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ROMNEY LEAVES VERMONT LARGELY UNTOUCHED

 

   By William Boardman   Email address removed  

 

When Mitt Romney spent three days in Vermont in early September, the biggest news he made was a press event in New Hampshire.  The rest of the time the gaggle of local and national media people were limited to reporting that Romney was in West Windsor to prepare for the October 3 presidential debate and, no, you can't see the house from the dirt road, or the foot of the driveway, with Vermont State Police and Secret Service vehicles blocking the entrance. 

 

According to AP writer Kasie Hunt, "The story about Romney focused largely on the size of former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey's $3.9 million vacation home, where Romney's debate practice sessions are being held."   Mrs. Healey and her husband  Sean have owned the 143-acre property for about ten years. 

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2012/09/06/romney-in-vermont-for-debate-prep/   

 

West Windsor's local law enforcement consists of one part-time, elected constable.  The town has a residential population of a little more than 1,000 people.

 

Although Vermont isn't even close to being a battleground state, the Romney sequester elicited no noticeable political protest. In 2008, Obama got 67% of Vermont's vote, with 30% going to McCain.  Obama got 68% of the vote in West Windsor that year.   

 

No surprise then that Romney's only public appearance was in Lebanon, NH, on September 5, when he did a series of media interviews in an impromptu TV studio set up at the back of the LaValley Building Supply warehouse.   New Hampshire is generally thought to be a swing state in this year's election. 

 

The Romney campaign also reached out to Vermont State Senator Randy Brock, the Republican candidate for governor of Vermont.  Romney and Brock met privately for about 15 minutes.  Afterwards Brock countered the common image of Romney as detached, telling a reporter, "I thought he was outgoing, he was friendly and very personable in my discussions with him."

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