HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:13:04 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.2 ZendServer/5.0
Vary: Cookie,Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
X-Pingback: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/xmlrpc.php
Link: <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=508012>; rel=shortlink
Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:13:04 +0000
Cache-Control: max-age=300, must-revalidate

<!doctype html>
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html class="no-js ie6" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]>    <html class="no-js ie7" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]>    <html class="no-js ie8" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gte IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--> <html class="no-js" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en-US" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"> <!--<![endif]-->
<head>
	<title>Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners - ABC News</title>
	<meta name="Last-Modified" content=" " />
	<meta name="robots" content="noarchive" />
	<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
	<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) 2011 ABC News Internet Ventures" />
	<meta name="author" content="ABC News" />
	<meta name="description" content="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it may not have been the message he wanted to send. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got a lot of good friends &#8212; the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets &#8212; both owners are friends of mine,&#8221; Romney said in an interview with an Alabama radio host Paul Finebaum on Monday. Near the end of an&#8230;"/>
	<meta name="keywords" content="Mitt Romney,paul finebaum,romney,romney paul finebaum,romney peyton manning,romney radio interview"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Politics &raquo; Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners Comments Feed" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/feed/" />
	<link rel="canonical" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" />
	<meta  property="og:site_name" content="ABC News Blogs" />
	<meta  property="og:type" content="blog" />
	<meta  property="og:title" content="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" />
	<meta  property="og:url" content="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" />
	<meta  property="og:description" content="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it may not have been the message he wanted to send. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got a lot of good friends &#8212; the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets &#8212; both owners are friends of mine,&#8221; Romney said in an interview with an Alabama radio host Paul Finebaum on Monday. Near the end of an&#8230;" />
	<meta  property="fb:app_id" content="4942312939" />
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-includes/js/l10n.js?ver=1323987713'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1323987713'></script>
<link rel='prev' title='Swing State Bracketology, Obama on Afghanistan, Mitt&#8217;s Birthday Ideas (PM NOTE)' href='http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/swing-state-bracketology-obama-on-afghanistan-mitts-birthday-ideas-pm-note/' />
<link rel='next' title='Million Mailers to Women Plug Obama Health Law' href='http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/million-mailers-to-women-plug-obama-health-law/' />
<link rel='shortlink' href='http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=508012' />
<script type="text/javascript"> var digAdData; var digRequestAds = function(){}; var digGetAd = function(){};</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://adimages.go.com/ad/sponsors/utilities/digcsserver.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
tq = new Object();
tq.path = '/politics/blog/the-note';
tq.keywords = 'TheNote$Topline$SubwaySeries';
tq.show = '';
tq.id = ''; // pass in empty for now
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/assets/js/adCallOverride.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/widgets/external/csar?ref=blogs"></script>
 	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
	<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen, print" href="http://a.abcnews.com/head/load?asset=css&type=story&v=4.1" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/style.css">
	<script src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/js/libs/modernizr-1.7.min.js"></script>
	<link rel="pingback" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/xmlrpc.php" />
		<script>$ = jQuery; // for external scripts</script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/head/load?asset=js&type=story&v=1.2"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
abcnewsSite = new Object();
abcnewsSite.section = "politics";
abcnewsSite.subsection = "";
abcnewsSite.altsection = "";
abcnewsSite.blogname= "The Note";
</script><!--
	generated in 0.263 seconds
	29942 bytes batcached for 300 seconds
-->
</head>

