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Romney campaign makes pitch for ad barrage

Mitt Romney and the Republican Party have begun a late push to raise tens of millions of dollars in the closing weeks of the election, cash that will finance a last-minute barrage of advertising that Romney’s aides believe is critical to beating President Barack Obama.

In an email to top donors and fundraisers on Monday afternoon, Romney’s campaign said that it had raised $170 million in September, almost as much as the near-record $181 million raised by Obama, but the campaign added that it needed to bring in even more money in October to capitalize on Romney’s surge in polls in swing states like Florida and Ohio.

The announcement opened a three-day retreat for donors at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where the campaign is seeking to tap into a burst of enthusiasm among formerly jittery donors — who were energized by Romney’s strong first debate performance — to recruit new donors and persuade old ones to give the maximum allowed by law. Big donors will also spend part of the retreat working the phones in a miniature call-athon intended to wring out as many last-minute dollars as possible.

Romney had considered making a quick appearance at the retreat, but ultimately decided to stay in Boston to prepare for Tuesday night’s debate on Long Island. Quietly, his donors had been sending the message to his finance team: They would love to see Romney, but three weeks from Election Day, they felt his time was probably better spent practicing for his face-off with Obama or hitting the campaign trail.

The Romney campaign’s broad effort will be an experiment in last-minute high-dollar fundraising by a presidential campaign, one made necessary by Romney’s decision to forgo public financing and the threat posed by the millions of small donors supporting Obama, who similarly opted out of public financing.

Those small donors have flooded Obama’s campaign with a steady stream of money with little investment of the president’s time and energy, allowing him to focus more heavily on retail campaigning in recent weeks. While Romney’s fundraising has kept roughly on pace with Obama’s since the beginning of the summer, his dollar totals lean more heavily on large checks to the Republican National Committee, which must pay higher rates for political advertising and is allowed to spend only a limited amount on ads coordinated with Romney’s campaign.



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wavettore about 12 years ago

Once again, the next US presidential election will be fixed. Mitt Romney will be elected even though Barack Obama would have received more votes in the 2012 election. The political assassination will be perpetrated by Bush hiding behind Crossroads GPS, the most influential group of Neocons.

The Neocons will have Mitt Romney elected to first use him and then let him fall easy prey. All blames and responsibilities will fall on the new Mormon president for the events already planned.

The new World War of Religion is already a done deal behind the backs of all people which will be forced to fight for their own Countries in their obligation as citizens

Since 9/11 it's the War on Terror

One "false flag" attack so called by error

Blair, Bush, and Israel had a Pact in store

Their next surprise is knocking at your door

A hidden vile Idea from those who want "more"

will use you and your Belief for the next World War

As "chosen people" gain while Humankind loses

Greed wins not by the swords but by the words of Moses

Daring is to tell you when, better then to tell you rhymes

could not side with either one to get ready for our times

to look beyond and past today to seek for a solution

one only hope is there for you and spells Wavevolution

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A new type of Revolution wins with the ultimate weapon:

Your Mind

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