Boston prepara una sospechosa gira para dentro de 10 días

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CNN:

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is quietly laying the groundwork for a high-profile blitz of several key battleground states in the run-up to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, and Republicans briefed on the plans say it has all the trappings of a vice presidential rollout tour.

On the heels of his rocky trip overseas, Romney will spend the coming days maintaining the kind of schedule he has kept for much of the summer, with appearances and fundraisers in medium-sized cities in various swing states. Romney will visit Colorado, Nevada and Indiana this week, and make stops in Ohio next week.

But beginning August 10th, Romney will ramp up his campaign operation with a splashy four-day bus tour targeting the largest media markets in several of the states that will decide the November election, CNN has learned.

And in a show of force and party unity, Romney will be joined at each stop by prominent Republican officials and campaign surrogates.

Some details are still murky, and Republicans cautioned that they are subject to change, but on August 11th, Romney will hit three of Virginia's biggest population hubs along I-95 - the Washington, D.C. metro area, Richmond and Norfolk - before heading down to North Carolina the following day.

On Aug. 13, the Monday after the Olympic Summer Games finish in London, Romney will arrive in Florida for campaign stops in Jacksonville, Orlando and Miami.

Romney aides are also scouting multiple campaign venues in Ohio for later that week, knowledgeable Republican sources told CNN. Other states may also be added to the itinerary that week.

"Sounds like V.P. week," said one Republican familiar with the schedule, who did not want to be identified revealing the campaign’s plans. “Hitting the big markets in the big states. It just makes sense.”

El 10 de agosto cae en viernes. Obama anunció a Biden un sábado y McCain a Palin un viernes.

Como dice Peter Hamby en ese artículo de CNN, los tres primeros estados confirmados de la gira son Virginia, Carolina del Norte y Florida. Si el elegido procede de algún estado competitivo, lo normal es que su estado sea de los primeros en ser incluido en la lista. Eso apuntaría a Bob McDonnell y Marco Rubio. Dick Morris no suele ser bueno haciendo predicciones, pero el otro día en Fox News señalaba precisamente esos dos nombres.

PostData: Aunque hay algo que me confunde. Deja Ohio para el cuarto día. Empieza en Virginia y va bajando hacia el Sur, parando en Carolina del Norte, camino de Florida. Y después, ¿sube a Ohio? Sería más lógico pasar de Ohio a Virginia o de Virginia a Ohio, en los primeros dos días. Por alguna razón, quieren que Virginia sea la primera parada o más bien que Ohio sea la última porque bien podría ir en el segundo día, después de Virginia. Aunque tampoco sabemos dónde estará el día 10. Igual está en Minnesota. O en Wisconsin. O en Boston. Tal vez en New Hampshire; allí ha hecho todos los anuncios importantes.