<body class="single single-post postid-508012 single-format-standard">
<div id="container">
	<header>
		<div class="ad-leaderboard"><script type="text/javascript">digGetAd("Banner");</script></div>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/javascript/export?path=/header&urlBase=true&ref=blogs"></script>
				<div style="width: 1012px; margin:0 auto;">
		<p class="breadcrumbs">
			<a href="/blogs/">ABC News Blogs</a>
							 &gt; <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics">Politics</a>
			&gt; <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/the-note/" title="View all posts in The Note">The Note</a>
		</p>
				<div class="single-cat icon icon-politics "><span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/the-note/">The Note</a></span></div>
		<div class="clr"></div>
			<nav>
	<ul id="menu-main-menu" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-11" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-11"><a href="/blogs/headlines/"><span>Headlines</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-21" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom selected menu-item-21"><a href="/blogs/politics/"><span>Politics</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-31" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-31"><a href="/blogs/entertainment/"><span>Entertainment</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-111" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-111"><a href="/blogs/health/"><span>Health</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-41" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-41"><a href="/blogs/lifestyle/"><span>Lifestyle</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-51" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-51"><a href="/blogs/business/"><span>Business</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-61" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-61"><a href="/blogs/technology/"><span>Technology</span></a></li>
</ul>	</nav>
			</div>
	</header>
	<div id="main">
	<div style="width: 1012px; margin:0 auto;">

	<div class="well" role="main">

	<div class="post-loop">
		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><span>Previous<br/><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/swing-state-bracketology-obama-on-afghanistan-mitts-birthday-ideas-pm-note/">Swing State Bracketology, Obama on Afghanistan, Mitt&#8217;s Birthday Ideas (PM NOTE)</a></span></div>
			<div class="alignright"><span>Next<br/><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/voter-id-laws-struck-down-in-texas-wisconsin/">Voter ID Laws Struck Down in Texas, Wisconsin</a></span></div>
			<div class="clr"></div>
		</div> <!-- end navigation -->

