LMAO--Romney running ads in Minnesota

[woolldog]

Obvious attempt to sustain the BS "momentum" meme and get the press talking saying "wow! He's doing so well, he's surging so much he has a chance at Minnesota!"

It strikes me as desperate.

[aaaaaa5a]

1. He is looking for an alternative path to get to 270

because he knows he is going to lose Ohio.

[Maximumnegro]

10. yep

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. He has no chance in Minnesota. Zero.

Nada.
Bupkiss.
Zip.

Satan will be driving a Zamboni the day Mittens takes MN.

[MSMITH33156]

3. He is doing 2 things

1) Desperately projecting strength in a state he can't win (this is straight from Karl Rove, see Bush campaigning in Cali in 2000).
2) It's not a total waste because you can still hit some of Wisconsin in Minnesota TV markets.

[woolldog]

8. Two very good points

I knew about #1 and I figured that's what he's doing. But hadn't considered #2

[Kalidurga]

4. He will get all his votes from Bachmann Territory

The I dunno how many that is, but the rest of the state definitely out number the RW Loons.

[renegade000]

5. does the iowa market overlap much?

he's buying ads in boston to seap into NH with.

[geek tragedy]

6. Or Wisconsin. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. He might have bought ads in Minneapolis/St. Paul

to leach into western WI.

[Johnny Noshoes]

15. There is only one network TV station in NH.

The ABC affiliate WMUR in Manchester. All the other major network stations from Boston cover NH. There are local stations I think - don't remember. So to hit NH on network stations you have to buy time on Boston based stations.

[woolldog]

9. You all are so smart.

Good posts.

[BainsBane]

11. I haven't seen any

and I took the absence of ads to mean we were safely blue, despite some of the public polling. All I see are Bachmann/Graves ads. I'm in the Twin Cities. Could he be showing them elsewhere in the state?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I did see one the other day (Minneapolis, on Comcast)

and thought it strange at the time that he would bother to advertise here at all. I think the intended audience is probably western WI, since he has no chance in MN.

[BainsBane]

13. Come to think of it

I have seen them on MSNBC. Somehow it didn't occur to me they were placed locally. I guess I don't know how advertising really works.

[Blue Owl]

14. Hey Mitt, go jump in 10,000 lakes

n/t

[yellowcanine]

16. I am sure the target is Wisconsin and that won't work either.

He would be better off spending the money in Virginia or North Carolina. Though there is a limit to how many ads one can run before they have no effect or even a negative effect.

[Lex]

17. I'm in NC and yes I tune them out mentally

All of them. Even for the Dems. It's a ridiculous saturation. I don't even hear them anymore.

[RomneyLies]

18. Rove ran ads in CA in 2000

It's a bullshit move.

Complete desperation.

[electionwatcher]

19. No chance!

It's 30 years since a republican candidate won Minnesota! Even Reagan couldn't do it.

The only potential benefit is media spillover into other states and to try and build on the supposed momentum stance.