”Generally his practices have been to bet other people’s money, not his own.”
Republicans said Obama and his advisers keep talking about his ”vision” for the country but that all he has offered are empty promises.
”After three years of Obama, Americans want results – not more of his vision that has lost jobs and created record deficits,” said Kirsten Kukowski, a Republican National Committee spokeswoman. ”Americans know the truth: This president is full of empty promises and has taken our country in the wrong direction, which is why the Obama’s job approval continues to slump in battleground states across the country.”
Romney and Gingrich remain locked in a close contest in early Republican voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina with less than a month before voters begin assessing the GOP field. But South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has endorsed Romney. The Republican field repeatedly has blamed Obama for the nation’s economic woes and said his policies have failed to jumpstart the economy. Obama campaign officials said the president’s speech recently in Kansas offered a glimpse of what his message will be next year: His argument that the middle class has faced numerous challenges during the past decade and that the country’s economic policies must give everyone a ”fair shot and a fair share.”
President Obama made that case again in his remarks to donors, telling them ”we’re all in this together.”
The campaign officials also claimed an organizational advantage over the GOP. They said they have more staff on the ground in Iowa than the Republicans and have had about 1 million conversations with supporters and about 90,000 in-person meetings with volunteers since Obama launched his re-election campaign in April.
Obama’s campaign outlined several potential paths to victory that would build upon states that Democrat John Kerry won in 2004 and winning in Western states like Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada or holding onto Southern states Obama captured in 2008, such as Virginia and North Carolina.
Obama’s session with top campaign donors came ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline for the current fundraising quarter. Obama has raised more than $150 million for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee through the end of September.
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