		<div class="post-508012 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-note headline" id="post-508012">
			<div class="headline-author"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/author/michael_falcone"><img width="65" height="65" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/MichaelFalcone_cutout.png" alt="Michael Falcone" /></a><p><span> By </span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/author/michael_falcone">Michael Falcone</a><br/><a href="http://twitter.com/michaelpfalcone" class="author-handle">@michaelpfalcone</a><br/><a href="http://twitter.com/michaelpfalcone" class="sprite icon-twitter">Follow on Twitter</a></p></div> <!-- end headline-author-->			<div class="post-entry no-thumbnail" id="innerbody">
				<div class="date">Mar 12, 2012 6:25pm</div>
				<div class="ad-rs-container" ><script type="text/javascript">digGetAd("SponsoredByLogo");</script></div><div class="clr"></div>
				<h1 class="pagetitle">Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners</h1>
					<div class="social-buttons">
		<div class="addthis_default_style">
			<span class="addthis_dynamic_wrapper">
								<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a>
								<a class="addthis_button_tweet" tw:via="abc" tw:related="abc" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..."></a>
				<a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..." g:plusone:size="medium"></a>&nbsp;
			</span>
			<a class="addthis_button_email share-email" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..."><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/transparent.gif" />Email</a>
			<a class="addthis_button_compact share-share" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..." style="text-decoration:none;" ><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/transparent.gif" ></a>
						<a href="#comments" class="share-comment-count" title="Post and view comments">5</a>
									<a href="#" class="text-tool smaller-text" id="small" title="Reduce Font Size">Smaller Font</a>
			<a href="#" class="text-tool restore-text" id="original" title="Original Font Size">Text</a>
			<a href="#" class="text-tool larger-text" id="large" title="Increase Font Size">Larger Text</a>
			<span class="divider">|</span>
			<a href="#" class="text-tool print-text" id="print" title="Print Page">Print</a>
					</div>
	</div>
					<div class="clr"></div>
								<div class="font-toggle">
					<p>ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports:</p>
<p>Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/mitt-romney-touch/story?id=15801839#1">&#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221;</a> Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials.</p>
<p>But once again, it may not have been the message he wanted to send.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a lot of good friends &#8212; the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets &#8212; both owners are friends of mine,&#8221; Romney said in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43njcpNcHs&amp;feature=youtu.be">an interview</a> with an Alabama radio host <a href="http://www.finebaum.com/home.asp">Paul Finebaum</a> on Monday.</p>
<p>Near the end of an 11-minute interview that focused on sports and politics, Finebaum asked Romney about NFL free-agent Peyton Manning.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m surprised to hear that Denver&#8217;s thinking about him,&#8221; Romney said, adding: &#8220;Let&#8217;s keep away from New England so that Tom Brady has a better shot of picking up a championship for us.&#8221;</p>
<p>Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson are publicly supporting Romney and have been raising money for the former Massachusetts governor.</p>
<p>Romney&#8217;s comment follows <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/mitt-romney-touch/story?id=15801839">a long string of remarks</a> that critics have said makes him seen out of touch. In late February, Romney traveled to Florida to attend the Daytona 500 and was asked whether he followed NASCAR closely:</p>
<p>&#8220;Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.&#8221;</p>				</div>
				<div class="clr"></div>
									<div class="social-buttons">
		<div class="addthis_default_style">
			<span class="addthis_dynamic_wrapper">
								<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a>
								<a class="addthis_button_tweet" tw:via="abc" tw:related="abc" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..."></a>
				<a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..." g:plusone:size="medium"></a>&nbsp;
			</span>
			<a class="addthis_button_email share-email" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..."><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/transparent.gif" />Email</a>
			<a class="addthis_button_compact share-share" addthis:url="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners/" addthis:title="Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners" addthis:description="ABC News&#8217; Michael Falcone reports: Roughly two weeks after taking heat for noting during an appearance at the Daytona 500 the he has &#8220;some friends who are NASCAR team owners,&#8221; Mitt Romney once again attempted to play up his everyman credentials. But once again, it..." style="text-decoration:none;" ><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/transparent.gif" ></a>
						<a href="#comments" class="share-comment-count" title="Post and view comments">5</a>
									<a href="#" class="text-tool smaller-text" id="small" title="Reduce Font Size">Smaller Font</a>
			<a href="#" class="text-tool restore-text" id="original" title="Original Font Size">Text</a>
			<a href="#" class="text-tool larger-text" id="large" title="Increase Font Size">Larger Text</a>
			<span class="divider">|</span>
			<a href="#" class="text-tool print-text" id="print" title="Print Page">Print</a>
					</div>
	</div>
					<!-- outbrain begin -->
				<div id="blogs-more-coverage" class="story-embed-end">
				<div id="left">
				<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/widgets/external/outbrain?widgetId=AR_1"></script>
				</div>
				<div id="right">
				<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/widgets/external/outbrain?widgetId=AD_1"></script>
				</div>
				</div>
				<!-- outbrain end -->
				<div class="clr"></div>
								<div class="related-stories">
					<h6><span>Related Videos</span></h6>
															<div class="related-story">
						<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gas-prices-political-fallout-obama-15905966">
															<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/WNT/abc_wn_gas_120312_wl.jpg" alt="Gas Prices: Fallout for Obama" width="200" height="112"/>
														Gas Prices: Fallout for Obama						</a>
					</div>
															<div class="related-story">
						<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/obama-calls-afghanistan-shootings-tragic-15905683">
															<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/abc_pol_obama_WFTV_120312_wl.jpg" alt="Obama: Afghanistan Massacre Underscores Need to Withdraw" width="200" height="112"/>
														Obama: Afghanistan Massacre Underscores Need to Withdraw						</a>
					</div>
															<div class="clr"></div>
				</div> <!-- end related-stories -->
							</div> <!-- end post-entry -->
		</div> <!-- end post -->

	</div> <!-- end post-loop -->
	<div class="move-left">
		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><span>Previous<br/><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/swing-state-bracketology-obama-on-afghanistan-mitts-birthday-ideas-pm-note/">Swing State Bracketology, Obama on Afghanistan, Mitt&#8217;s Birthday Ideas (PM NOTE)</a></span></div>
			<div class="alignright"><span>Next<br/><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/voter-id-laws-struck-down-in-texas-wisconsin/">Voter ID Laws Struck Down in Texas, Wisconsin</a></span></div>
			<div class="clr"></div>
		</div> <!-- end navigation -->
		<div class="sponsored-links wide-links">
			<script type="text/javascript">
 <!--
 microsoft_adunitid="10020419";
 microsoft_adunit_width="600";
 microsoft_adunit_height="250";
 microsoft_adunit_legacy="false";
 //-->
 </script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://adsyndication.msn.com/delivery/getads.js" ></script>
			</div> <!-- end sponsored-links -->
		
