It was the first big national speech of Ann Romney鈥檚 career 鈥� and, with a few dissenters, most people felt she knocked it out of the park.
She was smiling, giggly, and a bit nervous, dressed in a bright red dress, and her emotional appeal to 鈥渢rust Mitt鈥� seemed to resonate with voters.
Her task was to 鈥渉umanize鈥� her sometimes wooden husband, and she won convention-goers over with her comment that her 43-year marriage to her high school sweetheart wasn鈥檛 a 鈥渟torybook marriage鈥� but a 鈥渞eal marriage,鈥� filled with screaming boys and shared hardship as her husband helped her face multiple sclerosis and breast cancer.
She also made a not-so-subtle appeal to a demographic with whom Romney struggles. 鈥淚 love you women,鈥� she shouted to a cheering crowd, before telling them that 鈥渋t鈥檚 the moms who always have to work a little harder.鈥�
Pandering? Maybe, and not everyone was won over, especially by Mrs. Romney鈥檚 attempt to relate to experiences of hardship. But the overall consensus here was that Ann needs to speak more often.
