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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney campaigns in Pennsylvania today for first time since June
PHILADELPHIA - His path to victory narrowing, Mitt Romney is looking to Pennsylvania to help slow President Barack Obama's momentum ahead of a high-stakes meeting on the debate stage next week.
The Republican presidential nominee was to campaign Friday in the Philadelphia area, first courting donors at a high-dollar fundraiser and then meeting voters at a midday rally.
Fresh off a promise to spend more time in the swing states that matter most, Romney will pass much of the day in a state that has not supported a Republican presidential candidate in nearly a quarter-century. His campaign is not running any television ads in Pennsylvania, and aides privately concede that Obama has a significant advantage just 40 days before Election Day.
They suggest that Romney's visit - his first to the state in more than two months - is largely designed to raise the money needed to narrow Obama's edge in more competitive states. After raising $5 million at a Washington event Thursday, Romney is expected to generate more than $1 million in Philadelphia and an additional $7 million at a Boston fundraiser later Friday.
http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_21652476/romney-looks-pennsylvania-debate-looms
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)they even block off the streets.
BumRushDaShow
(129,084 posts)since he certainly ain't getting no votes!
Edit to add that protestors have been out there since 8 am!
http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2012/09/28/protests-going-on-around-romney-visit-to-union-league%E2%80%94right-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protests-going-on-around-romney-visit-to-union-league%25e2%2580%2594right-now
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)I'm visiting my parents here this weekend. My fox news watching patents. My dad has a ticket to the rally but isn't going. I think it's starting now
SDjack
(1,448 posts)spend his new bucket of cash defending AZ.