Romney Shows a Little Leg in New Ad
The creative team for Mitt Romney is adding to the picture they are assembling for Iowa and New Hampshire voters with a new ad that features him quite literally running hard as a narrator declares "at every step, he's met extraordinary challenges."
The 30-second spot highlights his experience running the Olympics and Massachusetts. But the real treat is the bit of dare-we-say, sex appeal, of the trim and fit Mr. Romney, 60, jogging down a tree-lined road in short shorts and sneakers.
How serious an athlete is Mr. Romney in real life? He tries to run four or five times a week, two to five miles at a time, while on the trail, according to Eric Fehrnstrom, Mr. Romney's traveling press secretary.
His sons also tell stories of the annual Romney triathlon up at the family's vacation home in New Hampshire, where the sons and their wives all line up for running, swimming and biking segments.
Usually, Matt, who ran track and cross-country in high school, takes home the gold. But Mitt Romney always tries his darnedest to beat his sons and has never let any of the wives beat him.
"It absolutely kills him he doesn't win," said Josh Romney. "He pushes himself to the extreme limit."
Other tidbits on how Mr. Romney stays in fighting shape on the campaign trail? His wife, Ann, bakes him granola, which he carries with him in a one-gallon ziplock bag and eats every day for breakfast. He eats plenty of fruit and yogurt and drinks water to stay hydrated. Quiznos or Subway are favorite stops for turkey on wheat. Chicken, fish or pasta for dinner. But he does have a weakness, said Mr. Fehrnstrom, for Big Macs and chocolate malts.
Steve Bolger says: "The genetically-engineered test-tube politician for God-blessed America."
So apparently any 60 year old who runs and eats well is a "genetically-engineered test-tube" individual? I know we live in America, but do we all have to be fat and disregard what our doctors tell us to do? And if we are fat, do we have to hate people who are in shape? This reminds me of the Simpson's.
Scientist: We need a fresh angle to keep the public interested.
Assistant: The public see our astronauts as clean-cut, athletic go-
getters. They hate people like that.
pat says: "he runs like a girl."
People named "pat" should avoid questioning other people's manliness or girlishness.
Actually, that is an awesome ad. Why?
Because Mitt's #1 problem with the average viewer is that being very rich, very good looking and very morally pure, the average person can't relate.
Jogging or exercising is something most Americans have done at some point, so they see him there and think, ok, I can see myself in that ad.
Also, does anyone else remember a President that got a lot of mileage out of being seen jogging?
That's right, the left's beloved Bill Clinton. They loved it in him and hate it in Romney.
Face it Romney-haters, this is a brilliant ad.
— Posted by Bill Mitchell
Dangit! Mitt is running too successful a campaign for my liking… Every decision he makes is calculated to increase his popularity and win the election. How selfish of him to want to get elected President of the United States. He is following the same path of selfishness when he decided to become a CEO, chairman of the Olympic committee, Governor of Massachusetts. Golly shucks! He just works too hard to achieve HIS goals. I don't want a President like that!!!
— Posted by Ryan
This is clearly a shot at Fred who prefers not to actaully run but to sit around.
— Posted by NATE
I wouldn't vote for Mitt, and many of his values are the opposite of mine, but this is a good ad particularly for the jogging bit. It does actually improve a candidate's electability if they're in good physical shape. We'd prefer a president who bounces out of bed in the morning, doesn't have major health crises, doesn't take naps all the time, and so on. So I think this is meant to contrast him with Giuliani, McCain, and Thompson particularly, maybe even Brownback & Tancredo.
Every president has had their health problems, FDR was one of the greatest and had terrible health. But I think being very healthy is a valid selling point; although Romney should watch out for Huckabee one-upping him, and jogging won't help much in the general since most of the Dem candidates are pretty healthy too. Obama or Edwards would beat Romney in a footrace, especially since they can drink coffee.
— Posted by Dan Stackhouse
Who cares about Romney's health routine ! I am more interested in what's the truth inside his head- every dirty detail.
I do not think Obama can beat Romney in a race - he is a smoker, I read somewhere. And Edwards would have to wear a hairnet and I don't think he would do that.
— Posted by Leticia P. Carlos
I think this is a slam at the nearly dead John McCain and Thompson and the out of shape Giuliani, however, it's not his physical health that will help Romney win the nomination, it's the fact that he is the most qualified candidate not only in politics but he also has a brilliant understanding of economics and business. Romney truly is the "Turnaround" candidate that could actually make our country a better place.
— Posted by Tyson
There is a great deal of interesting information here. Some people consider Mitt Romney as a terrible politician, while others praise the good things he has done. Yet, while people may consider Romney as the most terrible candidate for president because they did not like his policies or are for one reason or another upset because he did something unpopular, perhaps what is the greatest truth here is that we as voters are "flip-floppers, pandering, opportunistic, heartless, and unauthentic" among others for our own policies. Just perhaps, we are the ones who can't see a good thing when it slaps us around and stands right in front of us. Just maybe, we are all fools who have chosen biases because of false conclusions we have made from what some opportunistic, heartless, and unauthentic reporter has told us.
Politics by definition is the science or art of compromise. Benjamin Franklin made the comment in the Constitutional Congress that "I have issues with many of the things contained in this document, yet I am not sure that it is not the best that we can do." What he was saying is that he was willing to compromise on issues that were a lower priority to him for those issues that are a higher priority.
Thos of us who participate in the political process of this country need to ask themselves if they are willing to compromise on personal priorities so that greater priorities can be fulfilled for the general good of all people here. If not, then perhaps your perspectives are part of the problems we all face in America.
— Posted by David Aust
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