Romney/Ryan Michigan Event

3rd & 7 37yd

by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 3:48:58 PM
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will hold a joint event in Michigan, starting in 20 minutes. Are they favored in the state in November? Check out CNN's Election Map: www.cnn.com
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 3:49:20 PM
(for those who are curious: the state is currently "Lean Obama")
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 3:50:06 PM
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 3:51:06 PM
While we wait, check out CNN's Convention explainer, with Candy Crowley: www.cnn.com
by Mark Preston via twitter 8/24/2012 3:56:24 PM
Newark Mayor @CoryBooker just signed a fundraising email for Emily's List. He references the GOP abortion news this week.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 3:59:47 PM
"Life Is A Highway" playing as we're about 5 minutes out from the event beginning...
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:03:44 PM
Romey and Ryan are holding today's event at a family farm in Commerce, Michigan -- just a half hour from where Romney grew up in Bloomfield Hills
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:03:50 PM
The Romney/Ryan event is graced with a backdrop of a large "R" hanging from a huge barn.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:05:09 PM
Interesting call-and-response now: "Are you ready to rock for" Crowd: "Romney!" "Are you ready to roll for" Crowd: "Romney!"
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:05:10 PM
Romney and Ryan last campaigned together last weekend in New Hampshire. They'll meet up again tomorrow in Ohio
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:05:25 PM
Candy Crowley's convention explainer...
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:06:39 PM
While we await Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, let's flashback to February and the Michigan primary: Romney won a tight one over Rick Santorum: www.cnn.com
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:07:58 PM
The latest polls in Michigan show a deadlocked race. An NBC/Marist survey at the end of July showed Romney slightly edged out by Obama, 43% to the president's 47%. The margin
was within the poll's sampling error.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:08:45 PM
Romney's bus is rolling up the farm....
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:08:57 PM
Of course, if you'd like to give Romney Michigan on your map, check out the CNN Electoral Map: www.cnn.com
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:09:21 PM
Mitt Romney, his wife Ann, and Paul Ryan all emerged from their campaign bus to cheers from the crowd
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:09:58 PM
A lot of "Veterans For Romney" signs in the crowd.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:10:25 PM
Soundtrack for Romney and Ryan's entrance: Born Free by Kid Rock, the song played at nearly all of Romney's campaign events
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:10:41 PM
Romneys and Ryan up front as they arrive by bus at Michigan event instagr.am
by Rachel Streitfeld via twitter 8/24/2012 4:10:51 PM
Paul Ryan greets Michigan audience with a Romney standby line: "What a welcome!"
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:11:31 PM
Nice to have Jim Acosta's great Instagram pictures immediately fed into the live blog. A worthwhile follow, especially as conventions begin. Also JohnKingCNN.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:12:16 PM
Ryan, who hails from Wisconsin, tells the crowd in Michigan:
"You got the sand, we got the rocks"
by Tim.McCaughan, CNN 8/24/2012 4:13:21 PM
Looks like the Romney campaign has realized they needed to raise the stage or the camera platform (or both) as the camera shot of the candidates' faces isn't blocked by supporters campaign signs when they raise them above their heads to cheer, as has sometimes been the case previously.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:13:48 PM
Ryan gives a shoutout to Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who's challenging
two-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in the general election in November
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:14:12 PM
Paul Ryan is talking about President Obama. Earlier, he played some word association with reporters. Here's what he said to "transparency": politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:15:50 PM
Paul Ryan has used the "guns and religion" line before, but has slightly different follow-up: "This Catholic deer hunter is guilty as charged and proud of it."
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:15:55 PM
Ryan on Obama's clinging to religion and guns 08 gaffe: "This Catholic deer hunter is guilty as charged."
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:16:15 PM
Ryan hits at Obama for saying in 2008 that some people 'like to cling to their guns and their religion...' Ryan used that line against Obama earlier this week. Read more here
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:18:37 PM
Romney and Ryan wearing strikingly similar shirts -- both are blue checks. Ryan's wearing jeans, though. Romney is in black pants.
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:18:59 PM
Romney on Ryan at joint event in Michigan: "What a vice president he’s going to be.”
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:19:08 PM
@McKayCoppins, Buzzfeed reporter, tweeted this - looking at the crowd:
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:19:41 PM
Romney re-telling story of how he met his wife Ann. This story is familiar to Michigan voters, since Romney told it several times during the state's GOP primary earlier this year
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:19:52 PM
A picture from the crowd: instagram.com
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:20:40 PM
Ann calls Michigan "a special place for us." She was born in the state
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:21:02 PM
Ann getting choked up at Michigan event after telling crowd: "Mitt and I grew up here. We fell in love here."
by Peter Hamby via twitter 8/24/2012 4:21:20 PM
The Romney-backed amendment passes. State conventions about to get a lot less interesting.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:22:23 PM
Mitt Romney's father George was the governor of Michigan from 1963-1969. Ann Romney praised him in her introduction to her husband
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:22:44 PM
Romney on Empire State Bldg shooting: "Our hearts go out to those that were affected by that."
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:23:28 PM
Romney mentions the shooting Friday morning outside the Empire State Building. He said "our hearts go out to those that were affected by that."
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:23:31 PM
Romney mentioned the shooting at the Empire State Building - here's an eyewitness report.
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:24:10 PM
Romney: “No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know this is the place where we were born and raised!”
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:24:19 PM
Yes, that just happened.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 8/24/2012 4:25:19 PM
He went there: Until Friday, Romney has by-and-large avoided any discussion of birth certificates
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/24/2012 4:25:22 PM
Picking my jaw up off the ground now.
by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/24/2012 4:25:45 PM
Political Ticker team - Jim Acosta seems stunned. Has Romney used that line in any stump speeches before?

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