The Cycle 8/3/2012  The Cycle 8/3/2012   Colorado: Mitt Romney
spent the day campaigning in Golden, Colorado. He's spending a
lot of time and money on Colorado recently and clearly sees an
opportunity to pick up 9 electoral votes.  Florida, Virginia:
Barack Obama was at campaign events in both Winter Park, FL and
Leesburg, VA. Orange County, FL and Loudoun County, VA are
critical swing counties in swing states. Expect lots of action
in these counties in the next three months.  Americans for
Prosperity: The Koch Bro's superPAC has dropped 23 million
dollars to be spent on advertisements in 11 states in the next
month: CO, FL, IA, MN, NC, NM, NV, OH, PA, VA, WI.  Notable
additions:    • Minnesota- not considered one of the more
competitive states this cycle   • New Mexico- Do to his poor
performance with Hispanics, the conventional wisdom puts New
Mexico out of Romney's reach   • Pennsylvania- A polarized state
where there are few persuadable voters.  Notable exclusions:
• Michigan- The state is considered t