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While voters say Romney is most electable candidate, his electoral vulnerabilities are becoming increasingly clear

The latest CBS News/New York Times poll shows a clear sense within the Republican primary electorate that Mitt Romney is the most electable of the four candidates vying for the GOP nomination. 73 percent of GOP voters in the CBS/New…

Romney: The candidate of ‘eh’

In a sketch last weekend following Mitt Romney’s win in Michigan, “Saturday Night Live” had its Romney character boast that it was another instance of voters saying of him, “Eh, I guess.” “Eh, I guess” looks to be the motto…

Romney’s great escape

Say this for Mitt Romney: He won. Although no one thought a few weeks ago that would be anything to brag about in Michigan. Romney came back to edge Rick Santorum in his home state that he won handily in…

Santorum’s sweep says 2012 GOP presidential race is wide open…again

The Republican race has changed, and changed in a profound way. With Rick Santorum’s three victories Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, the whole nature of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign has changed. First, the air of inevitability that Romney…

How much does the Santorum sweep really change things for Romney?

Mitt Romney’s inevitability as the eventual Republican nominee for president took yet another detour Tuesday night, as Rick Santorum swept caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and won the in Missouri. In the latter contest, Santorum faced Romney without the presence…