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FAIRFAX, VA -- Mitt Romney barnstormed the Old Dominion on this final full day of campaigning, cramming two stops, separated by hundreds of miles, in this hotly-contested swing state over the course of just a few hours.
Here on the campus of George Mason University, Romney was greeted by his best crowd of the day for a boisterous rally that seemed to overwhelm the GOP nominee, prompting him to joke that the attendees must have been expecting someone else to take the stage.
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks in Virginia. Watch his speech.
"That is really something special. I am looking around to see if we have the Beatles here or something to have brought you but it looks like you came just for the campaign and I appreciate it," Romney said to 8,000 supporters here. "Your voices and your energy and your passion are being heard all over the nation."
Romney's rally here was a rare foray into Fairfax County, which broke heavily Democratic in 2008 and where he must cut into President Barack Obama's margins to carry the state.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney wave to the crowd at a Virginia campaign rally at The Patriot Center at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Va., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012.
Romney touched down in Lynchburg, Virginia earlier in the afternoon for a lunchtime rally on the tarmac before a smaller crowd of a few thousand supporters. This was safer territory for the Republican nominee, since Arizona Sen. John McCain carried all of the surrounding counties in 2008 and are expected to remain in the GOP column this fall.
To carry Virginia on Tuesday, Republicans will likely need to run up wide margins in these central and western counties, and Romney opened his remarks in Lynchburg by thanking the volunteers in crowd, and urging them to do yet more in the race's final hours.
Telling crowds in Florida that 'this nation is going to change for the better tomorrow,' GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney rallied voters by saying he would break the gridlock in Washington. NBC's Peter Alexander reports from Columbus, Ohio.
"Your voices are being heard all over the nation loud and clear, thank you. I also want to thank many of you in this crowd that have been out there working on the campaign. Making calls from the victory centers, and by putting up a yard sign, in your neighbor's yard," Romney joked.
"This is a campaign about America and about the future we’re going to leave to our children. And we ask that you stay at this all the way until victory on Tuesday night," he continued.
Romney did add a tinge of conservatism to his usual "closing argument" speech, blaming Obama for being overattentive to a "liberal agenda" at the expense of minding the economy. Romney also warned of the specter of "card check," a union organizing reform law detested by conservatives.
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You wouldn't vote democrat when you talk to students applying for school and all they want to get is "some of that Obama money." I know you think I'm trolling based on my previous posts but that is an honest to goodness quote.
I even had a student that was dropped from enrollment a month into the program because she lied about having a high school diploma. She then proceeded to tell me the school owes her at least some money because she did a month's worth of work...
If you aren't a democrat you are young, you don't have a heart. If you aren't republican when you are older, than you don't have a brain.
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How in the world, could anyone in their right mind vote for a Party that has deliberately trashed our economy, and besides that has been trying to keep it in a recession throughout Obama's Presidency? Just think about that America, they’ve caused each and everyone of us, to have to endure 4 extra years of recession, where, by now we could have been well on the road to recovery!
The republicans gained control of the House in 2010 and were FINALLY able to stop the out-of-control, drunken spending of Obama.
Glad they did.
Dont worry fellow intelligent Republicans. Obozo is out as of tommorow and Romney is in then all you Liberal/Democrats can shut the f..k up and actually get a job and turn in your free cell phone and let people who really need food stamps have them. Bye Bye Losers!
RR 2012
WOW, this is the kind of response from an informed individual?
mjBO
That is "Mr President Obozzo" to you "mj....for the next 4 years!
That's right "mj".....you know it....the desperation wreeks from the writing of your words!
btw - when you talk about people giving up food stamps - you are talking about the people in Red State Mississippi giving them back, right?
Hey righties, RCP has O up in the polls....LOL... Say goodbye to Mittens
O&Joe 24hours
I an a MA native and LIVED Romney's policies, I am absolutely astounded at the number of uninformed voters in this country. Watch a debate and decide who to vote for...frightening. Just Google this guy, look at his record! Look up his role in Marriott International as the chair of the audit committee, look up what he had his staff write on birth certificates of children born or adopted by gay couples, look up that he was protested when he showed up at recovery from floods he vetoed state assistance for....there is a very long list!
And yet he brought your state from the 50th WORST state in the union for creating jobs to the 46th in only four years.
What about JOBS do you not like?
Look at where Obama has this country and put a sock in it.
"look where Obama has this country"
yep - from losing 750,000 jobs in a month to plus 171,000 in a month
thanks 'waytogochris" for reminding everyone there is another reason to vote for Obama!
