Rick Wilson, Florida politico, on Romney's attacks

[MikeWaters]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...ed-levels.html

“The Romney camp made a very clear decision that this was going to be somebody's Waterloo,” says Rick Wilson, a legendary Republican operative and CEO of Florida-based Intrepid Media. “In the past, a 60–40 positive to negative ratio in ads used to be considered a heavy load. But that world is just gone.”

“The scope and effectiveness of their negative campaigning have been breathtaking—and it’s all paid off,” says Wilson. “They figured out on the fly that Romney showing fight and backbone—not being a squishy-soft, mealy-mouthed, half-assed campaigner—could bear dividends with conservatives. Because everything comes down to 'will we have a candidate who takes it hard to Obama?'… And he's narrowed the gap. Tea Party conservatives are split between Romney and Gingrich—which would have been unimaginable in South Carolina.”

“This is all because they shaped the battlefield a month in advance, starting by going off on Gingrich's baggage—Freddie and Fannie, his electability, sitting on the couch with Nancy Pelosi—and they never backed off, which is a common mistake,” concludes Wilson. “They realized that Gingrich is like a zombie—if you don't shoot him in the head he'll just go and go and go.”

But with the blood lust of battle coursing through veins on Election Day, questions about the long-term costs of this will be put aside in the pursuit of the next big win. With the polls showing that Romney’s money has succeeded in stopping Newt’s momentum, this unprecedented negative-ad buy will enter the political pantheon as a positive object lesson. “You can't launch a giant, massive, negative, evil campaign like this without having all the other operational apparatus in place. It takes money and organization,” Wilson sums up. “There is no substitute for nuking the ever-loving shit out of the other guy.”

[Archaea]

Gotta love the imagery. Even Gingrich, when he sits home loathing Romney has to love the tenacity of Romney's attack.

To paraphrase a famous line, "Don't ever let up, don't ever let up don't ever, ever, ever let up."

Nuke Newt til he's less than burnt ashes on the ground.

[ute4ever]

99% of Romney's Florida ads were negative.

Of the 1,012 spots Newt Gingrich's campaign ran, 95% were negative. Mitt Romney's campaign ran 3,276 ads and 99% were negative.

The two super PACs supporting the top candidates were more divergent in their ad strategies. Restore our Future, supporting Romney, ran 4,969 spots, all of which were negative. The Gingrich-backing Winning our Future ran 1,893 spots, and only 53% were negative.

For his part, Gingrich bemoaned the negative attacks from Romney Monday, saying they were "pathetic."

"What a pathetic situation to be running for the President of the United States with nothing positive to say for yourself," Gingrich said. "And nothing available, a big idea, big vision, a big future, and all you got to do is try to tear your opponent down to where they get smaller than you are. That's the Romney model. Now that's not my model. My model is to talk about big solutions."

Yes that's our Elder Romney, taking the gospel to the White House.

[MikeWaters]

Gingrich is a pathetic hypocrite. He indulged in a holocaust robocall attack.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

99% of Romney's Florida ads were negative.





Yes that's our Elder Romney, taking the gospel to the White House.

Like Trillion Dollar Moonbases.