Party bus

WEATHERLY, Penn.—Chasing Mitt Romney around the country is often a
blur of random cities, with each stop requiring its own unique logistics
for the reporters who regularly cover the Republican nominee.

In Pennsylvania, where Romney is in the midst of day two of a
six-state bus tour of key battleground states, the Romney press corps
was surprised to find they wouldn't be traveling on a long tour bus
usually rented by the campaign to trail Romney. Instead, the campaign
had procured what can only be described as a party bus—a short white
motor coach usually hired to ferry around drunk party-goers.

The bus featured leather seats, neon lighting and, in its most
unusual quirk, electric plugs in the ceiling above each seat. Soon, the
bus looked like it was full of white streamers—only, it was an array of
plastic cords, not tissue paper.

It took little time for the bus to become the subject of jokes among reporters—and, to their surprise, Romney.

After the candidate's first event here
this morning, the press corps arrived back to the bus to find a note
from the candidate taped to the front wall of the bus.

"You guys have it way too soft—nice ride," Romney wrote, signing the
handwritten letter with a simple, "Mitt." "P.S.—Erased your hard
drives."