Pango -
That Moon will have to get a job - you do realize that jobs and work are dirty words to many liberals, don't you?
"Looked around to see if the Beatles were there"....
Wow...and the GOP says Oabma is out of touch!
I'm surprised MItt didn't say...looking around to see if the Kingston Trio was thre!
Stevie Wonder played to 200 people at an Obama rally in Ohio...but he couldn't look around to see who was there.
Because being blind is a big joke to teabaggers.
Our President said that he would bring the nation together. That did not work.
Our President said that he could work with the opposition party by reaching across the isle. That did not work.
Our President said that his administration would be free from lobbyists. That did not work.
Our President said that his administration would be the most transparent ever. That did not work.
Our President said that he would fix the economy within three years. That did not work.
Our President said that his health care bill would lower health care costs. That did not work.
Our President said that he would not raise taxes on 95% of Americans in any way. That did not work.
Our President said that his stimulus spending bill would solve our employment problem. That did not work.
Our President said that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. That did not work.
Our President has provided an economic "plan" for the next 4 years that is mathematically impossible. That cannot work.
I see a pattern here. Our President said that if he could not fix the economy within three year that he did not deserve a second term.
And yet, you couldn't find a candidate on the right to beat him....what does that say about the state of the GOP in 2012?
Get an early start on those signs that read: "The GOP takes back the White House in 2016"!
If you want the answers to why you are disappointed and have this list, check out BO2012's post and click the links. Republicans are the reason that these failed. If you want to understand Romney's actual record and what he actually stands for, please look it up.
The President made promises without conditions including any action of congress. The President said that he could solve problems between the parties by reaching across the Isle. You are calling the Obama the excuse president.
We have, Witches. Romney has done extremely well in his life, has no scandals and is proud to say he believes in American exceptionalism.
What exactly do you know about Obama? Do you know his grandfather chose Frank Marshall Davis (an ultra-extreme, anti-American Marxist) to be young Obama's mentor?
Do you know he is a Saul Alinsky-ite?
Don't throw stones at Romney if you don't know anything about Obama.
There is not a job in America that lets you fail for 4 years then gives you a 'do-over'....President is no different, and Obama is gone after tomorrow.
That's all; you got "Panga"....good grief!
btw - here is something I would like to know about Romney and you seem to be the right person as you must know everything about Romney...
can you tell me how much Romney paid in taxes from 1997-2008?
thanks for your getting back to me on that in advance!
I'd just like to say BO 2012 you did your homework!! Thank you for your post
The government is dysfunctional, & if things do not change, the only way the "mess" in Washington, DC will clean up its act, is via the "Ammunition Box", instead of the "Ballot Box".
Really, Tommy? You are going to kill someone? Who are you going to kill?
Our Story
My wife and I were split in the 2008 election. She was for Obama, me for McCain. We voted and watched the results. I have to admit, I was disappointed when I knew Obama had won. The next day, my disappointment turned to excitement. What if everything Obama said, he meant? Transparency, lower deficit, lower unemployment, etc... I supported him. That has changed for us both.
I have never seen an America so divided, and I blame Obama. Everything has gotten worse. I don't need to list all his failures, you already know. With Romney, we feel Americanized again. He speaks from his heart with compassion. We are excited again and tomorrow we will both vote for
Romney and Ryan!!!!
Yup, Lars. Romney may be as effective as he was in Massachusetts. Where he didn't run for a second term. Where he is about to lose by a huge margin. Where they are still cleaning up the mess.
Really Lars, you blame Obama for dividing this country? How old are you? Do you remember the Clinton years? Rush Limpball built a career on bashing Billy Bob. That's when and where the big divide began for me, and lots of other folks who pay attention. But hey, if you want to blame Obama, go ahead. That's your right, no matter how you missuse it.
To Buffaloes Roam and A. Gent Orange
Bahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahah
I also have the right to laugh.
Way to go Lars - so will your neighbors, and their neighbors and so on.... The America we love will vote to put a decent, caring, uncorrupted man in the White House and send Obama packing...
The Patriot Center at George Mason University holds 10,000 and by the time it filled up there was still a line at least a mile long two and three people deep! The overflow area outside the complex was packed!!! I spoke to a campus police officer and he said that in the 15 years he worked at GMU, he had never seen anything close to the crowd that showed up to see Mitt Romney today!!!
Yawn
Palin was drawing some pretty good crowds 4 years ago and we know how that turned out don't we?
What is really funny is that Obama drew 80,000 in Cleveland in 2008 in the final week, and at the same venue, same week this year drew 2,800.
Welcome President Romney!
My health insurance jumped 17% with less coverage for 2013 . Thanks Obamacare.
