The Romney campaign put up curtains to separate the staff from the press on the campaign plane last night. Nia-Malika Henderson, a reporter from the Washington Post, tweeted a picture of the curtains.
Twenty minutes later, the campaign said the curtains would now not be used.
At 6:04 PM – 22 Sep 12:
Romney aides add new curtains to campaign plane today. Separating his cabin and staff cabin from press.twitpic.com/axdgyg
— Nia-Malika Henderson (@niawapo) September 22, 2012
Then, because this is the Romney campaign, at 6:23 PM – 22 Sep 12:
Romney aides now say curtains won’t be used.
— Nia-Malika Henderson (@niawapo) September 22, 2012
The Romney campaign can’t even commit to their clumsy attempt to block the press. Skittish much?
Perhaps her last tweet explains:
Campaign by the numbers Saturday: Romney spoke to 650 donors/voters in Cali. Obama had crowd of 18,000 voters in Wisconsin.
— Nia-Malika Henderson (@niawapo) September 22, 2012
This is called “a very effective campaign” that does “not need a turnaround”.
Ms. Jones is the editor-in-chief of PoliticusUSA and a member of the White House press pool.
Sarah hosts Politicus News and co-hosts Politicus Radio. Her analysis has been featured on several national radio, television news programs and talk shows, and print outlets including Stateside with David Shuster, as well as The Washington Post, The Atlantic Wire, CNN, MSNBC, The Week, The Hollywood Reporter, and more.
Sarah is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.