Romney on Fly-Around for McCain-Palin
It’s Halloween morning, and Governor Romney got started on a five-day eight state tour for the McCain-Palin ticket in Nevada, rallying door-to-door canvassers in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson and meeting with phone bank volunteers at the state party headquarters in Summerlin.
Then it was on to
Thanks to an RNC-chartered plane, Romney will be puddle-jumping across the interior west, the heartland states of
On board for the trip are longtime Republican National Committeeman Ron Kaufman from
The night previous in
In northern
Back to New Hampshire
It's been a while since we've been able to go campaigning up in the
When we arrived at the first stop we met with Jeb Bradley, running for Congress and Doug Kruse, running for state Senate. Setting the whole thing up was a familiar face from New Hampshire, Tom Rath, who has replaced the now-fallen Old Man of the Mountain as the most durable New Hampshire symbol. Also with us: Jim Merrill, our favorite hot-shot political mover and shaker. We got to meet the employees and tour the factory of a small business called "Oven Poppers." Oven Poppers are different flavored seafood meals that can be, you guessed it, popped in the oven. They are made, packaged and shipped right in
At the nearby Cactus Jack's restaurant, we got to meet up with our old friend Senator Judd Gregg. As a staunch fiscal conservative and flinty leader in these tough economic times, he and the Governor had a lot to talk about. They went table to table meeting folks, stealing nachos and encouraging people to vote for Bradley and Kruse.
We said goodbye to Senator Gregg and hello to Jennifer Horn. She's a local radio host who is running for Congress in a tough race. We set up an employee address at "New England Small Tube Co." After walking around the shop floor, Jennifer and the Governor addressed the assembled employees. Each one seemed to have brought his or own Halloween-themed baked good. As if we needed something else to eat, we shot across the street to say hi to folks and grab a slice or two at Romano's Pizza.
After a productive day in
Mitt Romney on Dean Barnett
Governor Romney wrote a remembrance of his friend Dean Barnett, who died yesterday of complications from cystic fibrosis. Read it here.