Romney in West Chester, OH: Vote for love of country, not “revenge”

I watched this rally on C-SPAN last night and it was pretty danged epic, with a GOP all-star supporting cast and tons of people. Romney’s biggest crowd to date. The article says 30,000, other reports say between 15,000 and 18,000 per local law enforcement and the Secret Service. However, I read multiple sources say the overflow area couldn’t even hold all the “overflow” crowd” so I’d guess the numbers go even higher than the 18,000.

The presidential race returned to Ohio for the final push Friday as GOP challenger Mitt Romney held a massive rally in the Republican heartland north of Cincinnati and President Barack Obama cut a swath through central Ohio.

β€œThe question of the election comes down to this: Do you want more of the same or do you want real change?” Romney said Friday night in West Chester Township. β€œI promise change, and I actually have a record of achieving it.”

Romney spoke to a crowd of 30,000, according to West Chester Fire Chief Tony Goller – making it the largest rally of the campaign, said Romney spokesman Chris Maloney.

Both candidates are trying to make up for campaign time lost to superstorm Sandy and deliver their final arguments to voters before Tuesday’s election.

Obama, in his first Ohio trip since Sandy struck the East Coast, said in Lima on Friday afternoon that the policies of previous Republican administrations didn’t work.

β€œOhio, we’ve tried our ideas and they work,” he said. β€œWe’ve tried the other folks’ ideas. They don’t work. The eight years before I took office, we tried their ideas. What did we get? We got falling incomes, record deficits … and an economic crisis that we’ve been cleaning up after ever since.”

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Kid Rock opened the Romney event, which also included appearances by a lengthy list of top Republicans, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sens. John McCain and Marco Rubio, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

β€œThis is like having the Republican National Convention come here,” said Ohio Rep. Margaret Conditt of nearby Liberty Township. β€œAll of the speakers that we saw in Tampa are here, except for Clint Eastwood, of course.”

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β€œCandidate Obama promised to do so very much, but he has fallen so very short,” Romney said. β€œHe was going to focus on jobs, then he focused on Obamacare, which killed jobs.”

Romney said that Obama asked voters to vote for revenge, but β€œI ask the American people to vote for love of country.”

Obama actually said, β€œVoting is the best revenge.”

Romney also promised to bring bipartisanship to Washington.

β€œIf I’m elected – no, when I’m elected – president, I’m going to work with … men and women on both sides of the aisle who care about our country,” he said.

In case you missed it, here’s video of the rally – starting with Paul Ryan’s speech, and then Mitt Romney’s.

And an aerial video of the crowd.

Wowsers.

Three more days!!! Can’t believe we’re almost there. Deep breaths, y’all. Clear eyes, full hearts.

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