Romney/Ryan 2012
Lars: You need to blame your insurance company, they are nothing but greedy 1%ers.
O&Joe 2012
OK gustifer, I'll do it! Wait... I already did and they blamed healthcare reform. Go occupy a desk and use your Obama Phone to find a job.
For 20 years, the Obamas listened to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright preach ClassWarfare and trash America. For the past 4 years, President Obama has been preaching ClassWarfare and trashing America.
And all this time , I thought he was Muslin..
Jeremiah Wright? LMFAO!!!!!!!! Talk about desperation. I love it!!!!!!
Yeah. That is all he has done. For sure. See everything in black and white, do you?
What? No Acorn references?
I just read, in disbelief, that Ryan said today that "Barack Obama is a threat to christian values" Its amazing what he and Mitt will say to win the Presidency. That statement is absolutly insane. If you believe that statement, you are just as nutty as they are. The right wingers say that the President is leading this country down the path of socialism, well it looks like they want the country on the path to a theocracy.
Let me see . . . Socialism . . . Theocracy . . . Socialism . . . Theocracy.
I am going to become a Mormon, they are much more centrist.
I'd say that same sex marriage, legalized and federally funded abortion, and forcing the Catholic Church as an employer to fund birth control for its employees is pretty threatening to Christian values. What planet did you wake up on today.
Every pastor at every Catholic church in America read a letter from their Bishop asking Catholics to vote with their religion in mind....Romney will take the Catholic vote.
You are willing to turn our policy decisions over to Romney and his crew of GWB Administration leftovers. I think that is a bad idea, given how their policies turned out the last time we left them in charge.
If those guys were such visionary leaders, we would not be in need of recovery. John McCain would have sailed to victory by repeating all of the Bush talking points rather than running away from him. Romney would not be spending so much time explaining how his policies, while the same as GWB, will somehow magically turn out better (maybe it's the magic underwear?). Bush would be on the campaign trail instead of playing a game of "Where's Dubya".
let's - why do you keep ignoring the fact that Obama was a Senator under Bush from january 2005 when the House AND Senate was democrat controlled?
If you claim the republicans in ONLY the house obstructed Obama since 2010, then by reason you have to admit the Obama and Biden obstructed Bush and caused the so called economic mess they so called inherited?
It seems so easy for democrats to ignore any information that does not fit the talking points from Obama.
Who would you go to invest your money Obama or Romney? If you answer in Obama I am sure somone out there would like to sell you some stock in Solyndra.
Who would you want to work for and count on to support your family Obama or Romney? Given that Obama does not know the difference between operating in the red or the black you may not get a pay check.
The losers in our government could not cut 1.25 trillion over TEN years (4 election cycles) so tomorrow we the voter can show them all how to cut 1.25 trillion in a single year by kicking the head check writer to the curb by voting ROMNEY
Jeff you are a frickin YAHOO.
O&Joe 2012
I work in high-tech in Fairfax, VA and just about everyone I talk to in my industry as well as Government contracting is deathly afraid of another Obama term. We've seen jobs lost, Government contracts dry up, and the threat to the Defense industry by Obama's vow to let sequestration happen just because Congress won't let him tax the rich is truly frightening. I don't know about my rural bretheren, but here in Northern VA we are voting for Romney in a big way!
Way - Are those in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Portsmouth worried about Obama's belief that the Navy having ships at the 1917 level is acceptable?
Lived in Norfolk and Virginia Beach while growing up and know how much we loved our Navy.
Pango -
Having worked in shipbuilding for over 20 years, I can tell you from experience that there are fewer contracts for ships and the like coming from democrat administrations than from republican administrations. The military was cut so badly during Clinton's tenure that we had to hire companies like Blackwater and Halliburton just to meet our obligations. If our military had been staffed properly we would not have needed to use them, nor would we have had to send National Guardsmen overseas (where they are not supposed to be sent) or have our active duty personnel serve back-to-back-to-back tours in combat zones.
It really is not a good feeling to be in the middle of anything. I am a moderate through and through. I voted Obama in '08 because I believed his message. Now here I am only to find more questions than answers about the man and his motives. Some transparency. That is just the beginning. Now guess who I have voted for and why. And if he does win, for those who are stalwart in his defense, I sincerely hope (there is that word again) you are right! I have been praying for sanity in our government since GWB and have yet to see it. Both sides are to blame. It's time to stop this @#!$...
Just before we vote, we may need to do some research and I have included some information that maybe helpful or at least it is very interesting.
