Obama Plans Wisconsin Advertising, Signaling the State Is Now in Play

[WI_DEM]

This was inevitable given that Paul Ryan is on the ticket:

On, Wisconsin!”

That is the title of the Badgers fight song at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as one of the official state songs. It also underscores a new dynamic in the presidential race.

President Obama’s re-election campaign on Tuesday added Wisconsin to its list of targeted states. The campaign’s first television advertisements there are set to begin on Thursday, a sign that the state is more competitive than the Obama campaign had once expected.

Mitt Romney’s campaign started its advertisements in Wisconsin earlier this week. Outside groups on both sides have also been advertising in the state.

All of those movements, aides said, led Mr. Obama to start his advertising in a state he won by 14 percentage points four years ago. Democratic presidential candidates have carried the state since 1988, but it was among the most fiercely competitive battlegrounds in 2000 and 2004.

“With Romney up on the air now in addition to his Republican allies, we’re not taking anything for granted,” said Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/obama-plans-wisconsin-advertising-signaling-the-state-is-now-in-play/?ref=politics

[Scuba]

1. We need to win Wisconsin big, pulling some down-ticket candidates along with the Prez....

Tammy Baldwin for Herb Kohl's Senate seat is a BFD, as is control of the State Senate and Assembly.

Knocking Paul Ryan out of the House would be a nice touch too.

The R's have their cheating strategies in high gear - voter suppression, Kathy Nickolas, etc.

We need to win Wisconsin big and make sure we overcome their criminal acts.

[WI_DEM]

2. In some ways having WI contested in this way may help generate turn out on the

Democratic side and answer GOP ads which I think will help Baldwin in the long run, too.

[Scuba]

3. Yep, I see Wisconsin being a "contested State" as a good thing.

Assuming we're blue is dangerous, as was proven in June.

[a kennedy]

4. Still not over that recall election.....

but am doing what I can to help my birth State put the POTUS back in the White House, along with Tammy in the Senate. D*mn right ON WISCONSIN!!! edit (couldn't get my pissed off badger to show up)