Thursday, October 25, 2012

Overflow crowd of 3000+ greets Romney in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 24, 2012

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Mitt Romney in Iowa, Wed., Oct. 24, 2012, “Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, flanked by Secret Service officers, greets supporters Wednesday at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.” photo Waterloo Courier

10/24/12, In Iowa: Romney vows to ‘take back America’,” Sioux City Journal, Lynch

The crowd, which was entertained by country singer Ricky Skaggs before Romney arrived, was fired up, interrupting the GOP nominee with chants of “Mitt, Mitt, Mitt” and “USA.”

Seizing on that sentiment, Romney promised to “do everything in my power to restore those principles that American has relied on to build a strong economy and to be the leader of the world.””…

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More on Romney in Iowa on Oct. 24:

10/24/12, “At airplane hangar, Mitt Romney makes dramatic Iowa entrance,” Des Moines Register, Jason Noble

This must be what momentum looks like.

It was a dramatic entrance into Iowa for Mitt Romney on Wednesday – as stirring music played, his campaign airplane touched down at the Eastern Iowa Airport, taxied toward a hangar and parked just 50 feet behind the stage, his campaign motto “Believe in America” visible along its fuselage.
 
Romney stepped down the jetway to meet a cheering, chanting crowd of more than 3,000 and deliver a high-energy speech that was by turns sharply critical of incumbent President Barack Obama and confidently optimistic about the nation’s future under new leadership. Namely, him….

Romney’s appearance capped off one of the busier days of the Iowa presidential campaign, and comes amidst a frenzied final push to Election Day. …

Romney’s rally followed high-profile visits from other national Republicans, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.

The pro-Romney roars at times where deafening inside the sheet metal structure despite the fact many of the attendees had been in place for hours, and some were turned away at the door per the fire marshal’s warning about the building’s maximum occupancy.”…via Battleground Watch blog


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