Romney Speech Falls Flat In Detroit

The Hill:

Mitt Romney spoke to several empty seats Friday in Detroit, in a speech that offered Democrats more fodder for their attacks and failed to deliver the major economic address his campaign promised.

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Comments

[sci teacher1161]

04:57 PM on 02/25/2012

uh.. didn't know there were republicans in Detroit.. ya learn something new every day...

[TedEjr]

04:49 PM on 02/25/2012

So his speech fell FLAT?

Does that mean that the WHEELS are coming off?

His campaign is TIRED?

He has hit a DEAD END?

All of the automobile puns are so apropos for this state.

[DeeFromTheD]

08:30 AM on 02/26/2012

Romney is now in the middle of Newt and Lucy at the chocolate factory.

[Guvner Purry]

04:07 PM on 02/25/2012

TELEPROMPTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guvner Purry]

04:05 PM on 02/25/2012

they forgot to bus in the young mor mons again.

[Welease Wodewick]

04:46 PM on 02/25/2012

"mor mons"

There's one 'm' too many in that word.

VP :-)

[Guvner Purry]

03:03 PM on 02/26/2012

Good call! My Grandma calls 'em maroons. Funny. Have a good one Welease.

[Karma2U]

03:51 PM on 02/25/2012

The standing ovation was outside.

[enigma2]

07:22 PM on 02/25/2012

LMAO..

[Electraglide]

03:02 PM on 02/25/2012

Chances are a nice sized portion of that audience listening to Mitt's speech were members of Michigan governor Tricky Ricky's Lansing office, as well as friends and family members. Mitt's campaign manager needs to direct him to a hair dresser that will lay off the Brylcreem.

[rodsbadhairday]

02:41 PM on 02/25/2012

I thought Mitt had the best political team $$ could buy.
Says something about his judgment if this is the best they could do.

[DeeFromTheD]

08:32 AM on 02/26/2012

Not if they're all with Lucy at the chocolate factory.

[spacedoggg]

02:35 PM on 02/25/2012

LOSER.

[enigma2]

07:23 PM on 02/25/2012

"The Biggest ....."

[hrc04]

02:07 PM on 02/25/2012

Looks like he bought the crowd, downsized it, and sold it at a profit.

[misskat]

02:03 PM on 02/25/2012

Dang, I need to be fixed

de-bug

[machiniste]

01:48 PM on 02/25/2012

Could there be a better visual representation of the 1%? I don't think so. Even if the stadium was full, these are the only guys in Detroit that he would be talking to.

[Gin1234]

01:23 PM on 02/25/2012

Of course I am not a fan, because I am not fond of any repubicans, but really, this whole thing about the empty seats is just bogus. The place had about 12 hundred people there. Not a ridiculousely low number, and the pictures that were being shown of Obama's rallies that I saw in comparison, included a rally when he accepted the nomination. This was just not that bad of a size... However, I have no excusses for him regading the things that he said. That part was just plainstoooopid.

[hrc04]

08:03 PM on 02/25/2012

PR people on campaigns are paid to deal with issues like this. Don't book a room too big for your event. Similar to Huntsman's announcement speech when they were supposed to have the Statue of Liberty in the background and failed, missing details like this can point to a poorly run campaign.

[tenzenz]

01:16 PM on 02/25/2012

What would he and his wife be driving if he had his way, and 2 of the 3 Detroit Automakers had not gotten the Bailout that saved the industry? Remember that Ford admitted it would have gone down right behind GM and Chrysler, if they had failed, due to the subsequent Failures of the ancillary Manufacturers that would have lost most of their business with the failure of the first 2 Automakers.
For someone who stands on his business acumen, and experience, he sure doesn't get it. That's probably why, a major portion of the business at Bain Capitol was dealing with Selloffs

[eden4barack08]

01:05 PM on 02/25/2012

They are just SO not into you, Mitt!

[miaontia]

01:14 PM on 02/25/2012

Yep. No doubt about it. Mitt is not corrupt enough to get a vote from Detroilet.

[disgusted48]

01:46 PM on 02/25/2012

so you are saying santorum is.

[eden4barack08]

03:21 AM on 02/26/2012

Then why's he there begging for them?

[miaontia]

12:42 PM on 02/25/2012

It's no secret that Kwame Kilpatrick would draw more supporters than Mitt Romney. This photo only confirms that Mitt is the best choice in November.

[jb go niners]

02:34 PM on 02/25/2012

Aahahhahahaha....spin,bagger 'till your dizzy.