Not to take up for Romney, but, does anyone realize that this was a local Detroit Economics Club event, not a Romney political event?
The local club actually outsold their capacity and moved the event to a new locale. Their original venue did not support the responses so they moved it the best place they could get space.
Seriously, Romney has an event booked that he showed up for that was not what he originally signed up for. Where is the issue here?
One would think that some critical member of the Detroit Economics Club is an Obama plant. Appearances are everything, and if the above is true, my hat is off to that person. Absolutely brilliant. Evil, but brilliant.
It is a very embarrassing thing for Romney, and it is getting great internet play.
It is also a reminder of this day in 2007, in another stadium.
http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/27/mitt-romneys-big-empty-room/
“The Mitt Romney campaign is promoting this video of a one-day fundraiser they recently held, trying to communicate energy and enthusiasm for the candidate. As the NYT reported yesterday they generated $1.5 million, a far cry from the $6.5 million they brought in a few months ago at a similar event. But what I noticed is that in order to communicate the “bigness” of the occasion they rented out Boston Garden and Fenway Park. But its empty. If you’re going to hold a big free event at a sports venue, I don’t think you communicate momentum by having an empty stadium.”