Posted on 01/13/2008 5:33:18 PM PST by Baladas
DETROIT -- It may just be that this time, momentum is on Romney’s side as he battles here to win the early primary in Michigan.
Romney took the stage at the bottom of a large atrium at Lawrence Technological University here before one of his wildest, most roaring audiences in weeks. Red foam mitts and long, red balloons dotted the crowd of more than 500, and a big chunk of supporters were decked out in multiple articles of Romney gear.
When Romney launched into his now standard lines about the trouble with Washington, he fell into a call-and-response with the crowd. Speaking about “Washington politicians, he said: “They say they’re going to reduce our dependence on foreign oil” -- which was met with a forceful “They haven’t!” from the attendees. The pattern continued with his complaints on a host of other matters, from Social Security to education to taxes to health insurance.
And the candidate, who’s often criticized for being too stiff, fed off the crowd’s energy at times, building in intensity along with them. “It’s nice to have a quiet crowd,” he later said facetiously, before adding: “This is the best crowd in Michigan I’ve had all week.” Near the end of the event, he even pointed out the Ron Paul supporter who was waving one of his signs as a Romney supporter had a triple-decker "Michigan For Mitt" sign that he was using to try and block the Paul sign. Noticing the struggle, Romney said that if the crowd wanted a doctor, they could have Paul, but if they wanted someone to fix the economy, he should be their choice.
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ROMNEY RAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He better win his home state. If he cannot win MI, he needs to get out and and not muddy the waters.
Are the sheeple finally waking up?!
GO MITT!
I was there. It was exactly as described. On his way out he shook my 6 year old son’s hand. I said to Joey, “You’re about to shake the hand of the man that I believe will be the next President of the United States. Remember this moment.”
Pretty cool. :-)
And McCain had better win in the Panama Canal zone.
Fair is fair. :-)
He named his son Tagg? I think he might be able to pull it off, so much comes down to how many demonrats vote in the GOP primary.
Hope he wins this one too.
Looks like Romney is quickly learning how to really excite the crowds. If he gets this down, he is going to be a locomotive all the way to the White House!
Bump!
I’m thinking it will be
McCain
Huckabee
Thompson
Romney
Giuliani
Way too cool. I saw this rally live on C-SPAN, and it was exactly how it is described in this article (like you said). There seemed to be a huge amount of energy there.
In Michigan????? How do you arrive at your conclusion there?
IT’S BEING REPLAHYED ON C-SPAN NOW! It just started.
Just my opinion.
Thanks for the heads up.
Glad you posted, I just turned on C-Span!
Go Mitt!
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