Mitt Romney may have shown his true colors earlier today. As part of his bus tour of Pennsylvania, he was due to stop at a Wawa convenience store in Quakertown, north of Philadelphia. But he opted to go to a different Quakertown Wawa as well. The reason? Ed Rendell and several Democratic protesters would have been waiting for him at his original stop.



Romney had apparently gone to two other Wawas in Quakertown, both on Route 309. Romney spokesman Mark Wagar did not return calls for comment. According to the Associated Press, Romney did not want to face Democratic protestors at the campaign stop. In particular, it was Rendell who drove Romney to the other Wawa, according to the AP. Rendell, for his part, criticized Romney's relationship with the media even before he knew the candidate would not stop at the Wawa on John Fries.

Romney was due to arrive at his original stop at 12:40 pm. By 1:30, however, rumors that he'd gone elsewhere had become strong enough that many people in the crowd had gone home. Not exactly the message you want to send when you already have problems connecting with the average Joe.