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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Romney's quitting?

Romney's not outright leaving the race, but the fact that he's not buying any advertising in the Feb 5 states seems to indicate he's all but given up.
Several officials said that on the heels of a defeat in Tuesday's Florida primary, Romney's campaign was not attempting to purchase television advertising time in any of the 21 states on the calendar for Feb. 5.

Instead, the former Massachusetts governor's current plans call for campaigning in California and other primary states, said the officials, who had knowledge of the internal discussions. There would be organizational efforts primarily for caucus states.


Sitting on the polls where they are and letting McCain take whacks at him is not a winning strategy. He's down to hoping.

A little later: Romney's spokesman contacted TPM to tell them they would be buying some unspecified ad time. (Sounds more like an effort to put off this interpretation than a real effort.)

Later Still: Romney's campaign is pushing the word "significant" related to the ad buy. (And it's coming out of his pocket.)

5 Comments:

  • If Romney doesn't have the stomach to stand up to McCain, how will he stand up to _________!?"

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:15 AM  

  • I don't blame him. At this point he's got to be thinking about ending this with dignity.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:27 AM  

  • I think he gave up on dignity when he took a hard turn to the right over a year ago.

    And my original not was just a snark...

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:56 AM  

  • I knew you were snarking.

    I think Romney's downfall came because Giuliani never appeared.

    Romney's right turn was intended to position himself as the conservative candidate of the party against Giuliani.

    Of course, he didn't pull off that right turn convincingly enough.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:10 AM  

  • He didn't pull off warm-blooded human convincingly enough... lol

    By Blogger -epm, at 11:17 AM  

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