Romney tops off wedding by posing for pictures with bride and groom

Members of a Jewish wedding party react as the motorcade of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney drives past for a campaign fundraising event in Lakewood, N.J., Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012.

/ AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

CORRECTION: Due to an erroneous pool report, an earlier version of this story misidentified the group of people who chased down Romney's motorcade. They were standing near a wedding party, but were not part of it.

NEW YORK -- The opportunity to meet the man who may one day be the next president of the United States is often a thrilling -- even exhilarating -- experience. Take Mitt Romney. People often wait in long lines after his speeches, many bearing gifts, for the opportunity to simply shake his hand. Others pay large amounts of money to attend fundraisers where they can take a photograph or share a few private words with the man who one day may occupy the White House.

Some are a bit more extreme.

Case in point: As Romney's motorcade on Wednesday drove through the streets of Lakewood, N.J., en route to a high-dollar fundraiser, the entourage passed a group of Orthodox Jews standing near a wedding party that was posing for photos with a bride and groom, according to a corrected pool report provided to reporters. Upon recognizing that the presumptive Republican nominee was in one of the vehicles, the group of at least 10 began to chase the cavalcade of dark SUVs down the street, leaving the wedding party in their wake.

Waving cameras in the air, the men and women tried to approach Romney's vehicle as it pulled into Lake Terrace Hall, the site of his late-afternoon fundraiser. But, as they quickly learned, it is not easy to get close to a presidential candidate. The group was immediately swarmed by several men wearing dark suits and earpieces.

"Oh, you're Secret Service," one woman said, as she was asked by an agent to move back. "We just want to see Romney."

While a meeting with the potential leader of the free world was not in the cards for those who sprinted after the motorcade, the bride and groom, whose wedding was being held in the same building as Romney's fundraiser, ended up much luckier. According to the mother of the groom, Lisa Ben-Haim, Romney stopped by after his event to pose for pictures with the wedding party.

"We ended up taking many more, and we took videos," Haim said, according to a corrected pool report Thursday from Yahoo News's Holly Bailey. "He was very gracious. And we were all telling him we were happy that he came to our wedding because we are all very strong staunch supporters of his."

[RJacobL]

...Why did they photoshop a yarmulke onto some guy?

[0bama2O12]

Come on CBS. This is newsworthy?

[mawcm]

Replace the name Romney with Obama and it would be the frontpage/lead story everywhere

[grumpas]

Why would you miss a good party for him??????

[KnowerseekerReturns]

The disappointment these Orthodox Jews felt at being turned away from the presence of the "god" Romney is the same disappointment that his voters will feel if he does win the Presidency.

[stupa5]

Jews chasing Mormans...a sight for sore eyes.

[nancy_naive]

Smarmy.

[royalstar05]

I would have ran the other way. Who gives a Sn!t about this POS Romney. I dont.

[nohater]

apparently many care and like romney across the nation. tired of obama, michelle, biden myself. but to each his own even when it comes to the ballot box.

[abi_jah]

Obama is a disaster for our nation. Time to get someone new--I'd vote for ANYONE BUT OBAMA. Obummer is nothing more that a wanna-be dictator like his buddy Chavez and he'll stoop very low to cling to his presidency. Michelle would love to continue wearing $7000 outfits ...taxpayers are paying for it so who cares.
And I'm supposed to be more concerned with what Romney does with HIS own money but ignore what Obama is doing with my tax dollars?
Sheesh...you Obamabots can't seem to think through things.

[einreb02]

I cannot believe what a Republican site CBS is. Are you sure this isn't FOX TV? I cannot wait for the debates because then the country will see Romney for what he is - a candidate controlled by the radical "tea party" and a liar! His fellow Republicans gasp when he opens his mouth, for fear he'll embarrass himself again, like he did in Europe!!! BRING ON THE DEBATES!!!!

[nohater]

romney didn't embarrass himself in the middle east, in poland, or in britland. he was right about the olympics what with the many empty seats and the security breach. he was right about culture influencing national policy thus the economy in israel and among palestinians. the various cultures here in the USA influence policy and the economy. even poland embraced romney. not everyone likes obama as apparently you do which is your right. others do like romney. obama may win again but hopefully it won't be by a humiliating landslide like when he defeated mccain/palin.

[abi_jah]

Romney says it like it is. We need people like that instead of lawyerly jargon like Obama spouts. Every now and then Obama speaks his marxist mind and we see who he really is as in "you didn't build that".