Romney motorcade rolling through cold driving rain to a (gulp) outdoor rally in Newport News, VA.
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Ari Shapiro (@Ari_Shapiro) October 08, 2012Did he cancel or move to a smaller venue due to the weather? Nope.
Driving rain at the Romney rally in Newport News, VA. They moved the start time up because of the awful conditions. CNN live now—
Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) October 08, 2012
US POLITICS: Romney greets Virginia supporters in heavy rain. Live stream: bit.ly/R81cOz—
StoryfulPro (@storyfulpro) October 08, 2012
People on the scene provide photos and reports.
No umbrella or overhang for Romney as he let the rain fall on him during brief remarks in downtown Newport News today. #hrromney—
Joe Lawlor (@joelawlordp) October 08, 2012
Uh yeah he does MT @alcivar
PHOTO RT @NicoHines: Mitt Romney looks great in the rain bit.ly/Q8WSfR—
Little Miss Rightie (@LilMissRightie) October 08, 2012
Hey, girl!
Romney giving his stump speech in the pouring rain — no umbrella — in Newport News, VA http://t.co/dGLUhqMi—
(@MichaelMathes) October 08, 2012
Out of touch?
To all of you Dems calling Romney a rich out of touch guy…he delivered a speech in the pourin rain & is in crowd shaking hands in the RAIN—
BlondePolitics (@PoliticsBlonde) October 08, 2012
To the contrary; this is how in touch he is.
Romney NOT shying away from the rain. After 15 minute speech, he stayed out shaking hands with crowd for at least 10 more min—
(@MichaelMathes) October 08, 2012
Gov shaking hands in the rain. http://t.co/GaMnw5yd—
Mitt's Body Man (@dgjackson) October 08, 2012
It didn’t stop his supporters, either.
Romney backers braving rain and cold in Newport News: Monday's rally at Victory Landing Park… bit.ly/PQj1x9 #News #US #Virginia—
(@RegioFora_VA) October 08, 2012
ROMNEY IN THE RAIN, VA: MT @claypilot: People wonder why I'm confident we will win. B/c I see people like you out here on a day like this.—
Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDCNN) October 08, 2012
Indeed.
