Op-ed:

Targeted strategies work...and very well I might add

By: Diane Sori

How does one win an election...through focusing on key groups is how.

While Obama spends his time pandering for the gay vote, the slut vote, the ILLEGAL and dead vote, Mitt Romney is focusing on key votes...the Hispanic votes, the senior votes, the Catholic votes, the Jewish votes, and the votes of those hurting under Obama’s dismal jobs creation policies.

Romney knows that these votes are central to winning and he knows exactly where he must win them in order to carry their corresponding states.  The battle ground states of Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida are key to the election with Ohio and Florida the most critical, especially Florida with its large Hispanic, senior, and Jewish voting population, and the fact that Florida has determined the last 7 out of 8 elections.

As a Floridian, the strategy he’s using here in my home state is the one I will focus on, for its serving him very well.  

While Obama thinks he has the Hispanic vote locked up in Florida he’s forgetting one crucial piece of the puzzle...most of the Hispanics who vote in Florida are either Cuban or Puerto Rican.  First the Cubans...to begin with, the overwhelming majority of Cubans came here legally.  They came the right way, through our LEGAL policies and NOT by sneaking across a border.  And those who came here have assimilated into American society and hold jobs, pay taxes, and contribute to this country...in other words, those voters do NOT live off government handouts and freebies.  The Cubans are like the vast majority of immigrants that came before...they came for freedom first and foremost and for a future NOT for having the government become their keepers...and this is something Obama forgets.

Nor will they allow themselves to be bought for votes.

As for the Puerto Ricans...they are American citizens to begin with and while they might keep their Hispanic roots culturally, they already know, have lived in, and relish American society...in other words, freebies and handouts are NOT their way of life either.

So how do you win those votes...you target both Hispanic groups with ads in Spanish, for most are bilingual, and most will appreciate that ROMNEY respects and honors their heritage enough to address them in their native language.  And these targeted ads are working quite well here in Florida as ROMNEY is now up either 2 or 3 points over Obama all across the state, depending on which poll you choose to go by. 

Outside of New York, Florida has the largest Jewish population in the nation so of course their vote is critical.  So how is Romney targeting them...in a word, ‘Israel.’  While in the last election the overwhelming majority of the Jewish vote went for Obama (and that still amazes me as to why), this time around he is losing their support every time he opens his mouth or snubs Benjamin Netanyahu.  And this serves Romney well as he has always, without ever wavering, stressed the importance of standing by, supporting, and working together with our ally and friend Israel.  And Romney also has always said that a nuclear armed Iran will NOT happen on his watch as he knows Iran’s goal is to wipe Israel and the Jewish people off the map.  He knows and stresses that sanctions are NOT working, that Israeli’s live under terrible strain every day for their future rests between a madman and a US president that does NOT support them...never has and never will.  Romney is a friend to Israel, a personal friend of Netanyahu, and this is starting to resonate with Jewish voters across the state as Obama’s support amongst them is falling, and he can no longer count on a sweep of the Jewish vote.

As for the senior vote, Romney is using a simple strategy, one that is foreign to Obama...it’s called ‘THE TRUTH.’  And while Obama has deliberately and with malice painted a false picture of what Romney’s vision for senior healthcare is, Romney is out there telling seniors the truth...you cannot cut Medicare by $716 BILLION to fund ObamaCare and still give seniors the quality of care they deserve (which ObamaCare has done with its rationed medicine and death panels)...NO one currently on Medicare or over the age of 55 will be affected...younger people will be given a choice to accept traditional Medicare or not...the truth NOT the Obama fabricated lies about Romney pushing granny over the cliff.  And this is starting to resonate with the seniors as well for Romney’s lead in the Florida polls could NOT have been done without them.

And as for the Catholic vote Romney is out there reminding them that it’s Barack HUSSEIN Obama who has sanctioned gay marriage...sanctioned abortions...sanctioned and demanding that church owned hospitals and clinics pay for both contraceptives and abortions...the list is endless and everything on it goes against all Catholics believe in, honor, and hold dear.  And Romney is making inroads with them too for Romney is a man of God, a man who respects the sanctity of life, something Obama does not.

And for those out of work, for those financially hurting because they can’t find work, Mitt Romney has said, "We're going to build that pipeline from Canada, if I have to build it myself."  That one pipeline alone will put over 100,000 Americans back to work, take them off the government rolls, and Obama will NOT build it because his environmentalist buddies say NO.  Add to that Romney’s plan to put 12 MILLION Americans back to work within his first term (Obama has NOTHING but falsified jobs numbers as his plan), and you have one hell of a targeted campaign.

By targeting voters here in Florida and adapting that targeted strategy to the other key states, Mitt Romney will win this and Barack HUSSEIN Obama will be sent packing...to Gitmo I hope.