We have friends who watch NASCAR. Mitt Romney? He has friends who are NASCAR team owners.
The former Massachusetts governor – who seems intent on making himself appear as out-of-touch as possible at every possible opportunity – confirmed that he has friends in high places on Sunday (two days after telling a crowd in Detroit that his wife drives “a couple of Cadillacs”).
Asked if he followed NASCAR, Romney replied “not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.”
Sheesh ….
While Romney continues to exacerbate his blue collar problem, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is reaching out to NASCAR fans by sponsoring a car in the Daytona 500 (a.k.a. the “Great American Race”). In fact, in an example of exceedingly bad advance planning, Romney walked right past the Ford Fusion sponsored by his rival during his visit to the race track on Sunday.
The 54th annual Daytona 500 – rained out on Sunday – has been rescheduled for Monday evening, weather permitting.
The following day, Romney and Santorum square off in Michigan – where four polls taken on Sunday show them locked in an exceedingly close contest. In fact according to Real Clear Politics, Romney’s lead over Santorum is a mere 1.5 percent according to the average of those four surveys.
Romney led in Michigan by a whopping 34 points back in September, but two weeks ago he found himself trailing the surging Santorum by ten points in his native state.
Also voting on Tuesday? Arizona Republicans, who are expected to back Romney by a double-digit margin.
The following week is “Super Tuesday,” when GOP voters in Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia go to the polls.
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By Lisa February 27, 2012 at 1:28 pm
In no way would we expect Mitt to have his name on anything as cheap as a Ford, Chevy, Dodge, or Toyauto.
By Jan February 27, 2012 at 1:31 pm
This is so funny. Republicans have been exploiting middle class workers for years. Using race and lies to get them to vote against their economic interest. What the GOP is upset about is Romney is not playing the game by pretending to connect to middle class workers.
He does not understand middle class workers or their problems. He does not believe that is relevant to running a country. He believes the free market will work all of that out if we just let rich people do what they do best make money.
By barker February 27, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Romney wants to be President for one reason: because he thinks he can buy it. He has no core principles save accumulating money/wealth. Nothing wrong with that, but it is not a qualification for President, nor is it relevant. Leadership of a corporation does not require the same skill set or experience.
His stiffness and inability to communicate to those outside of Wall Street and financial circles is striking to me and totally unlike any other serious candidate for President in my lifetime.
He makes John Kerry wearing “Carharts” in a farm barn fit like a pea in a pod.
Romney hasn’t a clue how to lead a nation of 350 million of all types. Not one clue.
By snodgrass February 27, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Do you really think “any” of our presidential candidates could answer even the most basic questions about Nascar racing?
By Goyojimbo February 27, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Hey, the dude is rich. He owns more than one car and has some rich friends, some of whom own NASCAR rides. This is hardly a news flash. Better than politicians pretending to be of the common man while driving Audis or have 500k Tiffany accounts.
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By This just in... February 28, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Santorum Proposes Replacing Church, State with New Entity Called
“Sturch”
Would Offer Salvation, Motor Vehicle Renewals on Sunday
LANSING (The Borowitz Report) – Telling a crowd of supporters that the separation of church and state “makes me want to throw up,” GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum today proposed replacing church and state with a new entity he called “sturch.”
“Merging church and state into sturch will benefit all Americans,” he said. “Except maybe Jews.”
Mr. Santorum said that the combined entity would offer greater convenience to the American people than the separation of church and state currently does, since Americans would be able to get salvation and motor vehicle renewals at the same place every Sunday.
Turning to another campaign theme, Mr. Santorum told the crowd, “I support the rights of the unborn child until it is born and wants an education.”
He contrasted himself with President Obama on the education issue, stating, “Barack Obama speaks in complete sentences. What a snob.”
In other campaign news, singer Kid Rock endorsed Mitt Romney, which means that his music is no longer the worst thing about Kid Rock.
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An upbeat Mr. Romney visited the Daytona 500, where he told a reporter, “I love this stuff. I’ve always been a big NASDAQ fan.” *****