It was a significant departure in tone for a speaker at a Romney campaign event, which generally feature measured critiques of his political opponents.

The Senate candidate, Josh Mandel, arrived late to the rally at a coal mine, and he took the stage with Mr. Romney, who had just started his speech to a crowd of miners.

Mr. Mandel, 34, started by praising Mr. Romney for understanding that “coal equals jobs.” Then he blasted “radical organizations throughout this country funded from places like Hollywood and New York City — people who’ve never stepped foot in Appalachian Ohio.”

But he reserved his harshest words for the president and his rival for the Senate, the incumbent, Sherrod Brown, a Democrat.

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