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UrbScotty

(23,980 posts)
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 02:42 PM Feb 2012

Romney camp's game plan: Make Ford Field look crowded

It won't be hard to fit 1,200 members of the Detroit Economic Club into 65,000-seat Ford Field for today's speech by GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

What will be hard is making it look like Romney isn't speaking to a nearly empty stadium.

The Romney campaign and the Economic Club think they've solved the problem. The guests will be seated at one end of the playing surface, roughly between the end zone and the 30-yard line, while Romney will speak from a stage in front of them.


By the way, I found this on Facebook:

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Romney camp's game plan: Make Ford Field look crowded (Original Post) UrbScotty Feb 2012 OP
Why in hell did he hold the event there? MADem Feb 2012 #1
Was probably planned months ago. Ready4Change Feb 2012 #5
What's wrong with his staff? MADem Feb 2012 #6
No one is going to be there today. The weather was horrible this morning notadmblnd Feb 2012 #2
Empty suit, empty words, empty stadium. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2012 #3
Enjoy the silence Blue Owl Feb 2012 #4

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. Why in hell did he hold the event there?
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 02:49 PM
Feb 2012

How stupid! He'd have been better off renting a local theater or auditorium. You always want your venue to look packed to the rafters. That RMONEY picture does not send a good message.

Ready4Change

(6,736 posts)
5. Was probably planned months ago.
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 03:37 PM
Feb 2012

They thought he'd be the front runner, and a mass appearance here and now would seal the deal.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. What's wrong with his staff?
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 04:23 PM
Feb 2012

You'd think they'd change the frigging venue when they realized their numbers were lousy.

That picture does more damage to his campaign than the lost cost of the stadium rental ever could.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
2. No one is going to be there today. The weather was horrible this morning
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 02:50 PM
Feb 2012

Right now driving is better than this morning but it's currently snowing again. We've been in the middle of a winter storm since last night. People on the western side of the state are not likely to even vote for Rmoney since they go for the more nut bagger types such as Santorum.

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