Political Ad Fatigue Could Mute Republican Financial Advantage

RealClearPolitics:

Republicans' expected financial advantage in the presidential campaign's final weeks may not pay the dividends they had once hoped for.

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Comments

[l78lancer]

06:37 PM on 09/18/2012

Even if Romney has unlimited money to spend on TV, it is completely irrelevent if he has no message.

And he doesn't have one.

[l78lancer]

06:33 PM on 09/18/2012

"“We’re sort of in uncharted territory here,” a senior Romney adviser said. “Regardless of a point of diminishing returns, we’re not going to be outspent by an incumbent president, and I think that’s important. At what point it becomes a tipping point, I don’t know, but we’re not going to be outspent like John McCain was, three to one, in 2008.”"
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Romney's campaign believes the best strategy is "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Regardless of the danger of exceeding the public's marginal propensity to consume, they stubbornly plan to saturate the market because they can. So it doesn't matter to them that they may actually turn voters against them simply because they have more money to spend.

This mind set seems to redefine the foolishness of "excesses of the rich."

[BlueKoi]

12:37 AM on 09/18/2012

Tell the truth, if anything has erased the GOPs advatage it was Mitt Romney himself.

[robv89121]

10:01 PM on 09/17/2012

No matter how much money you spend...

mitt romney will still be mitt romney

and reasonable intelligent educated people will NOT

vote for someone like mitt romney

[RealistBC]

09:41 PM on 09/17/2012

IF this contention were true (it's not, or FOX would have collapsed into bankruptcy years ago), this isn't the time to gloat about it. Take a lesson from the GOP, who never passed up an opportunity to kick a rival while he's down to ensure he never gets up.

[flaconoire]

09:30 PM on 09/17/2012

Not having TV, I am glad I have not seen one ad yet. From anyone. And yet I am very fatigued of all the electoral BS. Can I vote now? There is more to life than this so called democracy. Its a circus, and the clowns are the main attraction.

[mvres]

03:26 PM on 09/17/2012

Voter fatigue -- I hope that means people who are tired of voting for the GOP and getting nothing out of it.

[OHteach]

05:31 PM on 09/17/2012

Great comment.

[airforcevet43]

03:26 PM on 09/17/2012

Is it just me??? or has anyone else noticed the IRONY in this campaign???

MittWitt and the Re.th.ugs have spent countless time and money to try and say that the POTUS is not LIKE US,

Well,

The more time and money that passes the more I realize that the POTUS is every bit LIKE US and the re.th.ugs have nominated someone who couldn't even fathom being LIKE US!!!!!

[cobra7]

03:05 PM on 09/17/2012

What edge?...are you kidding me?....As an Independent, I have already made up my mind and in good conscience cannot vote for somebody who seems like he is lost like a ship without a rudder. I found it fascinating that the GOP thought that all he had to say was " It's about the economy"..that in itself makes Romney campaign ineffective and impotent. It was bad enough for him to go around the country telling folks that this country is in decline....this country was in a crater 4 years ago compliments of 30 years of bad conservative policies. I can't for the life of me cannot understand why do conservative think their policies are what is best for this country. In Europe, conservatism has not worked and Romney wants to mimic what is going on over there. Austerity and meanness is bad messaging. The sooner we vote them out, the quicker we can get on with the people's business instead of this gridlock.They forgot that people do pay attention. The GOP's over-reach on women's issues and voter suppression became more legitimate than just the economy especially since the GOP has been AWOL to help fix their MESS..nuff said

[OHteach]

05:33 PM on 09/17/2012

Fanned and faved for your great comment.

[destock6]

02:35 AM on 09/18/2012

Can we make the Surgeon General put your comment on every ballot!?!

[cobra7]

09:00 PM on 09/18/2012

If you have any influence in that area, you have my permission....nuff said

[Taiyo]

02:57 PM on 09/17/2012

Where are all the trollies on this thread? I guess even THEY know their candidate has lost his "edge" and all their vile, right-wing rhetoric won't help him.

[dwyer222]

02:51 PM on 09/17/2012

All that top 1% disposable money wasted. Think of all the good they could have. How much could have been donated to schools, public health, libraries....

[RuthieBabe]

03:51 PM on 09/17/2012

That has been my thought, too. All those millions and billions could have bought lunches for poor children and Meals on Wheels for the elderly, job training programs, etc. Do people really watch those ads??? Do they even believe the things that are said. What a sad situation when money chases the already wealthy while many people go to be hungry at night.

[Gray Mouser]

05:06 PM on 09/17/2012

Had they been making charitable donations (similar to your suggested uses above) and made them in the name of Romney, they would have done themselves much more good and it would have helped America.

All they are doing is reflecting how selfish and out of touch they truly are. They truly believe they can buy anything they prefer to.

[OHteach]

05:39 PM on 09/17/2012

Speaks volumes about their character.

[RuthieBabe]

03:52 PM on 09/17/2012

Ooops, I meant to say "go to bed hungry at night"

[healthcarenow]

02:26 PM on 09/17/2012

what edge?????? you mean the cliff? LOL!

[DeeQuilter]

02:15 PM on 09/17/2012

I tend to agree. I live in a battleground state and have been muting or FF through ads for a week now.

[healthcarenow]

02:27 PM on 09/17/2012

tsk tsk, after all that $$$ spent

[Tar Heel Bill 92]

02:02 PM on 09/17/2012

It will be sweet justice if the severe financial advantage enjoyed by Romney and the whole GOP turns out to be wasted on President Obama's reelection, and perhaps even sweeter were the Democrats to pick up any more seats in Congress.

[healthcarenow]

02:28 PM on 09/17/2012

you betcha!

[cobra7]

03:11 PM on 09/17/2012

I am an armchair clairvoyant and when I look into my teacup, I see more seats in the Senate and a flip in the House...but I don't look forward to watching a crying emotional Boehner hand over the gavel to whomever is selected to replace him as Speaker......nuff said

[OHteach]

05:35 PM on 09/17/2012

That gigantic big stick, I mean gavel did him no good.

[widdles]

01:58 PM on 09/17/2012

Mitt had an edge? Really?

Anyone that believes that is living in an alternate universe!!