Romney Offers Trip To Boston, Signed Baseballs In Donation-And-Essay Contest

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Mitt Romney’s political organization, the Free and Strong America PAC, is offering supporters a new chance to take an expenses-paid trip to Boston and join Mitt himself in his family’s seats at Fenway Park for a Red Sox Game. But first there are two important questions: What does a free and strong America mean to you? And can you donate 50 bucks for the cause?

Here’s Mitt’s pitch of the contest:

Anyone can enter the contest by writing a 250-words or less essay giving their own personal answer to that question — and by donating $50 to the Free and Strong America PAC. The author of the best essay will get to go to Boston with a guest, while the other top-five essays will be featured on the site, and the authors will receive baseballs personally autographed by Mitt himself.

The national Democratic and Republican Congressional campaign committees have done similar contests, offering trips to Washington to meet with top politicians. But they only required the purchase of a raffle ticket through a donation — there were no merit-based essay portions.

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