<!-- You can start editing here. -->

	<p id="comments"><strong>User Comments</strong></p>

	<div class="commentlist">
		<div class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="div-comment-20243282">
		<div class="comment-text comment-id" id="comment-20243282">
			<p>wonder if he knows lovie smith</p>
						<div class="clr"></div>
			<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/blog-arrow.gif" alt="" class="blog-arrow"/>
		</div>
		<p class="author-info">
			Posted by: catman | March 12, 2012, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm		</p>
	</div>
</li>
	<div class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="div-comment-20245322">
		<div class="comment-text comment-id" id="comment-20245322">
			<p>Big deal Mr. Falcone. Please stop your attempts to write &#8220;hit&#8221; pieces against Mitt Romney. There are more important things the American people need to be informed of. Leave Romney alone&#8230;he cannot even make small talk without all of the media, including you, making something out of nothing. PATHETIC!!!!!  Were you hoping for a Pulitzer prize with this one??? If so, you failed.</p>
						<div class="clr"></div>
			<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/blog-arrow.gif" alt="" class="blog-arrow"/>
		</div>
		<p class="author-info">
			Posted by: Michele | March 12, 2012, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm		</p>
	</div>
</li>
	<div class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="div-comment-20247802">
		<div class="comment-text comment-id" id="comment-20247802">
			<p>Dear Editor of ABC:<br />
What is it that you are trying to convey to American people?<br />
This is not politics what you are saying. Its simply trying to discredit what Romney is able to do or going to do. You are a highly biased net work just trying to indirectly support President Obama.<br />
Do you have something else to tell the public other than these type of foolish bickering? These kind of news is not going to do any good to anybody.</p>
						<div class="clr"></div>
			<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/blog-arrow.gif" alt="" class="blog-arrow"/>
		</div>
		<p class="author-info">
			Posted by: shivaglal | March 12, 2012, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm		</p>
	</div>
</li>
	<div class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="div-comment-20254792">
		<div class="comment-text comment-id" id="comment-20254792">
			<p>when are you going to register as a PAC for Obama. You don&#8217;t think we notice the bias?</p>
						<div class="clr"></div>
			<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/blog-arrow.gif" alt="" class="blog-arrow"/>
		</div>
		<p class="author-info">
			Posted by: James | March 12, 2012, 8:50 pm 8:50 pm		</p>
	</div>
</li>
	<div class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="div-comment-20255892">
		<div class="comment-text comment-id" id="comment-20255892">
			<p>This Liberal rag &#8211; aka ABC News &#8211; is rapidly sinking into the bowels of tabloid journalism.</p>
<p>When are you going to talk about all the celebrities that Obama schmoozes with at his $50,000 / head dinners.</p>
<p>How come Obama gets a free ride &#8211; on everything &#8211; despite being the most egregious elitist in the Western hemisphere.</p>
						<div class="clr"></div>
			<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/img/blog-arrow.gif" alt="" class="blog-arrow"/>
		</div>
		<p class="author-info">
			Posted by: Free Market Republican | March 12, 2012, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm		</p>
	</div>
</li>
	</div>

	<div class="navigation">
		<div class="alignleft"></div>
		<div class="alignright"></div>
		<div class="clr"></div>
	</div>
 


<div id="respond">
	<div id="commentform">
		<div class="link-left">
			<a href="#top">Top</a>
		</div>


		<form action="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/wp-comments-post.php" method="post">
			<fieldset>
			<h3>Leave a Reply</h3>
			<p>Do you have more information about this topic? If so, please <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mailform?id=14106679">click here</a> to contact the editors of ABC News.</p>

		
		<p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="22" tabindex="1" aria-required='true' />
		<label for="author"><small>Name (required)</small></label></p>

		<p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" size="22" tabindex="2" aria-required='true' />
		<label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) (required)</small></label></p>

		<p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" size="22" tabindex="3" />
		<label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p>

		
		<!--<p><small><strong>XHTML:</strong> You can use these tags: <code>&lt;a href=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;abbr title=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;acronym title=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;blockquote cite=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;cite&gt; &lt;code&gt; &lt;del datetime=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;em&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;q cite=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;strike&gt; &lt;strong&gt; </code></small></p>-->

