Politics & Government

Protesters to Greet Romney in NH

Various groups, including some Liberty and Occupy members, plan to be outside Romney's event tonight in Manchester.

Mitt Romney plans a highly choreographed return to New Hampshire tonight to refit his primary campaign with general election racing stripes.

But even after he's expected to rack up more delegates in five states voting today, some Ron Paul supporters and others plan to protest outside the Romney event in Manchester that he's "not even close" to capturing the nomination.

Here is one message on a Facebook page posted to crash the party:

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"Mitt Romney is skipping all the voting states to be in NH on Tuesday, April 24th. He is holding an event he calls 'A Better America Begins Tonight' in which many are speculating he may declare himself the Republican nominee. Others speculate he may name his VP at this event. 

Democrats have already organized protests for this event as well. 

We have confirmed this event will be heavily covered by the press. 

We intend to NOT make this a Ron Paul event per se but more of a protest reminding Romney that he does NOT have the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. We want to remind Romney and the rest of the country that our elections cannot be bought or manipulated and that there are two other contenders in the race at this time. 

We plan on making plenty of signs but we are asking that people be as specific to the delegates and election process as possible, rather than bringing Ron Paul signs. The signs we are making will have the number 1,144 with a line through it (indicating 'NO!'), possibly adding the words, 'The Truth: Not Even Close!'"

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Democrats supporting President Obama have already held a news conference to attack Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee. Members of Liberty groups and Occupy New Hampshire have said they will also show up outside the Radisson in Manchester tonight.

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