Romney NOT moving staff out of North Carolina.
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is not pulling out of North Carolina, despite reports suggesting otherwise. In fact, he appears to be transferring just one press officer to Ohio, while keeping all other staffers in the state and all statewide offices open until Election Day.
Last week, it was reported that the Romney campaign leaked that it was winding down operations in North Carolina, confident that the state was firmly in the back pocket of the Republican presidential nominee. News outlets reported it as a "clear sign the campaign is confident" about winning North Carolina.
“With the increasingly widening polls in North Carolina, we will continue to allocate resources, including key senior staff, to other states,” Michael Levoff, a Romney campaign spokesman, told the Raleigh News & Observer.
It appears to have been -- as Democrats claimed at the time -- a head-fake. The Huffington Post placed calls to all 22 Romney Victory offices in the state of North Carolina on Saturday. Each one was still open, with plans to remain that way until Election Day. Asked about reports that Romney was moving resources out of the state, several campaign staffers (not knowing that they were talking to a member of the press) said that those reports were overstated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/20/romney-north-carolina-campaign-victory-offices_n_1993263.html
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