Romney tries to emotionally "connect" with voters by speaking of his friendship -- not with NASCAR fans -- but with NASCAR team owners. More recently, Romney's branched out and demonstrated that he likes football. After all, he's friends with NFL team owners. Of course, every voter has friends who are the heads of large corporations. Even unemployed workers and people with foreclosed homes make large campaign contributions, own multiple homes, and take vacations using their private planes. Right?
If Romney wants to get the Republican nomination and win the election, he needs to carefully consider how poor and lower middle class voters perceive him and his affluence -- or maybe he just doesn't care!