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In recent days, the vibe emanating from Mitt Romneys campaign has grown downright giddy. Despite a lack of any evident positive momentum over the last week indeed, in the face of a slight decline from its post-Denver high the Romney camp is suddenly bursting with talk that it will not only win but win handily. (Were going to win, said one of the former Massachusetts governors closest advisers. Seriously, 305 electoral votes.)
This is a bluff. Romney is carefully attempting to project an atmosphere of momentum, in the hopes of winning positive media coverage and, thus, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Over the last week, Romneys campaign has orchestrated a series of high-profile gambits in order to feed its momentum narrative. Last week, for instance, Romneys campaign blared out the news that it was pulling resources out of North Carolina. The battleground was shifting! Romney on the offensive! On closer inspection, it turned out that Romney was shifting exactly one staffer. It is true that Romney leads in North Carolina, and it is probably his most favorable battleground state. But the decision to have a staffer move out of state, with a marching band and sound trucks in tow to spread the news far and wide, signals a deliberate strategy to create a narrative,
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