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He’s got the math, so where’s Mitt’s momentum?

With Romney’s third place finish in Mississippi and Alabama Tuesday, one thing is certain: The Republican presidential primaries may remain Mitt Romney’s to win, but that has more to do with arithmetic and delegates than it does with voters. Given…

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…

GOP voters still searching for Mr. Right — Romney, Gingrich, Santorum and Paul have work to do

The most important takeaway from Tuesday night’s Florida primary results is that with nearly 4-in-10 (38%) of primary voters saying that they are not satisfied with any of the GOP candidates, all four contenders have a lot work to do…

Romney leaves Gingrich in his Florida rearview mirror

Carpetbombing works. That’s the lesson of Florida, where Mitt Romney overwhelmed Newt Gingrich on the air and in every other aspect of the campaign. He out-organized him, out-messaged him, and out-researched him, if an exchange in the last debate where…

Beyond Florida

Mitt Romney is now almost certain to win a commanding victory tomorrow night in the Florida primary – most likely by double digits. The latest NBC News/Marist poll shows Romney with a wide lead among likely Republican Primary voters in…

Five challenges facing Mitt Romney right now

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Achilles’ heel was exposed in the final minutes of what was an otherwise good debate performance Monday night. He played offense, engaged Gingrich directly faring better than some members of the media and made a…

Rick Perry does the right thing

Jan. 19: Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses while announcing he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP) Rick Perry did the honorable thing on Thursday. For the good of his country,…

New Hampshire primary leaves Romney grinning, Newt spinning

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney cruised to a largely expected victory tonight in the “first in the nation” New Hampshire primary and with a margin that should be considered decisive to most objective observers. He also won every county in…