Politics: A Ray of Hope

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Politics A Ray of Hope Why today was a good day for Mitt Romney. By Mark Joseph Stern Posted Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012, at 06:59 PM ET Every day until the election, Slate will offer up one reason to be optimistic for your candidate. 20 days to go: As Slate noted Tuesday, Mitt Romney's fundraising haul broke his own record this month, but it's easy to forget where those millions go—unless you live in one of the nine swing states getting hit with $13.6 million of pro-Romney, anti-Obama commercials this week. After recently taking the lead in Florida, Romney will spend nearly $3.5 million in the Sunshine State wooing elderly and Latino voters. That leaves $3.145 million for Ohio, $2.22 million for Virginia, $1.235 million for Colorado, about $1 million for Iowa, and several hundred thousand for every other battleground state. Intriguingly, Romney is also spending about $300,000 in New Hampshire, where Obama's lead has disappeared in recent weeks. If Romney can lure enough voters to turn just a few of these states red, he may keep this race close to the finish. See Mitt Romney's earlier rays of hope. See Barack Obama's earlier rays of hope. To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Binders Full of Women Create Cabinets Full of Women Acts of Terror—or an Error? I'm Doing It Wrong: Chili	Advertisement
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