Mitt Romney is set to make a last-minute campaign stop on Sunday in Pennsylvania, The Daily has learned.
Details are still being determined, but two top Pennsylvania Republican officials and a Romney adviser said a large rally in the vote-rich Philadelphia suburbs is in the works for Sunday. Romney aides confirmed the coming visit after initial publication of this article.
“It’s going to be a huge rally and it’s going to be very successful,” one senior level Republican official said.
“They said all along, ‘if you get within a certain margin we’ll consider it,’” another top Republican said. “They said they’d come the final week, and we got there.”
PA hasn’t gone Republican for president since 1988, but Tom Smith’s Senate candidacy plus Romney’s emphasis on Obama’s “war on coal” have combined with the unpopularity of ObamaCare to put the state in play. Twenty electoral votes — two more than Ohio — are up for grabs. Polls show Romney within about four points and closing.
He should have been working it the whole time. Same with MI. In warfare, you get into the enemy’s rear for success.
Romney has only a finite amount of money to spend. Despite California having 55 electoral votes, Romney would be crazy to allocate resources on California because the state is insanely liberal. Romney has wisely focused his resources on the states where campaigning can actually influence the outcome. This represents a significant flaw in the electoral college system. I’m a Californian and will vote for Romney. However I know that my vote will not count in this presidential election because Obama is sure to win in California.
For what it’s worth, I wish the Electoral College system could be changed into a form the Founding Fathers intended, i.e. the Electoral College members were legally free to vote for whoever they wished and not bound to vote for a specific candidate. Perhaps the Constitution should be amended with the requirement that anyone wishing to serve as an Elector must swear an oath that he/she has no prior commitment to any specific Presidential candidate. The Electors would then be elected based upon their ability to select a competent President. The Founding Fathers intended the Electoral College to provide the nation with immunity against demagogues. The election of Obama in 2008 clearly demonstrated that the current system lacks this immunity.
Good thinking Mitt.
McCain did the same thing and lost Pennsylvania by 11 points!
I think the best thing to do is return your contributors money and prepare your consolation speech. This thing is over and there is no reason to throw good money after bad.
@jharp
I think the best thing you can do is lock up any firearms you may own (doubtful that you have any, but – )and give the key to a VERY trustworthy Republican acquaintance. I’d hate for you to do away with yourself after the Landslide.
Think good thoughts, we may just be able to save this thing, IN SPITE OF people like you.
Eggplant I know how you feel. I live in California and know there is no chance of of a republican victory here. Perhaps we should allocate our electoral votes based on the popular vote percentage. If you win the vote with 58% of the vote you get 32 electoral votes. I think there are several states that do this. Perhaps you give 20-25 electoral votes to the winner automatically and then use the voting percentage to distribute the rest.