I guess there's ONE reason to not be a solid blue state, to get attention, and "matter".

Not saying that you believe MN doesn't matter, mind ya!

Willard doesn't even have an office here
the last I heard Obama was at least 10 points up

Minnesots is going Obama .......... so it is a waste of money for Willard

that Rmoney is moving his cash from his campaign to one of his businesses, Clear Channel Broadcasting...
Nobody is dissing any state but the Electoral College in all its (gory,) glory makes certain states the battleground.
I live in Hawaii. Rmoney has a 1% chance of winning here. We don't see very many ads only on Cable networks.
Yes you read correctly: 1%.

I mute every Repugnant ad there is....Josh Mandel is really on my last nerve. I watched the debates w/ Sherrod. What a little snot this brat is!!

And Josh just pushed papers in Iraq.

The BLUE STATE BALL will be celebrating Obama's re-election this year.

Are tickets on sale yet?

The areas where MN media bleeds inti Wisconsin tend to lean GOP and they know that hell will freeze over before they can get close enough in MN to try stealig it.

While the UN is watching SOME elections, we get the rethug owned "Election Integrity Watch" watching voters for potential "fraud".


http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2010/10/group-behind-ominous-voter-fraud-ads-all-we-are-doing-watching
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McGrath (was asked) to explain Election Integrity Watch in his own terms.

McGrath is the executive director of Minnesota Majority, one group in the coalition. The others identified on the coalition's website are Minnesota Voters Alliance, Freedom Council and the North Star Tea Party Patriots.

Money, volunteers and mission
McGrath said the coalition has spent about $50,000 over the past two months and also recruited about 6,000 volunteers to be deployed next Tuesday.

When I asked where the $50,000 had come from, McGrath responded via email: "As a 501 C4 organization, there is no public reporting of donors and we respect our donors' privacy. I can tell you that the money raised for Election Integrity Watch did come from private donors among our membership base."

The bulk of the money went to pay for 10 electronic billboards in Rochester, Minn., and the Twin Cities, radio ads in Winona and the Twin Cities and 20 posters on bus shelters mainly in Minneapolis and St. Paul, McGrath said.

just saying...

As it has in the past, on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012, the Civil Rights Division will implement a comprehensive program to help ensure ballot access that will include the following:

Shortly before the election, the Civil Rights Division will announce which jurisdictions will have federal personnel as election monitors and observers at polling places.

Civil Rights Division attorneys in both the Voting and Criminal Sections in Washington, D.C., will be ready to receive election-related complaints of potential violations relating to any of the statutes the Civil Rights Division enforces. Attorneys in the division will take appropriate action and will consult and coordinate with local U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and with other entities within the Department of Justice concerning these complaints before, during, and after Election Day, as appropriate.

Civil Rights Division staff will be available by phone to receive complaints related to ballot access 1-800-253-3931 toll free or 202-307-2767) or by TTY (1-877-267-8971). In addition, individuals may also report complaints, problems, or concerns related to voting by fax to 202-307-3961, by email to voting.section@usdoj.gov and, closer to Election Day, by complaint forms that may be submitted through a link on the department’s website, at www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/ .



Complaints related to violence or threats of violence at a polling place should, in the first instance, always be reported to local police authorities by calling 911.

It may be to get into media markets that are seen/heard in Wisconsin. Just a thought.

was the only state mentioned in the article.

journalist. He explains exactly how the vote will be stolen/disappear in the upcoming election.
You can decide.

I have been reviewing the information available and it all points to election theft.

missed it otherwise. Still a big fan of Palast from the stolen election in 2000!

Then if he wins the popular vote, have the supreme court rule that he gets to be President, even tho Obama has won the electoral college

Back in 2000, I have been told that Bush (W) planned to do that if he won the popular vote and lost the electoral college

.... that the one with fewer electoral votes is President. Be serious.

Provided you meant "in direct". It couldn't be clearer, and it's not happening.

I don't think constitutionality would matter to the 5 SCOTUS thugs.

This. That would rule the constitution unconstitutional. It can only be changed with an amendment or constitutional convention

though I agree with you that it is unlikely ... No one thought the SCOTUS would rule that Corporations have 1st Amendment rights, either.

that corporations not being equal to natural persons is only implied, and intended, by the 14th amendment; the electoral college deciding who is president is quite explicit. Thats a helluva lot harder to weasel through the court and would produce such a massive groundswell of rage as to shake the courtroons foundations.

Article II of the constitution set up the Electoral College....How could Scalia and pals vote to override it?

of the winning candidate. I've predicted that if Romney wins the popular but loses the EC, he'll try to get a state legislature from a state that went Dem to choose a GOP elector slate. Possibly Pennsylvania. So far, everybody who has responded thinks I'm crazy, but it can't be that crazy because the Florida state legislature threatened to give the state to Bush in 2000, even if a recount was ordered and Gore won.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021602665

The teabaggers control 27 state legislatures with a total of 270 electoral votes.

The seem to be stealing votes in Texas of all places, so something along these lines does seem more than likely.

SCOTUS can't give the win if you don't win the electorate.

...and get some electors to switch, or something, but it didn't involve SCOTUS.

That came later.

