From WaPo …
Now that Mitt Romney has amassed a couple hundred million dollars, it’s largely up to an eclectic crew of self-described “Mad Men” to make good use of it.
A colorful team of advertising gurus — including a one-time “Wheel of Fortune” contestant, a guy nicknamed for a “Super Mario” character and a burly Texan who came up with the “Beef, it’s what’s for dinner” slogan — have converged on the campaign’s drab headquarters here to dream up the ads they hope will propel Romney to the White House.
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From WaPo …
Now that Mitt Romney has amassed a couple hundred million dollars, it’s largely up to an eclectic crew of self-described “Mad Men” to make good use of it.
A colorful team of advertising gurus — including a one-time “Wheel of Fortune” contestant, a guy nicknamed for a “Super Mario” character and a burly Texan who came up with the “Beef, it’s what’s for dinner” slogan — have converged on the campaign’s drab headquarters here to dream up the ads they hope will propel Romney to the White House.
Read the rest.
There seems to be a clear tightening of the presidential race. Whether it will reverse itself or not in a week — as it has numerous times — we don’t know. But I wonder if those phony welfare ads Romney is running in the swing states might not be having a bigger effect than we realize. Read More
The presidential race trendline from new year’s day until this afternoon. After the jump … Read More
Mitt Romney’s campaign acknowledged that it deviated from standard operating procedure in declaring abortion and Todd Akin off-limits in a recent interview.
“This is not how we operate,” a campaign official told TPM. “The matter is being addressed.”
Denver TV reporter Shaun Boyd talks about Romney camp’s interview condition: no questions about Akin or abortion.
Mike Huckabee has moved into full-out support for Todd Akin, lashes out at GOP for trying to throw him under the bus.
McCaskill: Don’t believe that poll that shows me kicking Akin’s butt!
Todd Akin making things miserable for the RNC’s pre-convention platform writing process, too.