when they need to in order to make more money, not becuase they have some extra lying around.

Citizens United is bad enough for our democracy but it is "Super-Secret Citizens United" (no disclosure) that makes the whole thing a complete farce. If there is going to be billions of bucks flowing into the campaigns and influencing elections it sure as h*ll should not be secret.

The Rachel Meddow Show gave directions for information on spending for TV ads.

You want to be informed and vote for the right people? Ask candidates some of these questions. Why does the US find the need to cut OUR defense budget at all when we are still giving millions of dollars overseas so that threats to our country can build their defense budgets??? Why do people get so angry with politicians cutting medicare and social security to OUR elderly when daily our government gives this money away freely to illegals in our country??? Why does health care matter at all that US citizens have to pay such high costs when again daily we handout free medical care to underserving and again illegals??? And what does it matter that we have to raise taxes on those poor working slobs when some able bodied slug sits home and does nothing and receives as much money, or that woman with 4 kids by 4 dads has another so she can collect more welfare??? And why do we continue to give corporations bonuses and incentives for moving their corporations oversea instead of taxing them for bringing their inferior made junk back in the United States????? The only way that DC can pay for their spending is to tax those who work. Well with their stupid policies they are running out of workers for their revenue stream but they continue to want to spend foolishly. You can keep going with the present system and we will surely fail or you can go to the polls and vote out all incumbants no matter what party affiliation. This will send a message to DC that we are sick of their piss-poor handling of our tax dollars and we want the US to head into a new direction that brings back jobs and our economy and our PRIDE. Government and the Presidency are not popularity polls or not who has the most money or can raise the most money. These are leadership positions so ask the questions and get the answers. We want leaders who will lead not follow.

Come on November 6th. I am tired of hearing what is wrong with America. I stand in line to get into restaurants, at the grocery store, at Costco, and sports events. If America is in such bad shape, where are these people getting the money for $75 Football, Basketball, and Hockey seats? Who is buying all of those new cars that helped GM and Chrysler to come back from bankruptcy? Why are banks now willing to lend money to people who are buying homes? I am guessing that the United States of America is coming back stronger, but the media and the politicians just want to bitch rather than get to work on our future. Come on November 6th.

WE NEED public sector jobs. Public sector employees are NOT leeches they are teachers police fireman, they are the ones who MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREAT. Public sector workers average far less paid than private sector workers. Why do right wing nut cases vilify people who WORK for the people rather than the evil greedy money grubbing corporations? I'd trust a public sector employee over a private sector one in a jam any day of the week. How dare anyone say anything bad about public sector workers.

As to spending. I hope Adelson and the koch brothers have heart attacks when Rommney loses. Why because Rommney is an empty suit who has NEVER done anything for anyone else who wasn't a Mormon. He's done nothing positive with his life. His so called missionary work was spent simply trying to convert people to Mormonism, which in my mind is NOT what missionary work is about. HOW DARE he ask for more tax cuts for rich people who already have more than enough money. And don't get me started on that bimbo Anne Rommney whose never worked a day in her life. Did she even go to college?

Well, at the end of the day I believe the American people have a very good understanding about these candidate. Romney/Ryan are not good for mainstream America. The Republican Party itself feel that they are flawed, such as:

Joe Scarborough states Romney "is a flawed candidate." In addition, many others have echoed the same beliefs. If the Republicans do not like their candidate you cannot expect rest of the American people to like him. Romney/Ryan has no principles and they are too extreme radical for mainstream America.

If the Republican Party cannot win in this environment, it has to get out of politics and find another business,” declared George Will on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” Sunday.

Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham on Monday called 2012 a “gimme election” for Republicans. But she lamented a lack of strong branding in the Romney campaign’s message.

“And if you’re Mitt Romney, with all of your expertise and all of your knowledge about how the economy works, and you’re in this, you have one shot, man. This is going to be the first line of your obituary: You won or you lost. It’s all on the line for the country, and it’s all on the line for you,” Ingraham said.

Speak Up, Mitt!” is the title of a piece by William Kristol in a forthcoming issue of the Weekly Standard.

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page wrote Monday that ”The GOP candidate might try explaining his policies. Just a thought.”