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Did Picking a Hotel Near Train Tracks Hurt Romney’s Chances in Tonight’s Debate?

Oct. 3, 2012 9:27pm Jason Howerton

Tonight’s debate is considered by many to be GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s biggest opportunity thus far to put the pressure on President Obama in the race. There is very little room for error in the highly anticipated battle of ideas, which will be viewed by millions of Americans.

The Romney campaign understands this all too well. That’s why team Romney was reportedly sent into a panic when their nominee couldn’t seem to sleep on Monday night.

A Romney aide told BuzzFeed that the GOP nominee got almost no shut-eye due to a freight train crossing located near the hotel where he was staying.

The lack of sleep had the campaign concerned, so much so that they talked about switching hotels but ultimately decided against it because of how it may look to the public.

BuzzFeed also points out that a Yelp review of the hotel mentions the noisy trains that go by the hotel, an apparent oversight by the Romney campaign.

BuzzFeed has more:

Campaign staffs carefully guard their candidates’ sleep schedules. Tired candidates make mistakes: Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008 kept him away from evening events for that reason, and the campaign this year of Texas Governor Rick Perry later blamed his off-kilter performances on undiagnosed sleep apnea.

A campaign spokesman declined to discuss Romney’s sleep on the record. There’s no indication that he was disturbed in his sleep Tuesday night, however.

So far, Romney doesn’t look like he has lost a step in tonight’s debate due to his restlessness. But the night is young.

This story has been updated.

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Comments (11)

sbenard
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:42am
Mitt was marvelous! And with proper rest, he’ll be in even better form for the next one!

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- Roberto G. Vasquez
  Posted on October 4, 2012 at 4:27am
  I suspect Obama lost because Jim Lehrer is an honest man and wouldn’t provide the Obama camp with the questions ahead of time. I also suspect that’s the real reason Obama’s people have been saying for a week or so that he was going to lose. But will future moderators be as honest and untouchable as Lehrer? I doubt it.
  
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Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:10am
That’ll do Mitt that’ll do.

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Chromo200
Posted on October 4, 2012 at 12:01am
It looks like Mitt under pressure with little sleep did great ,, Obama with his luxury suite and a lot of sleep did poorly. Who do I want to be president, Mitt. I dislike Hillary but she was right who do you want to get that 3 am call. Obama will tell the caller to call back after 9 am and not to ever call that early anymore.

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macpappy
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:31pm
Mitt kicked Obama’s ****, Obama is out of his league.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:40pm
  No kidding. Loved loved loved it.
  
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woodcellar
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:17pm
The person that ask this stupid question is a candidate for a assist from Big O’s dead panel.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on October 3, 2012 at 10:47pm
  Yes. What’s this question about? On the other hand it is why I’m writing this line. Railroad Crossing, Look Out For the Cars. Can you spell that without any r’s? Ha ha ha grade school was so much fun. Why did the little moron jump off the Empire State Bldg.? I forgot.
  
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Davidnp
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:55pm
Even though he might be half asleep he is kicking O ****!

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:50pm
He has on his lucky sock so its a wash.
WTF.

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BannedByHuffpo
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 9:45pm
BHO’s campaign pulled the same stunt that NFL “homers” pull on opposing teams visiting from out of town. Put ‘em up at an accessible location and let your lackeys know where they are so they can drive by all night honking their horns and making racket until all hours. It won’t matter. The complicit slackers in the lib/progressive dominant liberal establishment media will try to paint Mitt as negatively as they possibly can, and brain-dead sheeple suckers will believe whatever the MSM propagandists and spin-meisters tell them afterwards what it was that they just watched.

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