Mitt Romney Video Tries To Humanize Himself

Mitt Romney's "body man" started a blog. And it appears that one of the main goals of the new new venture is to humanize Romney, giving the press, and maybe a few voters, a behind-the-scenes look at the candidate campaigning.

Romney has had trouble connecting, because most people can't get a sense of who he really is. That's a common critique. Certainly the former Massachusetts governor does not emanate warmth, and lacks the easy demeanor that President Barack Obama can sometimes show off in casual moments.

So the Romney campaign handed a camera and some space on the website to Garrett Jackson, the harder-than-hell-working 25-year old aide to Romney who travels with him wherever he goes and is at his side at every political event.

Jackson posted two videos from Romney's morning in Illinois. The most noticeable thing is how tired Romney looks.

Of the restaurant where he ate breakfast, Pancakes EggCetera, in Rosemont, Illinois, Romney points out, "It's kind of a play on words."

Romney says a few words before an appearance on "Fox and Friends."

Comments

[nq5511]

04:07 PM on 03/18/2012

Mitt, President Obama became a multi-millionaire as an author. He doesn't need cameras to try to prove anything to us.

We "already" see Obama is REAL.

That's why you discovered most of us will vote

Obama/2012

[penelyn]

03:53 PM on 03/18/2012

"It's kind of a play on words." Oh man. I feel sorta bad for the guy. Surely there's an actual personality in there somewhere!

[ayisha]

05:59 AM on 03/18/2012

"Of the restaurant where he ate breakfast, Pancakes EggCetera, in Rosemont, Illinois, Romney points out, "It's kind of a play on words.""

wow. just wow.

[waldopepper]

02:54 AM on 03/18/2012

Enthusiasm enough to make a 40watt bulb flicker, briefly.

[Zutroy]

02:06 AM on 03/18/2012

Whoopity-doo. They briefly reprogrammed him to eat food out of a styrofoam container and make note of a play on words. Not fooling me.

[gmb007]

01:25 AM on 03/18/2012

If the primary goal of your campaign is to "humanize" your candidate, you're not only in serious trouble, you've already lost the WH.

[rainstorm2012]

12:57 AM on 03/18/2012

He will never become humanized.....he makes $56k a DAY and shelters it in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.

[fullofmitt]

11:53 PM on 03/17/2012

He's an inhuman robotic tool of Wall Street!

[rigturn]

10:55 AM on 03/18/2012

Sounds more like Robama.

[fullofmitt]

11:44 PM on 03/17/2012

Ask Seamus the dog about Myth's ability to be humanized!

[fullofmitt]

11:40 PM on 03/17/2012

MYTH Romney's draconian economic plans for the Middle Class and his anti- women positions hardly make humanizing him possible!!!

[LucyKrazy]

08:45 PM on 03/17/2012

Someone needs to show that kid how to take a horizontal format video.

[ksmjlm]

08:22 PM on 03/17/2012

can't be done

[bobWal]

07:20 PM on 03/17/2012

I would like to see him give a speech at the VietNam wall. Apologize for being such a self centered rich boy that he was just too busy to serve. I am sure the killed and their kin would understand. Oh yeah, his 5 boys all in excellent health missed the both gulf wars and Afghanistan. Too busy also,but they all have the Flag lapel pin denoting how patriotic they are.

[YOKEL13]

06:42 PM on 03/17/2012

From the article:

Of the restaurant where he ate breakfast, Pancakes EggCetera, in Rosemont, Illinois, Romney points out, "It's kind of a play on words."

This is the kind of brilliant insight that will make America great again!

[jadeba]

06:35 PM on 03/17/2012

Boy, does he have far to go. If he has to humanize himself before even getting to "Likable" he's in some trouble. He can't change who he is and he's basically a stiff. If he's suddenly warm and fuzzy (which he is incapable of, but let's just pretend) then doesn't that just make him appear more phony?

[YOKEL13]

06:43 PM on 03/17/2012

You'd think so! But, you know what they say: Sincerity is the most important thing, because once you can fake that, you've got it made.