After Ron Paul we left to go see Mitt Romney at Pate Asphalt in Marion, Iowa. The event was expertly ran, as after we had just finished setting up and helping one of our team members do her first stand up, the crowd went wild because Mitt Romney and his gang had come out of the door and was ready to please. The gentleman who owns Pate Asphalt introduced Senator John Thune of South Dakota, and he then after Senator Thune gave his spiel he introduced Romney to the already knowing audience. Mitt Romney started off in a light and casual manner, trying to imitate the idea of the blue-collar worker (like Gingrich did, and Ron Paul didn’t). He addressed the issue of family instantly, talking about his wife, five children, and 16 grandchildren. He then moved on to what he would do if he were to get elected to office, stating that his day 1 task is to repel Obamacare. It was easily one of the quickest events of the day, where we spent more time waiting for him to come out of the doors than it took for him to talk.
Mitt Romney finished promptly, which allowed us to move onto something we hadn’t seen all day, food. We ran quickly to grab a bite so we could move back from the east side of Iowa to the west side. After we ate like champs, we then hopped back in the van and went to Urbandale, Iowa, where Michele Bachmann was finishing up an event on Sean Hannity and coming back to her campaign headquarters where she was going to address all her volunteers and thank them for their work. Before Michele got to the office we were allowed to interview Eric Woolson (Iowa Campaign Manager) where he talked about moving from working in the newspaper business to helping Michele Bachmann potentially win today’s Caucus. The address from Michele was brief, as it was outside and bitterly cold, but her supporters showed lots of positive upbeat-ness and were clearly having a good time.
That was the end of Day 1 for Team C from Truman Media Network in Iowa! Let us see what today holds.
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