Bush's plan in 2000 was to try to get electors to change their votes. That would have passed the Supreme Court.


http://articles.nydailynews.com/2000-11-01/news/18145743_1_electoral-votes-popular-vote-bush-aide

I think Romney would try to do it a different way:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021602665

He still owns a stake in Bain

when I saw the title of your post.

I think I called it in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1638138

I just thought he would spread more of it around, i.e., to his canpaign staff, rather than position the donations to go directly into his pocket. But then again ... we ARE talking about romney; so ...

I would bet the Minnesota adds filter into WI.

Obama is closing in on 300 electoral votes. I remember 2008 when John McCain was reduced to fighting for states like Georgia, Montana and Kentucky to keep them red. South Dakota has shown signs that it is willing to dance with Obama, if Romney lose a state like South Dakota, imagine the future humiliation for republicans, the entire midwest and upper west could one day be barren land for the republican party.

Here in PA I hear NO Romney ads (a blessing indeed) but lots for Smith (R) for Senate. Waste of $ IMO, Casey is very popular here.

It's what he learned at Bain.

Willard's fake momentum and Roves attempt to steel this election in Ohio.

Here we go again!!!!

so he can recoup some of his losses. I like it (the theory, not the practice).

Ryan too as been in all the big red states flapping ... Is this connected????

The article only mentions Minnesota, maybe there are western Wisconsin viewers that watch the St Paul tv stations

how very like Romney to find a way to take advantage of the situation

It's just so...Romney.

Maybe they're don't realize they squandering their advertising.

with green. None of this should be a surprise.

His company benefited from the Utah Olympics (Sealy mattresses!) probably many more (perhaps Domino's, Marriott, etc.)

He's a snake.

Look at the Meatloaf debacle

and that photoshopped crowd


Lots of money doesn't not guarantee competence, often it does the opposite.

but he has been a very successful Vulture capitalist, make no mistake. and a ruthless one at that. We only know the tip of the iceberg regarding his portfolio and his offshore tax havens.
And he has Five direct spawn to carry on with his mission.. Sort of like all the little Bush shrubs, they can multiply forever. .

using the spotlight to enrich themselves, sell more books, raise speaking fees, etc.

Thanks so much for pointing this out. In fact, thanks for your analysis too.

and Romney is welcome to spend his money here if he wants, but I don't think it will change anything. Our 10 electoral votes could be important, though. Not that we're a presidentially purple state, mind you.

but the States where Romney is suddenly pouring donor money are in places he has no chance of winning. He is spending the money in a way that is raising eyebrows...

at profiting from campaigns..


Sarah Palin is making mint.


Nothing new here.

He is apparently buying time on Clear Channel stations, which he is part owner of...meaning he receives some of this revenue.

They are probably looking at the next set of states on the hierarchy - those that are over 5+ on Obama's favor now. The strategy could make sense for a few reasons:

1) A week and a half out, you might move some numbers. The strategy is probably to force O/B to spend money in those states as well, taking it from the battlegrounds.

2) They may be looking to fire up their base to show up and vote in downline elections. A lot of Senate & House seats are razor thin. Take Minnesota, as an example. Even if you believe it's solid Obama (and I never take anything for granted), you have reps like Bachmann who are in very tight races.

3) It is, in part, to project confidence. If you have the cash, you don't want to creat the impression you've given up.

Why wouldn't he just take all of that money and add it to the money going to Clear Channel in swing states that actually matter? The money would still go to Bain and he'd be helping his chances.

It seems like there must be some other reason for these buys.

Between the fact most of the swing state polls have either stayed unchanged or lean towards Obama and Obama has every big state in the bag except Texas and Florida, Mitt pretty much knows he's more than likely not going to be the 45th President. So, like a shrewd businessman, he's hedging his bets and making sure he has a nice stock portfolio at least.

When you realize that you can prop up OTHER markets outside the swing states, and infuse cash into less performing stations in States that don't matter to Mitt's efforts, it becomes more plausible. Could be more of a case of propping up individual markets, rather than a direct cash infusion from donor pocket to Bain. I know people who work for Clear Channel and they're struggling for money in a lot of markets.

destroying people and their living

I wouldn't be surprised if afterwards we find out he was embezzling campaign funds all along.

If Romney can boost his total national vote and get several points ahead, it will be less obvious that the swing states are stolen by vote machine vote swapping. Suppose he gets 2 points above Obama, but after vote machine adjustments he gets 6 points ahead - suppose Gallup and Rasmussen is paid to deliver, everyone will be saying the other pollsters got it wrong and it won't look that strange if he makes a sweep of all the swing states he needs.

on advertising in those states and divert some of the campaign media budget from swing states by doing this.

...no doubt they're also making sure their buddies are richly rewarded for their efforts, too.

We're all being played, and the vast majority of us love it.

This is just a milder version of the matrix.

DU is the blue pill.

one billion dollars of campaign money.... so much of it going to bain and through them to romney.

ugh.... he is distracting them with shiny objects and stealing out of their pocket as he does it.

he feeds on them - wonder where & when the implosion will be?

If he gets in - watching for it will be sport.

Hope someone is doing the statistics on how much is being spent in Clear Channel markets vs other non-Bain owned media.

Every dirty trick in the book is being played!!