Romney to spend less time on the campaign trail and more time courting his base.

[ProSense]

Romney Camp Talks of Dialing Down Fund-Raising

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and ASHLEY PARKER

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Logistically, online fund-raising requires minimal time and effort from the candidate: no schmoozing with big donors at hourlong dinners, no plane detours to Los Angeles and New York. But Mr. Romney’s grass-roots fund-raising is not nearly so robust as Mr. Obama’s. In order to match Mr. Obama dollar for dollar, as he intends to, Mr. Romney must therefore spend more time than the president at big donor events, at a time when challengers might traditionally spend more time on the road campaigning.

“I’d far rather be spending my time out in the key swing states campaigning, door to door if necessary, in rallies and various meetings,” Mr. Romney said on Sunday night, during a gaggle with reporters. “But fund-raising is a part of politics when your opponent decides not to live by the federal spending limits.”

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In a conversation with reporters on Monday, one of Mr. Romney’s chief advisers, Ed Gillespie, hinted that the campaign was hoping to bank enough money in the coming days so that Mr. Romney would no longer need to spend as much time courting donors.

“We’re going to reach a point here, hopefully soon, where we’ll have the resources we need to carry us through Nov. 6 and we won’t need to be doing those finance events,” Mr. Gillespie said. “We’ll be able to concentrate on being in target states for longer stretches of time, and we’ll be able to focus on doing more political events than finance events, and we’re all looking forward to that period of time.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/romney-camp-talks-of-dialing-down-fund-raising/

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[JaneyVee]

1. Doesn't he realize the more he talks the less people like him?

[arcane1]

4. I think that's his plan:spend the next month kissing rich ass and buying ad time

No need to get out there, just make a bunch of anti-Obama ads, and zero pro-Romney ads

[robinlynne]

2. door to door. sure. as if he actually walks.......

[DCBob]

3. because its too hard.

Ann must have given the order to reel it in.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Didn't they just tell us he was going to spend more time on the campaign trail?

I think this is a concession. I think they realize they're done and they just want to shore up the base so that they're not embarrassed in November.

[snooper2]

6. Don't you have to spend time on the campaign trail to court your base?

These may be the most ignorant politicians since,,at least fifty years...

Jesus U. Christ on a rumble seat he must have been a really shitty CEO behind it all-

[ProSense]

7. Evidently, winning over voters is not as important as fundraising

Mitt has salaries and bonuses to pay.

[arcane1]

8. He's going to fundraisers because THEY are his base!