it was hours after president obama anoujsed his support of same-sex marriage. >> thank you all for coming today. i want to thank chairman panell for hosting us today and all of those who have come to be part of our welcoming team to governor mitt romney to the great state of oklahoma. and it is my great pleasure to welcome governor romney, the next president of the united states, from the great state of oklahoma. >> thank you, governor. [ applause ] >> governor romney, i'm sure you have heard that you are now in the reddest state in the nation. >> congratulations. >> senator john mccain when he ran for president in 2008 carried every single county in the state of oklahoma. so i'm promising that i'm going to do all i can to help you carry every county, every 77 county in the state of oklahoma to help you in your race for the president of the united states. in oklahoma is a great state, we're a very conservative state, governor. we are people who believe in the power of the individual, we believe in economic freedom, we don't believe that government solves all of our problems. and i know go