Tampa (CNN) -- It was supposed to be Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's night. But instead of basking in the afterglow of what many called a solid acceptance speech, the Romney campaign is now forced to deal with the aftermath of Clint Eastwood's rambling "empty chair" routine at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. In case you missed it, the octogenarian delivered a 12-minute ad lib where he unleashed a string of criticisms on an invisible President Barack Obama sitting in an empty chair on stage. In the process, the actor/director-turned-politician stole Romney's thunder on a night when the Massachusetts governor was supposed to be the headliner.
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Actor Clint Eastwood delivered a 12-minute ad lib to an empty chair during the closing night of the Republican convention
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Some thought the routine was funny, while others called it bizarre
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The attention following the address threatens to shift the spotlight away from Romney, the Republican candidate
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