Right-Wing Billionaires Behind Mitt Romney:
Where The Money Lives: www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/08/investigating-mitt-romney
The Billionaire Right-Winger:
Humm, your link leads to nowhere. Wish I could verify your position but it appears not to be available. Bummer...
You consider vanity fair to be a serious source? Really?
For any who haven't heard the news, and for others who doubt the veracity of the story revealing Citizen Romney's "charitable soul" vis-a-vis his use of a CRUT to skim money from his own "charitable donation" to his church, here's the citation to the business organization that broke the story.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/romney-avoids-taxes-via-loophole-cutting-mormon-donations.html
Character counts in a president.
How can anyone, let alone a nation, trust Citizen Romney when he steals from his own church via a trust, under the guise of being a "compassionate conservative"?
Romney/Ryan: None and Done.
Here's Mittens new name. De Juan Percent. You foolish people that want to vote for this lowlife one percenter, are out of your ever loving minds. He could give a $hit less about you or me, unless you are also one of De Juan Percent. Open the eyes and see what his evil plans are for everyone. He only cares for the 1% and no one else. He only wants the title of POTUS, then his miserable life will be complete!!!!!!!!!!!
O&Joe 2012 ****Liar Romney 1040**** Draft Dodger where and the hell are those tax returns you crook???
People, in spite of the country's various dilemmas at present, I'm tellin' ya, if we elect Romney, we'll be sorry. I'm just sayin'. Don't do it.
We can't afford another 4 years of Obama.
The Repubs apparently aren't smart enough to recognize that when Obama said "voting is the best revenge" he was alluding to the saying "living is the best revenge". Instead they always seem to head to the dark side with their implications about what Obama says. Must be hell living in their brains.
Is a man that ran to France during the Vietnam War the man you think should be in charge of our Military? He's an Anchor Baby something a lot of you Republican racist despise! He wants Latin America to be our next China, is that where you want your job to be in another year or two? You would think at least during an election Bain Capital would halt sending jobs to China, have they? If I show you more tax returns you'll have more ammunition for the haters. If you want to become American join the Military first, but don't expect me or my children to fight for this country, we own a home in France! I own stock in Delphi, if you want to keep GM building cars you're going to have to pay triple for the part we manufacture. Jeep is moving it's manufacturing to China but don't tell anyone we don't want to be called liars. There is a lot more but I'm tired, I'm tired of this B.S. and my 4 year old is asking why Mitt lies. I don't let her watch TV when he is on and lately he's been lying 24/7.
Mitt was community organizing in Paris. Going door to door for that cult in Utah.
Let's see......I can have the Obama economic plan like that of Bill Clinton ("grown from the middle class"), OR,
I can have the Romney/Bush "trickle down their leg" plan.
Decisions, decisions.......hmmmm
Under Clinton....JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, RECORD SURPLUS, EVERYBODY PROSPERS.
Under the "W" Bush administration....2 wars, massive job loss, wall st. runs amuk, huge debt, all while the ULTRA RICH PROSPER on the backs of the middle class.
hmmmmmm, i can't vote for the economic policies of Obama/Clinton. Besides, Obama is a Muslim, a Kenyan, un-american, not like us, and he's "black". He hasn't fixed (fast enough) the worst economic DISASTER since the great depression. Yeah, "W" Bush left behind a little mess....but, it's been 4 years.
Furthermore, that Clinton guy got a BJ. That's immoral!!! Yeah, i've cheated on my wife too but, unlike clinton, at least i didn't do it in the White House. That scum bag!!! Besides.....I've gone to Church since my affairs and I've been cleansed.
I think this Romnesia guy can be trusted after the election. He is the worlds biggest flip-flopper...and YES, Flip-Floppers generally make TERRIBLE LEADERS, but he was HONEST when he said he was the candidate of "real change". I can overlook his lack of credibility and inconsistencies.
I want to be a millionaire and voting for that guy the "libturds" (I just learned that word) call Romnesia is my best chance of being wealthy. He promised he didn't mean any harm toward the 47% of LOSERS and will look out for EVERYBODY. I'll take my chances with a Mormon over the guy who helped kill those guys in Labia.
You wish Obama was close to Clinton...
LOL!!! Good post "daddy..."
In other words, you realize Romney and his followers are a bunch of hypocrites!!!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!
I'm wondering how many more people are undecided like me.
Interesting thing happen today as I drove past the lines waiting to vote in OHIO.
They noticed my fire Obama sticker on my car
They clapped and whistled and cheered
See you tomorrow Democrats....
Yep thats America....
They were clapping for the Romney sticker on your front bumper.....................easily confused.............
Are you prepared to ride the Republican elephant back to its economic vomit?