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Less wooden Romney hits New Hampshire campaign trail (upping his 'likeability' factor. Good luck.)
Yahoo ^ | 12/23/11 | Ros Krasny - Reuters

Posted on 12/23/2011 4:57:04 PM PST by NormsRevenge

A more confident and energized Mitt Romney is putting his people skills to the test in New Hampshire as he tries to fix a likeability issue that hurt his failed bid for the White House in 2008.

The Republican presidential hopeful is shaking hands, signing autographs and pumping diesel in a dozen appearances over three days in a classic campaign bus tour aimed at winning the Republican nomination backed by television ads.

In an interview with Reuters, the former Massachusetts governor said he has embraced retail politics with a different mindset than in 2008 when he lost the nomination to John McCain, who was then beaten by Barack Obama in the general election.

A multi-millionaire former businessman, Romney was often described as wooden and unable to connect with ordinary people like mechanics, nurses and farmers during his earlier bid.

"I think I recognize this time, perhaps more than in my last run, that a lot of this is out of my control," Romney said on his spacious tour bus, which was manufactured in North Dakota and custom-wrapped in Tennessee with the signage "Conservative Business Leader" and "Believe in America."

"What ultimately happens is not just a function of my work, and my campaign, but also things that occur in the nation and things that occur in other peoples' campaigns. And so I'm a little more philosophical about the process," Romney said.

Romney has had some celebrated awkward moments on the 2012 campaign trail, from his "corporations are people, my friend" comment in Iowa to telling a group of jobless people in Florida that he is also unemployed.

With most polls showing him enjoying a sizable lead in New Hampshire, Romney is attempting to drive home his advantage in the lead up to the state's January 10 primary election.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: likeability; newhampshire; romney; wooden

1 posted on 12/23/2011 4:57:09 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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You're out of Air Jordans? bummer.


2 posted on 12/23/2011 5:03:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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3 posted on 12/23/2011 5:05:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

He could up his rating with me if he dropped out of the race now and endorsed another canidate and gave them funds! Other than that I have no use for Willard....


4 posted on 12/23/2011 5:06:16 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: NormsRevenge

Now, here’s your future President who has seen a grocery checkstand scanner!


5 posted on 12/23/2011 5:06:34 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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The 'Dukakis hat rack'


6 posted on 12/23/2011 5:08:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Less wooden? Has he inserted more rubber?


7 posted on 12/23/2011 5:12:41 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: NormsRevenge

Good grief.

His photo ops remind me of the Marxist’s.


8 posted on 12/23/2011 5:16:53 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC:DONATE MONTHLY! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Reminds me of when Man-Bear-Pig switching to flannel shirts in the 2000 campaign.


9 posted on 12/23/2011 5:19:56 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: NormsRevenge

I bet someone had to show him where the fuel tank was.

Romney will do well in New Hampshire, the Yankees up there are liberal and go for the rich goody two shoes type guys.

To me the New Hampshire primary’s are a joke.


10 posted on 12/23/2011 5:37:56 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Venturer

I’d be curious to see if a ‘National Primary Day’ for both parties might serve all of us better than this discombobulated process we have now.


11 posted on 12/23/2011 5:44:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Romney. With the new 2.1 software upgrade he’s almost human.


12 posted on 12/23/2011 6:35:39 PM PST by 6SJ7 (Meh.)
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To: NormsRevenge
In this photo, candidate Mitt Romney pumps gasoline into the fuel tank of his diesel powered campaign bus. Smooth move, Willard.

Mittens has the warmth and likableness as a box of rocks. “Wooden” doesn't begin to describe him; “swarmy” describes him.

13 posted on 12/23/2011 6:45:10 PM PST by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: NormsRevenge

IMO just about anything would be better.


14 posted on 12/23/2011 6:53:25 PM PST by Venturer
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To: NormsRevenge

Anyone who has to work at being likable , isn’t.


15 posted on 12/23/2011 7:02:51 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: NormsRevenge

It’s not something you can teach. He doesn’t have it and if he’s the nominee we can all get used to the fact that Obummer will get 4 more and our only comfort is going to be that the elite in the republcan party will be taxed more and have their wealth distributed to the democrat base.


16 posted on 12/23/2011 7:17:36 PM PST by McGavin999 ("If you'll have my back when I go to Washington, I'll have yours" Rick Perry 2012)
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To: 6SJ7; NormsRevenge

Go to youtube and look up Mitt’s performance at a MLK Day Parade. It’s so pathetic.


17 posted on 12/23/2011 7:20:26 PM PST by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: jakerobins
Ann says "GO HOME, MITT"....and does she tell him!
18 posted on 12/23/2011 7:21:04 PM PST by tioga ( Holder lost the guns, Corzine lost the money, Obama lost the jobs....a dem trifecta.)
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To: NormsRevenge

After that interview with Chris Wallace last week good luck Mitt.


19 posted on 12/23/2011 7:58:07 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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