In roughly chronological order:
Mitt Romney fist bumped a guy. youtube.com/watch?v=u1sFWL…
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) August 31, 2012
For those who don’t think Mitt Romney has had to overcome obstacles: Clint Eastwood.
— John Dickerson (@jdickerson) August 31, 2012
When Mitt Romney says “Mr. Chairman”, do you think he’s referring to me?
— Invisible Obama (@InvisibleObama) August 31, 2012
Mitt convincingly showed Ann research that daily rose procurement failed cost-benefit test, shouldn’t follow father’s habit.
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 31, 2012
That was first time I’ve heard Romney say the word Mormon.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) August 31, 2012
Romney blasts Obama for having no private-sector experience before being president. In other news Paul Ryan just slumped lower in his chair.
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) August 31, 2012
Romney thinks government spending creates jobs if it’s spending on defense or Medicare, apparently.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) August 31, 2012
You’d better get to the part where SMALL BUSINESS put that man on the moon, commie
#RNC— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) August 31, 2012
He’s full Reaganing now.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) August 31, 2012
70,000 U.S. troops fighting in
#Afghanistan. No mention of war by#Romney at#GOP2012.— Rajiv Chandrasekaran (@rajivwashpost) August 31, 2012
Just fyi, Obama hasn’t thrown Israel under a bus. He’s provided Israel with sophisticated missile defense technology.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) August 31, 2012
Global warming’s invisible too? Oh it’s on now.
— Invisible Obama (@InvisibleObama) August 31, 2012
Obama promised to save planet, I promise to save your families. Good thing families don’t need to live on the planet.
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) August 31, 2012
So, Romney will make America great by ????? and not doing that thing Obama is doing?
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) August 31, 2012
#freedomofreligion#MittRomney— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) August 31, 2012
Romney speech subtext: I’m Generic Republican.
— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) August 31, 2012
I think that speech was…fine. It’s hard for me to imagine the voter whose mind it changed.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) August 31, 2012
If 90 percent of life is showing up, this speech is a 90.
— Jacob Weisberg (@jacobwe) August 31, 2012
When this is over, I think people will feel they do know Romney. Not a speech to quote; a speech that works.
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) August 31, 2012
Most voters didn’t watch speech. Most who did watch have made up their minds. What creates “bounce” is how and how much the media covers it.
— The Monkey Cage (@monkeycageblog) August 31, 2012
Man, think of how excited this crowd would be if Mitt Romney introduced a surprise nominee right now.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) August 31, 2012
1) Eastwood: Whoa!! 2) Rubio: too long, pushed Mitt too late 3) Mitt: just fine, and unlike Ryan mainly true. But enthusiasm in hall???
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 31, 2012
Clint Eastwood on the phone with Obama now: “It all went according to plan,sir.”
#RNC#GOP2012— Chris Rock (@chrisrockoz) August 31, 2012
My god the arena is emptying out and it turns out this place has been full of literally thousands of Barack Obamas this entire time
— Alex Pareene (@pareene) August 31, 2012
And the tweet of the night:
Wow. I came into this thing skeptical. But Romney convinced me. I’m voting for America.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) August 31, 2012
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