Obama’s Disaster in North Carolina
POLITICAL MEMO
FROM: RNC Political Director Rick Wiley
TO: Interested Parties
RE: Obama's Disaster in North Carolina
As part of our ongoing effort to keep you informed of our path to victory, I wanted to share exciting news concerning North Carolina -- a vital swing state and home to the Democratic National Convention.
On the heels of primary voting in the state Tuesday, I'm happy to report we're looking even stronger than before and poised for victory in November.
To be straightforward, Tuesday's primary was a huge embarrassment for President Obama and a victory for Republicans.
On Tuesday, 21 percent (or 199,426 voters) of those who voted in the Democrat primary chose "no preference" rather than voting for President Obama. This means more than one-fifth of the president's fellow Democrats chose Anyone-But-Obama on their ballots. The president's unlucky number must be 14, since these nearly 200,000 voters are fourteen times g |
Battleground States on Super Tuesday
Memorandum
To: Interested Parties
From: Rick Wiley
RE: Battleground States on Super Tuesday
Date: March 6, 2012
Ten states have presidential nominating contests today, with over 400 delegates up for grabs. Two key battlegrounds, Ohio and Virginia, are among those states. Ohio is the classic bellwether, having voted with the winner of every presidential election since 1964. Virginia is the more traditional GOP stalwart, having reliably supported Republicans for president for 40 years prior to 2008. With the possible exception of Florida, no two states were more important to Obama’s 2008 coalition, and no two states will receive more TV commercials, direct mail, and door knocking this fall.
With victory margins of 4.5% and 6.3% in Ohio and Virginia, Obama has very little wiggle room. Even if Democrat turnout in 2012 were a repeat of 2008’s historic levels (I’m betting |
What We’re Watching…RNC On Deck May 15, 2012
The RNC and Romney campaign are continuing to hammer away at the president’s failure on the debt and telling Americans what it means for future generations. Governor Romney will be in Iowa today and the RNC Chairman has an op-ed in the Union Leader, we’ll be doing conference calls in key battleground states and RNC Research has a piece. Last night the CBS/New York Times poll came out showing Romney over Obama, Romney over Obama with women, and Americans recognizing the president’s gay marriage decision was all politics. Obama press secretary Ben Labolt took to the Twitters attacking the poll and they are still at it today…thinking Chicago is a little defensive.
Team Obama’s Bain attack attempt seems to have the chattering class questioning their campaign tactics as the president raises money from private equity donors on the very same day. Politico also notes they are spending $71,000 on what can now be called an earned media blitz. Lastly, more trou |
What We’re Watching…RNC On Deck May 16, 2012
The president is pushing his to-do list on Congress today even though he hasn’t received a single vote for his budget in 2 years and he has plenty of other things on his to-do list he should probably focus on. See our infographic highlighting Obama’s “not done list.” The big question is will the Democrats finally produce a budget today? VP Biden is in Ohio today where he’ll try the campaign’s awkward Bain attack again. Maybe he’ll go and fundraise with a private equity donor after he’s done… something that’s put everyone from Carney to Cutter and LaBolt on defense, watch here.
The GOP will continue talking about an important issue for Americans – the deficit and debt and Obama’s inability to cut either as promised. RNC Research is out with a new piece and former NH Senator Sununu is doing a press call at 10:30 a.m. after a round of battleground state events on debt yesterday. Obama’s fundraising numb |
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