Familiar?: Mitt Hands Top Staff Hefty Bonuses While Borrowing Millions

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18. Here are some links to support the "more time fundraising" thing

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/19/nation/la-na-romney-schedule-20120920

Mitt Romney's sparse campaign schedule worries some Republicans

September 19, 2012

When the political conventions ended in 2008, GOP candidate John McCain bounded around the country like a jack rabbit. In three days, he went from Wisconsin to Michigan to Colorado to New Mexico to Missouri, with multiple campaign appearances in some of those states.

Mitt Romney's schedule this year has presented quite a contrast.

In his first two days of campaigning after the conventions, Romney visited Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia, with one stop in each state. Then he went home to Boston and took a day off from the campaign trail.

That, as it turns out, has been Romney's most active period of campaigning since the presidential contest moved into its crucial post-convention stage. Although his campaign says he is about to accelerate his pace, Romney so far has held far fewer public events than either presidential candidate did four years ago, and has spent a significant amount of time in states — Massachusetts, California, New York, Texas — that are not considered up for grabs in November.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578006673883478816.html

September 20, 2012

Mitt Romney's plan to rebound from a tough stretch in his bid for the White House rests on stepping up campaigning in swing states, running more television ads and curtailing a fundraising push that has had him spending more time with donors in hotel ballrooms than with supporters at campaign rallies. . . .

Mr. Romney's decision to spend more time in swing states comes amid concerns from some Republicans that he has spent too much time raising money and not enough time in front of voters. This week, for example, his schedule has included stops in California, Utah, Georgia and Texas—four states where the outcome of the Nov. 6 election is all but certain. The stops produced millions of dollars in donations, but in light of his other struggles, they also became fodder for Republican complaints.

"Being in Utah to raise money is necessary, but he doesn't have to be there, in my view," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.). "If I were Mitt Romney, no person in Virginia could go very long without meeting me."