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struggle4progress

(117,949 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:30 AM Oct 2012

Campaigning The Day After Sandy Hit the East Coast

Garance Franke-Ruta
Oct 30 2012, 11:01 AM ET

... By Tuesday morning the new schedule was in effect -- and it involved a fresh array of events in swing states, this time with a hurricane theme. "Gov. Romney is scheduled to attend a storm relief event at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio, where he will be joined by Richard Petty and Randy Owen and help collect donations for storm-relief efforts," the Romney campaign announced. Randy Owen is a country music artist and Richard Petty is a former NASCAR driver.

Ryan, for his part, will visit two Romney "Victory Centers" in Wisconsin to "thank volunteers who are delivering or collecting items for storm relief efforts."

In the evening, Ann Romney will "attend a Victory Rally at the Temple for the Performing Arts in Des Moines, Iowa" -- an explicitly campaign-related event -- after visiting Romney "Victory Centers" in Iowa and Wisconsin earlier in the day for "Storm Relief Collection Efforts."

The danger for Romney is that by holding "storm relief" events in parts of the country rather far from the most devastated patches, and by having his wife and vice presidential running-mate go only to Republican events, he will look like he is continuing to campaign after having said he wouldn't just the day before. An even greater risk is that the Romney campaign events at these locations will inevitably appear partisan at a time when even politicians like Christie are praising the president and working with him to respond to the disaster as one unified national team. Americans like to pull together in times of tragedy and disaster; what they don't like is when politicians appear to seek advantage from their suffering without doing anything to provide substantive aid ...

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/romneys-delicate-challenge-campaigning-the-day-after-sandy-hit-the-east-coast/264289/

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Campaigning The Day After Sandy Hit the East Coast (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2012 OP
Disgusting. Romney is a monster and the people advising him are stupid. yardwork Oct 2012 #1
remember Nixon got elected not once but twice......n/t oldhippydude Oct 2012 #7
There is only one word that really describes Mitt: Liar. sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #2
I think there's another. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2012 #8
The storm did not hit Ohio as bad as NJ Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #3
It's a swing state he needs to win. Anyway, I hope he stays away from the devastated area, because Blue Meany Oct 2012 #9
either way romney still looks a fool Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #10
Craven. n/t LibDemAlways Oct 2012 #4
Romney's Hail Mary's are getting riskier and riskier......... nc4bo Oct 2012 #5
Romney's disaster management plan: Help me help you! Vox Moi Oct 2012 #6

yardwork

(61,331 posts)
1. Disgusting. Romney is a monster and the people advising him are stupid.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:32 AM
Oct 2012

This is the worst campaign I've seen in my lifetime. The worst. Worse than Nixon. Worse than w. Horrible.

 

Blue Meany

(1,947 posts)
9. It's a swing state he needs to win. Anyway, I hope he stays away from the devastated area, because
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:54 AM
Oct 2012

the last thing the workers need is to have their efforts diverted for political photo ops. I expect that Obama will have the judgment to stay away from them for this reason.

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)
5. Romney's Hail Mary's are getting riskier and riskier.........
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:38 AM
Oct 2012

After each one I keep wondering will this be "the one".

It all depends on what public perception will be on this one and how the M$M perceives that perception but my lil ole opinion thinks it's a huge mistake.

We can assist the M$M on this - but it won't be deception on our part, it will be the truth.

Vox Moi

(546 posts)
6. Romney's disaster management plan: Help me help you!
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:39 AM
Oct 2012

I can't do anything for you if you don't elect me so the most important part of dealing with this emergency is to campaign.
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By the way:
I can't give you as job unless I'm rich enough to pay you so leave my tax returns out of this.


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