Romney's Home Court Advantage

By Ron Fournier  //  September 24, 2011 | 7:19 p.m.
Updated: September 27, 2011 | 11:55 a.m.

Michigan Republicans are taking note of a major contrast between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry: Attention.

Perry arrived to the conference's luncheon on Saturday during the official program, grabbing a few quick handshakes as he swept into the room. The Texas governor left the island shortly after his speech.

By stark contrast, Romney entered the dining room well before the official program and mingled with the crowd of GOP faithful. He called several crowd members by name and joked to one about his tan. "Don't you work for a living?" he quipped.


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