For us political junkies we well understand the political metaphor “building a firewall”.   It implies changing strategy to fend off pending doom by retreating your position to a specific geography and terrain easier to defend.   You can tell when fire lines change position based on a careful following of campaign money.   The money is used to protect the candidates behind the protective fire line.

Prior to the Benghazi explosions, and subsequent distractions, the “inside-the-beltway” left-leaning conversation was about watching Mitt Romney supporting Super-Pacs and where they place their money.

If the Pro-Romney SuperPacs left the battleground states it was proclaimed to be an indicator of Romney weakness as they would focus their financial efforts on targeted races to shore up the House, and attempt to take the Senate.   In short the fallback position to losing the White House.

Now however, the exact same scenario is unfolding, except it is the Democrat Super Pacs pulling out and retreating the fire line.  As shared by the New York Times: (more…)

We say “resurface” because we’ve documented the issue before, but actually for most observers this might be the first time they have heard about this.

WASHINGTON DC – President Obama reelection campaign, rattled by his Wednesday night debate performance, could be in for even worse news. According to knowlegable sources, a national magazine and a national web site are preparing a blockbuster donor scandal story.

Sources told Secrets that the Obama campaign has been trying to block the story. But a key source said it plans to publish the story Friday or, more likely, Monday. (more…)

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Stephanie Cutter, Obama’s #1 campaign spokesperson, was on CNN last night filled with rage, anxiety and brutally obvious desperation, after the deconstruction of her candiate during the first Presidential Debate….   It even became “physically obvious” when she broke out in a stress induced nerve rash mid-way through the interview.

Mid-way through the interview she must have been stressed, because her chest and neck broke out in a visible rash.

Obama Campaign Staffer:  “We’ve Been Watching You, And Since You Don’t Support Obama, We’ll Deal With You” – CHICAGO (CBS) — The President of the South Suburban Branch of the NAACP alleges a director of the re-election campaign of Barack Obama has threatened and intimidated him because he doesn’t support the president.

David Lowery says he believes he was threatened during a phone conversation with Louis Raymond, the Obama for America Illinois regional director.

Lowery says he doesn’t personally support the president because he’s not addressing issues important to the black community. He said he was explaining that to Raymond when the Obama campaign official told him, “You know what? I know everything about you.” (more…)

Typical Washington Post article but, well, here you go….  More than 67 million people watched the first presidential debate of this election cycle — nearly 15 million more people than watched the first presidential debate four years ago.

That 67 million, however, falls very short of the Mother of All Presidential Debates: the Oct. 28, 1980 smackdown between President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, which had drawn a whopping 81 million viewers. (more…)

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