On Wisconsin: Romney Moves To Put State In Play

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On Wisconsin: Romney Moves To Put State In Play

Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2012 --- 2:45 p.m.

NORTH HUDSON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican challenger Mitt Romney has drawn President Barack Obama into a fight in Wisconsin, a state the incumbent Democrat won handily four years ago and his party hasn't lost since 1984.

It's somewhat out of necessity for Romney and somewhat a bid to tap into recent GOP strides in a place that once seemed out of reach.

Wisconsin has emerged as the latest presidential battleground. Television advertising is rushing in. And both campaigns are jockeying for its 10 electoral votes as each looks to rack up wins in enough states to accumulate the 270 votes needed for victory.

Republicans and Democrats say internal polling shows Obama ahead, though public surveys show a closer race.

Obama won Wisconsin by double digits in 2008.

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by Church State Location: USA on Sep 15, 2012 at 01:34 PM

What I find most interesting about the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign is he was losing most of the GOP Primaries until the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) - The Mormons, church leaders instructed their millions of church members to begin attending all local political meeting. Perhaps this was so the LDS faithful could elect each other as their states official Delegates (Republican, Democrat, and others). Romney than began sweeping the GOP elections across the country. Repercussions of this request of the Mormon faithful by the LDS church leaders will be experienced throughout the political system of the United States of America for years, if not decades to come. If the LDS church and its members do not succeed in putting a Mormon President in the White House in 2012, you can trust the LDS church and its members will persist and will probably persist at all costs.

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