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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60444.htmlMitt Romney's low-profile strategy
Since Romney's June 2 launch, he’s done only about 24 public or semi-public events. | AP Photo Close
By BEN SMITH | 8/1/11 7:27 PM EDT
Call it the Mittness Protection Program.
Through the hot summer of 2011, the front-runner for the Republican nomination has been in hiding.
Romney was hit repeatedly by his opponents and the Democrats for refusing to offer an opinion on the debt deal until twelve hours after Congressional leaders accepted it – but that’s just been the most obvious example of a campaign that’s keeping the candidate far from the front lines and the headlines.
Romney has been missing from the fields of Iowa, swamps of South Carolina, beaches of Florida, and even the mountains near his summer home in New Hampshire – everywhere you’d expect a presidential candidate to go. Since his June 2 campaign launch, he’s done only about 24 public or semi-public events – an average of slightly more than one event every three days, or well below half the rate of Republicans Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman. That includes just one last week. He has none scheduled for this week.
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