Romney Plays It Cool, Says He'll Win Pennsylvania
9/28/2012
Stockbyte/Thinkstock/Geoff Burke/Getty Images(WAYNE, Penn.) -- Despite polls that show Mitt Romney trailing President Obama in Pennsylvania by more than ten points, and the fact that the Romney campaign has spent virtually no money in the state, the Republican candidate remains convinced he can still win the state in November.
“I’ve got a little secret here and that is the Obama campaign thinks that Pennsylvania is in their pocket, they don’t need to worry about it,” Romney said during a rally at the Valley Forge Military Academy this afternoon.
As the crowd erupted in “boos” and “no ways!” Romney responded, “And you’re right, and they’re wrong.”
“We’re going to win Pennsylvania and we’re going to take back the White House!” he said.
In his speech today, Romney referred to himself as the “president future,” discussing military cuts and job losses, specifically tailoring his stump speech to Pennsylvania residents.
“Let me note, not coincidentally, that someone has calculated how many jobs will be lost in Pennsylvania if those trillion dollars in cuts go through, it’s 39,000 jobs,” said Romney, in talking about proposed defense cuts. “We can’t afford that. So we recognize the consequence of what the president is doing is severe for the people in Pennsylvania it’s severe for the entire nation and in fact, because of the world’s demand for American leadership, it’s severe for the entire world.”
The Obama campaign said in response to Romney’s remarks that several of his comments were “false” and that “in next week’s debate, facts will matter – and Mitt Romney simply failed to meet the bar of honesty today.”
Today was Romney’s first visit to the state since July 17.
Earlier this week, a Quinnipiac/CBS News/New York Times poll had Obama leading Romney 54-42. The Romney campaign currently has no ads on the air in the state.
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