Last updated on September 24th, 2012 at 06:06 pm
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.
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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”.
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