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Maximumnegro

(1,134 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:16 PM Oct 2012

Plouffe: Obama campaign circling wagons/NOT TRUE

There is a thread linking to an article intimating the Obama campaign is bailing on FL/NC/VA

WRONG

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/262663-obama-spokeswoman-campaign-absolutely-not-giving-up-on-fla-nc-va

Obama traveling press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the campaign was "absolutely not" giving up efforts in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, three battleground states where the president has slipped behind Mitt Romney.

The Obama campaign spokeswoman said the president's ground game in North Carolina was among its best nationwide, and that the campaign expected supporters in crucial swing states to be energized by Obama's performance in Tuesday night's debate.

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Plouffe: Obama campaign circling wagons/NOT TRUE (Original Post) Maximumnegro Oct 2012 OP

Florida and Virginia are both tossup states in most polls. Why would Obama give up on them? yellowcanine Oct 2012 #1

Florida is getting stronger for Obama. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #2

I don't recall any campaign appearances by either Obama or Biden in FL or NC in the past 10 days BlueStreak Oct 2012 #5

Michelle was in oswaldactedalone Oct 2012 #13

I thought Obama was in FL a week ago TroyD Oct 2012 #14

BlueStreak, Pres Obama was in Miami on Oct 11.. Cha Oct 2012 #15

BTW, did it say who started these ugly rumors that he was pulling out of these states? Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #3

No, but this is what someone mentioned at Dkos Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #7

I think they've been trying to get Obama's people to leave based on bogus polls. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #9

Consider the source Generic Brad Oct 2012 #11

That would make no sense Doctor Jack Oct 2012 #4

Obama is campaigning in Fairfax, VA on Friday! I'm thinking of going. forestpath Oct 2012 #6

Being down 2 in a state (NC) is hardly grounds for throwing up the white flag bluestateguy Oct 2012 #8

If you didn't read the original article MSMITH33156 Oct 2012 #10

At This Point november3rd Oct 2012 #12

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

1. Florida and Virginia are both tossup states in most polls. Why would Obama give up on them?

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:22 PM

Oct 2012

At most he is 1-2 points down to Romney.

Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts)

2. Florida is getting stronger for Obama.

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:25 PM

Oct 2012

He has another debate like the last one and he has this state sealed, in my opinion.

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

5. I don't recall any campaign appearances by either Obama or Biden in FL or NC in the past 10 days

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:32 PM

Oct 2012

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)

13. Michelle was in

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:03 PM

Oct 2012

Chapel Hill yesterday.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

14. I thought Obama was in FL a week ago

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:21 AM

Oct 2012

He spoke at a university.

Cha

(297,258 posts)

15. BlueStreak, Pres Obama was in Miami on Oct 11..

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:35 AM

Oct 2012

Miami, October 11 (Scout Tufankjian)

2:45: Michelle Obama speaks to grassroots supporters in Chapel Hill, N.C.

http://theobamadiary.com/

Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts)

3. BTW, did it say who started these ugly rumors that he was pulling out of these states?

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:27 PM

Oct 2012

Maximumnegro

(1,134 posts)

7. No, but this is what someone mentioned at Dkos

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:33 PM

Oct 2012

There's a rumor going around the internets peed out by Fox News Corp alum Major Garrett in National Journal...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/17/1146185/-Breaking-Obama-campaign-NOT-pulling-out-of-VA-NC-FL-CO

Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts)

9. I think they've been trying to get Obama's people to leave based on bogus polls.

Reply to Maximumnegro (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:38 PM

Oct 2012

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)

11. Consider the source

Reply to Maximumnegro (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:39 PM

Oct 2012

Fox News? Really?

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)

4. That would make no sense

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:31 PM

Oct 2012

North Carolina is probably a long shot this year but Florida is probably a tie and Obama may have a very slight advantage in Virgina. He definitely has the money to compete anywhere he wants, so clearly this is all bullshit.

forestpath

(3,102 posts)

6. Obama is campaigning in Fairfax, VA on Friday! I'm thinking of going.

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:33 PM

Oct 2012

I saw him in Woodbridge, VA last month.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)

8. Being down 2 in a state (NC) is hardly grounds for throwing up the white flag

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:35 PM

Oct 2012

So I am pleased to see this.

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)

10. If you didn't read the original article

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:38 PM

Oct 2012

let me summarize for you what Plouffe said and the conclusion drawn:

Plouffe said Obama is significantly ahead in OH, NH, IA, NV.
Plouffe said Obama will win PA, MI and WI.
Plouffe did NOT say Obama is significantly ahead in FL, CO, NC, and VA.

Conclusion: Obama circling the wagons in OH, NH, IA and NV, and has given up on other states.

Pure nonsensical conclusion based on what Plouffe said. It was fabricated out of thin air. Here is the original article:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/what-s-next-in-the-obama-romney-duel-20121017

What also became clear after the dust began to settle from the rumble on Long Island was the electoral map has narrowed and Obama's team, while conceding nothing publicly, is circling the wagons around Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Plouffe said that Obama remains strong in all four states, but he would not discuss the specifics of internal polling or voter-contact analytics, saying only that Obama has "significant leads" in all four places.

It is uncharacteristic of Team Obama to concede any terrain, but Plouffe offered no such assurances about Obama's position in North Carolina, Virginia, or Florida. Romney advisers have seen big gains in all three states and now consider wins likely, although not guaranteed, in all three. They are similarly upbeat about prospects in Colorado but not confident enough to predict victory. That Plouffe left Colorado off his list of states where Obama's leading and can withstand a Romney surge might be telling.

november3rd

(1,113 posts)

12. At This Point

Reply to Maximumnegro (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:40 PM

Oct 2012

All these battleground states are within the margin of error; there's a limit to polls' accuracy. And besides, the only poll that matters is. on Election Day.

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