As a veteran of numerous national, state and local campaigns, I can tell you that each race and each campaign has its own life cycle. The 2012 presidential contest is no exception. As polls tighten, and especially since Mitt Romney’s decisive performance in the first debate, Team Obama and the president himself are showing signs of what I term a campaign’s “death rattle.”
9:45 AM 07/13/2012
One of the Obama team’s biggest perceived weapons against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney --- Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital --- continues to be deployed on the airwaves and in campaign talking points as we speak. Some polls show that the Obama ad carpet-bombing is having an effect on Romney’s numbers in key swing states, at least temporarily.
8:48 PM 07/10/2012
Things on the playground of presidential campaign politics must seem pretty frustrating for Team Obama right now. While presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney seeks to play major league baseball and run the bases to win the championship, Team Obama seems intent on playing a game of grade-school dodgeball.
