GOP Insider: Romney “Strategically” Placing Minorities At Rallies

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is “strategically” placing minorities at his campaign rallies, according to a Republican insider.

Speaking to Politico, Republican strategist Ana Navarro – who worked for the McCain and Huntsman campaigns – alleges that when the Romney campaign stages its rallies, “You can almost invariably count on the row of women or black or brown people strategically placed in the audience.”

The allegation has surfaced at a time when it appears Romney is poised to perform worse with those constituent groups than John McCain did in 2008.

The ongoing Republican “war on women” via efforts to dictate birth control options to women has appeared to hurt the GOP in several polls. Similarly, Romney’s opposition to immigration reform has pushed back his party’s efforts to attract members of this growing, Democratic-leaning constituency.

Some recent polls show Romney attracting even less suport from black voters than either John McCain or George W. Bush did in the two previous elections.