While President Obama Rallies, Mitt Romney Sits Lakeside With iPad

[cali]

Jul 14, 2012 2:12pm



WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney spent part of his Saturday morning sitting in a lawn chair barefoot on the beach of his New Hampshire lake house, iPad in hand, while President Obama was on the campaign trail.

It was the first glimpse of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee since Friday afternoon, when he arranged last-minute interviews with five television networks to deny claims by the Obama campaign that he lied about when he relinquished control of his private equity firm, Bain Capital.

The attacks had plagued Romney all week, who had not come out himself against the accusations until the round of interviews Friday. Romney has said the attacks have distracted from the real issue of the campaign: the economy.

Romney, who last held a public event on Wednesday, does not have any events scheduled this weekend. He is expected to campaign next on Tuesday in Pennsylvania after a fundraising swing in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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[progressivebydesign]

1. he's looking at flights to Mexico.. just in case. n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

2. This running for office stuff is to much like real work

I guess the LDS will need to find another Saviour.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Wait what?

He's still "on vacation"? I suppose he believes he can be the armchair CEO who tells the RNC "help" to go on and handle matters for him while he lounges by the lake contemplating?

Well... looks like it's time to pull out the 'ole

[KharmaTrain]

4. What? No Big Fundraiser This Weekend?

Willard doesn't need to campaign, he's got billions that will be spent to saturate the airwaves on his behalf. He'll be everywhere come September...like it or not. It'll be a virtual blitz like we've never seen before and fueled by the SuperPacs that are desperate to win in November. Mittens will let them do the heavy lifting...he'll do the photo-ops and controlled rallies with selected audiences. He has no need to mix with the little people...he's got rushbo and faux noise whipping up the fear. He'd rather go to the Hamptons or Jackson Hole and hob nob with "his base": minimum $50k contribution...

[Canuckistanian]

5. Nursing his wounds?

Reminds me of this somehow:

[Laurian]

6. The man seems to spend all his time fundraising, rarely meeting the public

to make his case for the presidency. Says a lot about his comfort level with the monied folks versus the general public. Strange fellow.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Biff and Bitty are probably coming for Ice

Tea and photo's. Maybe story time with Willard about his days in Paris at Bain.

Nah,he's prepping for tomorrows reading at the Meeting House,and how he will lead the Moron's to Kolob.

[spin]

8. Probably picking his VP. (n/t)

[Tennessee Gal]

9. Mitt: "What? Me worry? I always get anything I want ..."

[Spazito]

10. LOL, look at the happy faces!

You can tell they are thrilled with the way the campaign is going!

[NNN0LHI]

11. A week straight of no events this close to an election is a strange thing