Romney mocked a new slogan “forward” rolled out by the Obama campaign in recent days at a fundraiser in Arlington, Virginia, reports ABC News. “Forward,” Romney said, “Forward, what, over the cliff?”
Romney didn’t think it was a great slogan. “His new slogan is: Progress. No, forward. Forward! That’s it! Progress would be better. I might use that one myself, actually,” said Romney.
The fundraiser was the first of such events open to the press, a change the campaign announced a few weeks ago, though media access was limited.
From ABC:
The fundraiser, where donors could pay anywhere from $2.500 to $10,000 depending on the access they wanted to the candidate, marked the first of its kind at which the campaign allowed any kind of access to the media. Traditionally, presumptive presidential nominees open their fundraisers to the media.
Two print reporters were allowed inside the hotel on behalf of the rest of the national print journalists and were able to hear only Romney’s remarks at the general reception, but could not sit in on several smaller meetings the presumptive GOP candidate had with donors who forked over the most money.
No television networks were permitted to attend with video cameras and were kept at bay outside the hotel, relegated to a sidewalk across the street.
