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11. Etch A Sketch stock triples after Romney campaign’s comment

Reply to JBoy (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:18 PM

Mar 2012

Etch A Sketch stock triples after Romney campaign’s comment

If you didn't invest in the Etch A Sketch market this week, you totally missed out.
The stock price for Ohio Art Co., which manufactures the toy, tripled on the day an aide for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the campaign could hit a "reset button" after the primary season "almost like an Etch A Sketch."

"You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again," Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said on CNN Wednesday when asked if the conservative positions Romney has taken during the primaries would hurt him in the general election.

The comments exploded online, fueled by the narrative that Romney's positions are written not in stone but in polystyrene beads. Bloomberg Businessweek's Matt Townsend was the first to spot the uptick in the company's stock price:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/stocks-triple-etch-sketch-company-romney-campaign-173859076.html

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Prediction: "Etch-a-sketch" will prove to be a huge blow to Romney [View all] JBoy Mar 2012 OP

Americans are consumers BeyondGeography Mar 2012 #1

Yup. "Politics is normally boring, but I know what an Etch-a-sketch is!!" JBoy Mar 2012 #2

how long before googling "etch-a-sketch" gives you napkinz Mar 2012 #3

here's what you get right now JBoy Mar 2012 #4

It's selling off the shell at ToysRUs malaise Mar 2012 #7

And it's so fugging funny to boot malaise Mar 2012 #5

I totally agree with you. As an (IMO) informed voter, when I thought of Romney a week ago, I would Brickbat Mar 2012 #6

Yep, especially with the hard core conservatives. DCBob Mar 2012 #8

Mitt's Kerry moment DemocracyInaction Mar 2012 #9

That's exactly it. The perfect union of simplicity and imagery. JBoy Mar 2012 #10

Yep, the ignorant masses can "understand" an "etch-a-sketch". DCBob Mar 2012 #12

Etch A Sketch stock triples after Romney campaign’s comment napkinz Mar 2012 #11

It may be too late for Romney's rivals customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #13

I can't say it qualifies as devastating RZM Mar 2012 #14

This really FRAMES him though. It is an IMAGE that STICKS hard. BIG BIG BIG MISTAKE ! RBInMaine Mar 2012 #16

That's where it does hurt him. It's an image that will stick RZM Mar 2012 #17

That's what makes it MORE effective, it renforces prexisting doubts. Mr.Turnip Mar 2012 #21

It will if we make it a big deal. Drahthaardogs Mar 2012 #15

Normally, I'd disagree since November is a long way out, boxman15 Mar 2012 #18

It's simple, catchy, humorous, and fitting - gonna be really hard for him to shake. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2012 #19

My prediction rufus dog Mar 2012 #20