Romney campaign cancels all events for Monday and Tuesday.

[onehandle]

Source: MSNBC

Breaking on MSNBC just now.

What's hilarious is that Steve Kornacki had just said that Romney's only chance was to not stop campaigning.

And then Alex Wagner read that breaking news.

No link yet.

[goclark]

1. I know he is glad because

he would only have a "crowd" of about 50 paid people on a sunny day.

This means that he can just look in the mirror and see a Finished Fool!

[nolabear]

2. Because he's so, like, relevent and all.

Besides, he'd be sure to say something stupid and they're just tired of mopping.

[Kablooie]

3. He's probably using it as an excuse to take a break.

While Obama struggles to manage a major disaster, Romney will be getting a nice, rejuvenating massage and pontificating on how disaster relief in America is immoral.

I hope Obama can get one of those massages soon. I'll bet he'll need it.

[Harry Monroe]

14. A nice rejuvenating massage?

Hate to sound crude here, but he's getting his shaft fellated and stroked and his scrawny pale ass kissed by his staff of yes men telling how great things are going.

[Kablooie]

19. That fits my personal definition of 'rejuvenating massage' perfectly!

But I don't think Obama needs one of those.

[LynneSin]

4. Oh really? Did he just notice there was a bit of rain in the Northeast?

what a douchebag!

[Roland99]

5. Lyin Ryan is in FL..how does the storm affect his daily spewing?

[NYC Liberal]

6. Next headline: "Romney announces hurricane photo-op, will pretend to do shit"

[obxhead]

13. I'm sure you are exactly correct.

As they clean up behind this storm Romney and the army of handlers and SS agents will be getting in the way and draining much needed police services away from helping those impacted by the storm.

All so he can get in that photo op. I'll lay money on that bet.

Bet he'll be in NC tonight or tomorrow morning, wreaking a new round of havoc on the communities as he works his way north.

Hopefully the media will point out how it is getting in the way of cleanup of the region. Not going to hold my breathe though.

[NYC Liberal]

18. And I will bet you after the photo-op, we'll find out he didn't actually do anything

beyond picking up a few bags for the photo, and that he actually got in the way.

Bank on it.

[obxhead]

24. I believe that was the exact scenario for the hurricane in the gulf earlier this year.

I vaguely remember reading police had to be pulled off of cleanup and restoration so they could escort Romney around for those photo ops.

[bamacrat]

7. This didn't work for McCain...

He is trying to politicize this storm and given his comments on FEMA.

[Myrina]

8. He's such a vacuous copycat!

Only cancelling because
A. His pollsters told him it looks bad or
B. He's really too lazy to actually "work" a 5-day week.

[LibDemAlways]

9. He's like a kid anxiously looking at the sky hoping for a snow day.

There are plenty of places Mittens could be spewing his shit a week out. He's just looking for an excuse not to press the flesh.

[JanMichael]

10. Frankly, I bet and Ryan both cancel events; they don't want to answer

questions about Federal Emergency Management.

[aletier_v]

21. Ha. So maybe this storm WAS sent by God but not for Right-wing reasons!

[K8-EEE]

11. Ha, I wish I would have seen that!

Hopefully they will have a vid of that breaking news, that sounds funny.

[robinlynne]

12. imitation presidential?

[Harry Monroe]

15. They'll send in Ryan in for a photo op.

He'll look just great with his sleeves all rolled up, standing besides a truck pretending to hand out FEMA supplies. And just like that "poof", he'll disappear as soon as photo op is over, never even pretending to care that people will be suffering in the aftermath.

[jerseyjack]

17. Or he can pretend to wash clean pots at a storm shelter.

[maxsolomon]

16. There's no hurricane in Colorado

Or Nevada, or Florida, or Iowa, or Wisconsin, or Ohio.

The President has other work to do, Willard. Campaigning is your only job.

Slacker.

[Twelve String]

20. Obama Forced His Hand

The President forced Romney's hand on this. By going back to the White House and doing what a president should do. I suspect Romney will hunker down somewhere for the next 48 hours and try to sound presidential. Good luck with that!

[renate]

22. he'll look presidential, Romney will be sitting on his thumbs

Romney's decision reminds me of McCain's suspending the campaign in 2008 because of the economic crisis. To be fair, he would have looked pretty callous if he'd kept campaigning, but I think you're right about Romney hunkering down. I'm sure he's relieved.

Welcome to DU!

[DallasNE]

23. Actually, Romney's Only Chance Is To Stop Campaigning

It has to be awkward to campaign and not take any questions from reporters because that has to create image problems. Stop campaigning and that elimanates that image problem. Should Romney continue to campaign he would be plagued by his testimony in the Staples founders messy divorce a few years ago and his lie in Ohio about Jeep moving all production to China. Romney's only hope is to suspend campaigning and rely solely on his TV advertising. And that doesn't even mention his problem with Sununu's racist statement regarding Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama.

[sofa king]

25. Devoting his time to dishonesty, remorselessness.

Edit: I keep forgetting the important thing: he's probably lying.

[sofa king]

28. I win a cookie!

Romney will have a 'storm relief' event in Ohio tomorrow with Richard Petty and some country star.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014283990

Edit: Big thanks to you, onehandle!

[Thekaspervote]

26. No questions please mittens says I never said FEMA was immoral

Hey all you east coasters, mittens is letting you know he doesn't care you're caught in the storm of the century... You're on your own!!

[condoleeza]

27. Trying not to be too happy

that Rmoney's Campaign HQ and Faux News are in Sandy's path.....n/t

[nobodyspecial]

29. Oh, but he's having a "relief" concert in Ohio tomorrow

but just because it's him in a swing state, don't think it's a campaign event. Heck, I'm sure he'll even praise Obama's handling of the crisis.