“Gov. Mitt Romney came to New Hampshire on Sunday for a series of public events. Along the way, he ran into a few ONE members who were out to show support for the world’s poorest people.

At a luncheon in Nashua, ONE member Andrea was able to talk with Gov. Romney’s wife Ann Romney. She gave her a ONE band and Ann told her that everywhere she goes, she is always getting a white ONE band.

Gov. Romney finished the day by hosting an “Ask Mitt Anything” town hall in Exeter. During his stump speech, he said that the United States needs to reach out to many countries around the world like Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and named other African countries. He talked about the strength of America and not just in our military might, but in the compassion and values of all American people.

In a response to a question about the global AIDS pandemic, Gov. Romney said that he would work with the other developed nations around the world to help fight the spread of the preventable disease and treat people that are inflicted.

He went even further and said that he wants to see better hospitals and schools in these countries too so that people are not being treated and educated by extremist groups. Gov. Romney told the crowd that he had just talked with the US Secretary of Health and Human services about Medical Diplomacy. Gov. Romney said that Fidel Castro has a group of doctors that go around the world to help impoverished people with cataracts surgery. People call it a “miracle surgery” and Romney said that Castro uses this treatment to help gainer public favor and opinion around the world. He said that the US needs to do a better job of doing similar work around the world and that as president he would make sure that the United States leads the way.

After the event, I spoke with Gov. Romney’s son Craig and gave him a ONE band. Other ONE members spoke with Gov. Romney about ONE Vote ‘08 and the Governor said that he had met with Bono in NYC and stands behind the ONE Campaign.

I caught up with Romney just as he was leaving and thanked him for remembering the bottom billion people in his speech. I also asked him to reform the Farm Bill to allow poor African farmers the opportunity to trade their way out of poverty. He thanked me and headed out.

I did not get many good pictures but when I went to my car, I discovered that Gov. Romney and his family were parked right next to me. I managed to take a few photos before they were done for the day and even noted Gov. Romney’s grandson Parker Mitt playing with a ONE band.