The article says that the Romney and Obama campaigns agreed the audience would comprised mainly students, but that Romney was having trouble finding enough student supporters, so, at the last minute, they bused in supporters.



But after exhausting the few conservative groups on campus, the Romney camp realized there weren't enough sympathetic students to fill the stands on their night — so they told the network and university that if they weren't given an exemption to the students-only rule, they might have to "reschedule."

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In any case, Romney's team was allowed to bus in rowdy activists from around southern Florida in order to fill the extra seats at their town hall.

Salinas said both candidates ultimately had partisan crowds at their forums, but that Romney's non-student activists ignored instructions to hold their applause.

While introducing Romney at the top of the broadcast, Salinas's co-anchor, Jorge Ramos, noted that the Republican candidate had agreed to give the network 35 minutes, and that Obama had agreed to a full hour the next night. Ramos then invited the audience to welcome Romney to the stage — but the candidate didn't materialize. ... Apparently, Romney took issue with the anchors beginning the broadcast that way, said Salinas, and he refused to go on stage until they re-taped the introduction. (One Republican present at the taping said Romney "threw a tantrum.")

The Obama campaign stuck to the previously agreed upon rules and distributed all of their tickets to students. There were some no-shows, so they then filled the empty seats with campaign staff and volunteers.The drama did not stop there.Emphasis mine.

Yep, apparently Romney did not like that Ramos mentioned a basic fact about how long the candidates would be there, so he threw a tantrum like a 2-year-old. Excuse me, an entitled 2-year-old.

The article did also address Romney's apparent brown-face.



"He used the same makeup person I use, and we asked her if he requested darker makeup," Salinas said. "She said, 'No he didn't request anything.' Apparently, he was just a little sunburned."

From Truza, in the comments. Video from CNN of Maria Elena Salinas talking about the forum and Romney.