Posted on 09/25/2012 8:23:55 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney is unlikely to win Bill Clinton's vote, but that doesn't mean he can't soak up a bit of the popular former president's luster.
The two men stood side by side Tuesday as Clinton introduced Romney before the GOP candidate's speech to Clinton's annual global conference in New York. Clinton recalled working with Romney to save AmeriCorps, and praised the former Massachusetts governor's efforts to persuade fellow Republicans to support the national service program.
Romney, taking the podium, returned the compliment.
"If there's one thing we've learned in this election season, by the way, it is that a few words from Bill Clinton can do a man a lot of good," he said, prompting loud laughter and applause from the crowd.
It was a clear nod to Clinton's speech praising President Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention earlier in September, and the slight uptick in the polls that Obama enjoyed soon after.
"All I have to do now is wait a few days for that bounce to happen," Romney quipped.
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OFF-TOPIC: Daniel Craig to host SNL on 10/6/12.....
Hey, has your mother-in-law left the 0bama bandwagon?
It’s my MOTHER and, no, she hasn’t left the Obama bandwagon yet.
Very very very frustrating.
Not looking forward to Thanksgiving this year at all!
;-p
In case anyone didn’t notice, at the end of Romney’s speech, quite a few of the participants got up and gave Romney a standing ovation. Mitt gave an excellent speech.
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