		<p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="58" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>

		<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit-button" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" />
		<input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='508012' id='comment_post_ID' />
<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' />

					</fieldset>
		</form>
		<div class="clr"></div>
	</div> <!-- end commentform -->
</div>

	</div> <!-- end move-left -->
</div> <!-- end well -->
	<div class="sidebar" role="complementary">
		<div class="ad-rs-container" style="width: 300; height: 250;"><script type="text/javascript">digGetAd("Rectangle");</script></div><div class="widget abc_about"><div class="title">About The Note</div><p>Throughout the day, ABC News' political team contributes to The Note with the very latest news and analysis from the nation's capital and the 2012 campaign trail. </p></div><script type="text/javascript">
 <!--
 microsoft_adunitid="10020421";
 microsoft_adunit_width="300";
 microsoft_adunit_height="250";
 microsoft_adunit_legacy="false";
 //-->
 </script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://adsyndication.msn.com/delivery/getads.js" ></script>
		</div> <!-- end sidebar -->
		<div class="clr"></div>
		</div>
	</div> <!-- end main -->
	<div style="width: 1012px; margin:0 auto;">
	<div class="scroller">
		<iframe src="http://abcnews.go.com/widgets/external/topvideos?type=iframe&basetarget=_top" name="tv" id="tv" allowtransparency="true" height="243" width="990" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
		<div class="clr"></div>
	</div> <!-- end scroller -->
	</div>
</div>
<footer>
	<div class="footer">
		<script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/javascript/export?path=/footer&ref=blogs"></script>
	</div>
</footer>

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/js/script.js?ver=1323987702'></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
			ads = $('.ad-rs-container');
			$.each(ads, function() {
				if($(this).children().size() == 1) {
					$(this).css('display', 'none')
				}
			});
		});
	</script>
	<!--[if lte IE 8]>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		jQuery(document).ready(function() {
			jQuery('.cat-item:even').css('clear', 'left');
		});
	</script>
	<![endif]-->

<!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.15.1 Copyright 1997-2007 Omniture, Inc. More info available at http://www.omniture.com -->
<script language="JavaScript">
var s_account = "wdgnewabcnews,wdgasec";
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://a.abcnews.com/assets/js/s_code.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript"><!--

s_omni.pageName = "abcn|sec_politics|||WP2_508012|blogstory|TheNote|mitt-romney-talks-up-friendships-with-nfl-team-owners"; //content name
s_omni.pageURL = ""; //content url
s_omni.pageType = ""; //page type
s_omni.server = window.document.location.hostname; //reporting domain
s_omni.prop4 = "blog"; //content type

s_omni.prop1   = "abcn"; //site name
s_omni.channel = "abcn:politics"; //level1
s_omni.prop5   = "abcn:politics"; //level2
s_omni.prop6   = "abcn:politics::"; // level 3 content category

s_omni.prop13 = ""; //columnist
s_omni.prop16 = ""; //source
s_omni.prop18 = ""; //content id:content name

s_omni.prop24 = "WP2_508012|politics|Mitt Romney Talks Up Friendships With NFL Team Owners"; //top story
s_omni.prop25 = ""; //top video
s_omni.prop26 = ""; //top slideshow

s_omni.hier1 = ""; //directory structure
s_omni.eVar16 = s_omni.pageName; //content name conversion
s_omni.eVar17 = s_omni.prop4+":"+s_omni.channel;

var s_code=s_omni.t();if(s_code)document.write(s_code)
//-->
</script>
<!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.15.1 -->
<!-- addthis -->
<script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pubid=abcnews"></script>
<!-- end addthis -->

<!--[if lt IE 7 ]>
  <script src="http://a.abcnews.com/blogs/politics/wp-content/themes/abc/js/libs/dd_belatedpng.js"></script>
  <script>DD_belatedPNG.fix("img, .png_bg");</script>
<![endif]-->

<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
_uacct = "UA-225447-1";
urchinTracker();
</script>

</body>
</html>