Update: Capacity Crowd Greets Romney in Arbutus
"It's an honor" to have Mitt Romney in Arbutus, a resident says.
Updated at 5:45 p.m. to add quotes, description, background Mitt Romney made his sole visit to Maryland on Wednesday in advance of the state's April 3 GOP primary, telling a capacity crowd at a town hall meeting in Arbutus that President Obama is clueless about how to fix the economy. The leading Republican candidate, dressed in an open-collar shirt and jeans, greeted an overflow crowd of several hundred people who waited outside Dewey Lowman American Legion Post 109, then spoke and answered questions from a friendly crowd inside. Obama's poll numbers are hurting because "Americans are hurting," Romney said, to cheers. "Let's make sure that come Election Day, he is out of a job." Inside the hall, Romney got more cheers from a capacity …
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3:36 pm on Friday, March 23, 2012
I am with you JH. The problem is anyone who tries to talk straight with the people about our problems has no chance. Americans are so used to living the good life off borrowed money will not stand for any cuts in benefits. Young kids are the ones that should be demanding change - the 50 to 60 year olds have built an enormous debt to place on the next generation. Very selfish. That being said, a … more ›