Romney is tweaking his stump speech to show his sensitive side:
As he has struggled to hang on to the mantle of the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, Romney has tweaked his stump speech in subtle ways to counter the perception that he’s too robotic and stiff—or maybe even too rich to care about average people. He has begun diverting from his usual stump speech, which was heavy on his explanations of his love and faith in America, to talk about the people he has met during his second presidential run.
“I’ve had the opportunity over the last several months to go across the country and meet people in this great land of ours, and these have been challenging times,” Romney said at a stop in Colorado Springs. “I was getting my hair cut in a place in New Hampshire, and the barber, in his seventies, had expected to retire but couldn’t afford to.”
In Elko, Nev., Romney spoke of how “heartsick” he was to have recently met a group of seniors “who thought they would retire but are working minimum wage jobs to keep food on the table.”
In Reno, Romney spoke of a couple he met who “used to think about where they were going to send their kid to college,” adding, “Now they are wondering if they can put food on the table until their next paycheck comes in.”
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