NEWINGTON, N.H. — Mitt Romney kicked off the last weekend of the 2012 campaign in the state that set him on pace to win the Republican nomination, the first of four stops in three states today.
With three days left before the election, Romney and President Obama are dashing across key swing states where they have been virtually deadlocked since mid-October. In addition to the New Hampshire event, the Republican nominee will have a rally in Iowa and two others in Colorado today. Romney launched his presidential campaign at a New Hampshire event in June 2011.
This morning, about 2,000 people, according to the campaign, huddled in coats and hats on a chilly tarmac to hear Romney. The GOP nominee declared that the campaign has become a movement.
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"It's not just the size of the crowds. It's the conviction and compassion in the hearts of the people," Romney said. "It's made me strive to be more worthy of the support I have received across the country and to campaign as I would govern, to speak for the aspirations of all Americans, not just some Americans."
After the event, Romney, his surrogates and staff boarded the campaign plane and Ann Romney — who has been traveling solo to stump for her husband — walked to the back of the cabin offering pastries to reporters. Asked how it felt to campaign on her own, she said the experience has been "humbling" and "extraordinary."
"It's very touching for me," she said. "It was very emotional when I gave my last sort of address by myself, because I hear the voices and the passion of the people out there that are really hurting, and they are etched in my mind and my heart, as they are with Mitt."
As to her husband's state of mind? "I'm not going to — that's it, guys. It's pumpkin whoopie time!"
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