Mitt and Ann Romney in Youngstown Monday. See more Ann Romney photos.
(Gerald Herbert/AP)
“My sweetheart.”
“My girlfriend.”
“My steady.”
These are the among the ways Mitt Romney has affectionately referred to his wife on the campaign trail. But our colleague Philip Rucker reports the candidate tried out a different term of endearment as he brought out Ann Romney for a town hall meeting at a Youngstown, Ohio, factory on Monday:
“I’ll introduce to you the heavyweight champion of my life.”
Okay! Just what every lady wants to hear, huh? The GOP frontrunner did a little backtracking: “I didn’t mean weight,” he said, laughing. “That didn’t come out right. She’s just a great fighter is what I mean. And I say that because anyone who can raise five boys and keep them on the straight and narrow, that’s a champion.”
Yeah, yeah. Make it up to her later, okay? Ann Romney gamely played along when she took the microphone: “If this goes on much longer, I will be the heavyweight champion. Things are getting a little tight. . . We’ve been on this [campaign trail] for a long time now, and you don’t always get to eat like you like or exercise like you like or always get the sleep you need.”
Read earlier:
Ann Romney on campaign trail, helping her husband ‘get through this together’, 10/2/11
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