Since Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., came on the scene Saturday, Mitt Romney’s rallies have felt different. The crowds are bigger. The audience is more raucous. Lines that used to be a routine part of the Republican presidential candidate’s stump speech have become rousing battle cries.
At the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, N.C., 1,600 people crowded into the room and thousands more swarmed outside.
“I feel like I’m in Woodstock,” gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory exclaimed. “There’s a parking jam!”
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