Mitt Romney tones down assaults on Obama, tries warmer personal approach in N.H.

◼ Romney was opening two days of busy campaigning across New Hampshire. Earlier Wednesday, he announced the endorsements of several key figures, including former congressman Vin Weber, who had been national co-chairman of Tim Pawlenty’s now-defunct presidential campaign. - Washington Post

At the event here, Romney stood in the Keene Recreation Center, in front of a forest-green Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees scoreboard painted on the cinder block wall, and wove jokes and warm anecdotes throughout his stump speech and answers.