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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Social Romney: Mitt, Ann, the Boys and New Media

The first part in Patch's The Romney Effect series looks at how Mitt Romney and his family appear on social media.

Mitt Romney's Facebook page states he likes "East of Eden," "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" and Johnny Cash. But you won't find anything about his hometown of Belmont on his 'likes' list. Does that mean Romney doesn't like Belmont, despite living here for four decades? We can't presume to know, but we know that comments or insights, likes (or even dislikes) about local happenings doesn't appear to be part of the presumptive Republican candidate's social media presence. More than 2.5 million Facebook members 'like' Belmont's most prominent citizen. Or about 10 percent of the 'likes' on Pres. Barack Obama's Facebook page. Social media – Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, Flickr, Instagram and even newcomer Pinterest – have been considered …

Friday, July 20, 2012

The Romney Effect: Starting Today

A multi-part Patch series will explore the impact of Mitt Romney and his family on Belmont and the surrounding community.

It's only weeks until the Republican convention. We already know a lot about Mitt Romney, the candidate. But what do we know about Mitt Romney, the local man? For the next few weeks, Belmont Patch Editor Franklin Tucker will be looking into what kind of impact the Romneys have had on their local community. We're interested in your thoughts on how the Romneys have affected Belmont and surrounding communities. Do you have a story about dealing with the Romneys or running into Secret Service agents? Tell us about it in the comments section below or email Franklin Tucker. And join us every Friday morning for our latest installment of The Romney Effect.

Paul

1:27 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012

I support financially Mr. Romney; I will man phones for his campaign and I will vote for him in the NOV. election. We could not HOPE for a better man, a more experienced executive and a President who will WORK for America.   more ›

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