Network of support

Mitt Romney is seemingly out to charm everyone. Apparently, Romney has been out on the loose, showing up to numerous luncheons, lending his name to plenty of fund-raisers and he’s even been spotted giving money to rank and file candidates around the country.  His game plan is working well because networking is key and he’s definitely on top of his game as far as that goes.

Nicholas Confessore and Ashley Parker of the New York Times write, The New Hampshire Seacoast Republican Women’s Annual Chili Fest? He was there. The Lake County Federation Dinner in Illinois? He delivered the keynote address.  He has slung barbecue at the grand opening of a suburban Las Vegas campaign office and has handed out tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans running for the legislature and other offices. He seems to know what he’s doing as far as getting his name out goes. He wants people to know who he is, and he wants to make a good impression every time. Can you blame the guy?

Tom Schweich, a law professor who jumped into the Missouri Primary last year, still raves about the fact that Mitt Romney agreed/ volunteered to headline his Fund-raiser in St. Louis. Reading this, you would think Romney and Schweich go way back and have been buds for a long time now, but that just isn’t the case. Romeny has never even met this guy, but he made it his business to show his face and get himself out there however he can.

On the other hand, people like Schweich feel more than delighted to have a presidential candidate volunteer to do such a thing. “How more honored could you be that a potential president would come and do an event for a state auditor dinner?” said Mr. Schweich, who raised half a million dollars that day.

Nicholas and Ashley write, Now, as Mr. Romney seeks to solidify the perception that he is the preferred candidate of the Republican establishment, many of his beneficiaries are returning the favor, providing endorsements — more than 1,000 of them, far more than for anyone else — ground troops and other help in the states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina that will make or break his campaign.

Curtis M. Loftis Jr., a first-term South Carolina state treasurer and a Tea Party favorite, has campaigned with Mr. Romney, and Mr. Romney showed up for his big fund-raiser last month.

“He was supposed to come for an hour, but he showed up early and stayed late, and I dragged him to meet everyone who was there,” Mr. Loftis said. “We had pictures, we had hugs, we had conversations.”

It’s evident That Romney is trying hard to win over America little by little and he’s apparently got the money to prove it because he’s been raising quite a good amount; but also giving out money as well. In July 2010, a Romney PAC sent a $1,000 check to Georgia’s secretary of state, Karen Handel, the day after she came in first in the Republican primary for governor. That September, a few weeks after Ms. Handel lost a runoff to Nathan Deal, Mr. Romney sent another $1,000 — this time to Mr. Deal. That’s just too bad I guess. If he has waited a while, he would’ve saved $1,000 but I guess Romney isn’t willing to take that chance

I like what he’s doing and support his game plan because that’s what it’s about, getting out there with the people and making yourself available for others. In my opinion, he’s doing just that.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/politics/mitt-romney-campaigns-tirelessly-and-not-just-for-himself.html?ref=politics