Courtesy of the I’m 41 blog, check out this line to see Romney in Beallsville, Ohio:
This was covered six days ago in the Toledo Blade. Did it make national news? I’m not saying it didn’t, but I wouldn’t have seen it if Gateway Pundit hadn’t pointed it out.
Here’s what the Blade reported:
BEALLSVILLE, Ohio — Mitt Romney today stood in front of eastern Ohioans seemingly straight out of the mine — hard hats, smudged faces, and blue and gray uniforms — as he accused President Obama of “waging war” on coal.
“He’s for all the sources of energy that come from above the ground, none of the sources below the ground, like oil and coal and gas,” the presumptive Republican nominee told a crowd outside American Energy Corp’s Century Mine near Beallsville, Belmont County.
“I’m for all of the above, whether it comes from above the ground or below the ground,” he said. “We’re going to take advantage of our energy resources to save your jobs, create more jobs, and, by the way, when we use our plentiful energy resources, our inexpensive carbon-based resources, you’re going to see manufacturing come back to America…” he said.
Is that so? Well, try this one for size, Mr. Moneybags:
Oh. Wait. Never mind.
Speaking of Obama and big crowds, they both seem to have become diminished over the last four years. Obama’s not packing them in like he used to. But there’s a very good reason for this, according to Kerry Picket at the Washington Times:
The presumptive GOP presidential and vice presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan are attracting thousands of supporters to their campaign rallies since Mr. Romney named Mr. Ryan to the bottom of the ticket. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has taken notice of the massive crowds at the Romney Ryan stump speeches and sent out an urgent e-mail to their supporters, reported The Washington Examiner last week.
However, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not drawing the crowds they once could. The New York Times reported that the Obama campaign said that it is intentionally limiting crowd size at their events because of security and cost:
“We have plenty of time for big rallies,” a campaign spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said between the rallies on Thursday. “Our focus right now is on exciting our supporters and winning over undecided voters and the smaller and medium-size events are the best venue to accomplish that because the president can closely engage with the crowd.”
Big rallies are expensive, especially given the logistical and security challenges for a president as opposed to a mere United States senator. And Obama campaign operatives, both at the Chicago headquarters and in swing states where Mr. Obama recently has stumped, say the campaign intentionally limits crowds by restricting tickets. The reason is to allow the president to better connect with supporters, aides say.
You see? It’s not because people aren’t excited about Obama anymore. It’s because Obama meant to do that!
2008: Big rallies mean Obama is awesome.
2012: Big rallies mean Romney is evil.
And just for good measure: You’re a racist. This can’t be said enough, as you’ll find out over the next 11 weeks.