'Run, Mitt, Run' chant greets Romney at raucous Hastings rally for Senate candidate Sasse

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joe Duggan

HASTINGS, Neb. — A raucous campaign rally for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ben Sasse Monday night included a brief “Run, Mitt, Run,” chant before former presidential nominee Mitt Romney took the stage.

During an earlier session with reporters, however, Romney repeated the answer he recently has given when asked about the 2016 presidential race: “I’m not running and not planning on running.”

In fact, Romney joked, “It’s more likely I’ll work for Ben some day. I’ll be his Cabinet secretary.”

During the rally at the Hasting City Auditorium, Sasse repaid the compliment, saying the nation would be better off today if a few swing states followed Nebraska’s lead in 2012 and voted for Romney instead of President Barack Obama. Romney won Nebraska with nearly 61-percent of the vote.

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BARRETT STINSON/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns for Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse on Monday night at the Hastings City Auditorium. During the rally, Romney criticized President Barack Obama, saying he thinks Obama will offer amnesty to illegal immigrants, continue to resist changes to his health care law and fail to make America appear strong in the eyes of the world. He urged the partisan crowd to send Sasse to Congress to fight those policies.


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[shenmue]

1. He lost

That was beautiful.

[rocktivity]

2. That can be taken two ways

And here are the chanters:




rocktivity

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. What a scary gathering! All the children are dressed in a kind of uniform!

[KingCharlemagne]

21. Put that picture together with Nebraska and what do you get? Why, Children

of the Corn, of course!

Happy Halloween and thanks for the creep-out. That pic is truly some creepy shit.

[FailureToCommunicate]

29. Happy Halloween to you. And welcome to DU!

Haven't seen Children of the Corn, but maybe I should, since fight night is getting near...

[yurbud]

28. that was my thought too: the mittlets alone could make a raucous crowd.

and all Mitt would have to say is, "Scream like your trust fund check depends on it, because it does."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Why couldn't they move the camera a little to the right?

Just enough so he blocks the 'S'.

[C Moon]

4. :D

He seems to have a knack at putting himself in those situations!
Too funny!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. This one was gold...

[C Moon]

26. Good lord!!! :D

[C Moon]

5. Nah. I think they're all setting the stage for Jeb this time around.

R$ already looks tired in that photo.

[MADem]

6. Did he bus those cheerleaders in? It's not like he's never done that sort of thing before!

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/02/cpac_straw_poll_did_romney_rig_the_vote_to_beat_santorum_.html

[alp227]

7. I say, Yes Mitt Yes! So that the (D) gets handed a win in 2016! nt

[SoapBox]

8. ICK...he makes me want to vomit.

No Chimpy clones.

[Turbineguy]

9. Please Mitt,

Take our retirement! We want to be destitute! Your friends should all be driving Ferrari's! Maybe we could eek out a living wiping rich peoples' asses!

[freshwest]

11. LOL!

[6000eliot]

10. Have the words "raucous" and "Mitt Romney" ever been used in the same sentence before?

[bvf]

13. Only when describing

incredulous laughter in response to his public statements.

Proceed, Governor.

[Paper Roses]

12. Yes, Mit. Run . Maybe to France? Paraguay, Somewhere in Africa?

Anywhere but in the US.

[bvf]

14. Paraguay seems especially apt. n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

15. I wonder how much he paid them to shout it.

A spontaneous chant for Romney? I'd file that under unlikely.

[Stargazer09]

17. NO.

I can't handle two years' worth of Mitt campaigning again. I just can't.

[brooklynite]

18. Why is he in Nebraska?

This race has never been remotely close.

[justice1]

23. I think he is testing the water, seeing if he has the support of republicans if he ran again.

[yellowcanine]

19. Mitt trying to "get down" with the open collared checked shirt......

Reminds me a bit of Dick Nixon on the beach in 1960, sans tie, with his tailored suit pants and street shoes, trying to look like JFK.

[heaven05]

20. please run

you idiot but Jeb will be there to defeat, this time.

[workinclasszero]

22. Let me second that! RUN MITT RUN!!!

PLEASE!!!!


Damn what a stellar bunch the thug party has to pick from for President!!!

[wheniwasincongress]

24. New hairstyle

kind of 70's-esque, isn't it?

[yurbud]

27. please do, Mitt. (though that would be even more boring than Hillary vs. Jeb)