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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCampaigning 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/
yardwork
(61,331 posts)This is the worst campaign I've seen in my lifetime. The worst. Worse than Nixon. Worse than w. Horrible.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,201 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Insensate.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)why is he in Ohio campaigning?
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)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.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)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)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.