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Romney and the Secret Service say goodbye

Thursday, November 8, 2012 by:summer.ballentine@chron.com (Summer Ballentine)
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It’s been a long, trying campaign for Mitt Romney but even when he was under fire by Republicans, one group of guys and gals always had his back.

Since Feb. 1 the Secret Service has shadowed Romney during rallies, fundraisers and even breaks at the beach. They crammed in elevators with him and guarded his hotel door as he slept at night. Now, after nine months of faithful service, they said goodbye and disappeared from the backdrop of his life.

Here are some of the moments they shared this election season:

Romney team accidentally posts victory site

Thursday, November 8, 2012 by:summer.ballentine@chron.com (Summer Ballentine)
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Screenshot of Romney’s victory site from Political Wire.

The first few hours after polls started closing it was looking good for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but not that good.

Romney’s eager-beaver team accidentally posted an updated victory site complete with a smiling headshot of “President-Elect Romney.”  Oops.

The new site quickly was taken down but not before Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard snapped a few screenshots for posterity. Now a photo of Romney waving amid a crowd of followers is on the homepage. Evidence of his loss is nowhere to be found on the site.

Check out more photos of the transition site from Political Wire here.