In the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia the Preisdnet has unleashed, over the past three weeks, a barage of negative ads that appear to be working.
I am not suprised by this, what I am suprised is that Romney has not responded with anything, not even posative ads.
This is either a tactical decision with the intent being to hit the ground running after the olympics into the convention... or it is simply incompentance in the campaign. If it was a tacticaly decision, its a BIG gamble, because Romney needs to define himself before anyone else does, he is very much unknown. I know the thought is that the campaign will not be about Romney but about the president, and that is somewhat true... However In my opinion, the first choice undecidededs will have to make is if they like the President or not. If they decide they dont like the President next they will have to decide if Romney is better or worse. Failure to define yourself might very likely hurt Romney in this area.