DOOLEY Observed: Obama Strategist Says Romney's Negative Attacks 'Backfiring'

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Obama Strategist Says Romney's Negative Attacks 'Backfiring'

By Devin Dwye

Mitt Romney may have regained momentum and earned an air of electability following his victory in the Florida Republican primary, but a top Obama strategist says the tactics and message Romney displayed won't fly in a national campaign.

"Team Romney wants voters and the national media to believe its victory reflects its candidate's positions," deputy Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter wrote in a memo to reporters Wednesday.
"In reality, it is a product of the fact that Romney and his SuperPAC allies carpet-bombed Gingrich by spending five times as much money on Florida's airwaves, and running more than 60 television ads for every one Gingrich and his allies aired," she said.

Romney and affiliated outside groups did spend more than $15 million on TV ads, according to Kantar Media's CMAG, which closely tracks campaign spending. Most were negative attacks against rival candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.