According to an article in today's New York Times, responding to criticisms, the Romney camp said:
...The campaign has been meticulously thought out, they said, and its supporters have yet to see activity that, by design, was not scheduled to begin until near the end of the race.
“We’re making some very strategic decisions,” said Rich Beeson, the political director. “And when we’re coming down to the end, you’ll see the governor everywhere he needs to be.”
Mr. Romney has yet to take command of any battleground states, according to polls, many of which show Mr. Obama with an edge. The Romney campaign has been focusing on Iowa as one of its more promising states, but an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll released Thursday evening showed Mr. Obama with an 8-point advantage there.
More beneath The Boehner Orange® Cloud of Fake-Tan Fail
In addition to all of Romney's other (mainly self-inflected) problems, the article went on to add:
But for the first time in many months, Mr. Obama’s job approval rating has reached 50 percent in several recent polls. He has taken the edge away from Mr. Romney on questions of who voters believe will be a better steward of the economy, which coincides with the release of modestly positive economic signals.
Construction of new houses and home sales have reached their highest levels in more than two years, new reports show, and the Census Bureau reported that the number of young adults living at home with their parents — a vivid indicator of the personal effect of the recession on young people — is dropping.
But The RomBot isn't panicking:
As Mr. Romney headed to an evening fund-raiser in West Palm Beach, Fla., a reporter asked if he would be campaigning more extensively.
“Ha, ha. We’re in the stretch, aren’t we?” Mr. Romney said before promptly changing the subject and pointing to the sky. “Look at those clouds. It’s beautiful. Look at those things.”
He was probably wondering if he should buy them.