bobbyw24
01-05-2012, 10:25 AM
An eight-vote, 25% victory may look weak, but Mitt Romney’s narrow win in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday has his campaign charting a plan for ultimate victory by the time Florida Republicans hold their primary on Jan. 31. The strategy: use a dominating win in New Hampshire to cast weak victories in Iowa and South Carolina as a sign of Romney’s inevitable nomination.
The expectation of a Romney victory in New Hampshire makes an overwhelming showing in next Tuesday’s primary necessary. Romney’s campaign is dispatching their candidate to towns with typically high primary turnout in southern and central New Hampshire, like those in Hillsborough and Belknap Counties. At the same time Romney’s formidable New Hampshire operation is up with TV, radio and print ads, and is calling, e-mailing and snail-mailing likely primary voters.
Senator John McCain, who is campaigning for his 2008 primary rival, told voters in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on Wednesday that the goal was to “get this thing over with” by sending Romney to the Jan. 21 primary in South Carolina “with so much momentum that he can’t be stopped.” A 7 News/Suffolk University tracking poll Wednesday morning had Romney with 43% support in New Hampshire while his closest rival, Ron Paul, had 14%. That margin had widened in recent days, suggesting Romney’s headed in the right direction, but that he may need a blowout to beat expectations.
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/05/the-25-solution-how-romney-plans-to-finish-by-florida/#ixzz1ibNfcNDu
The expectation of a Romney victory in New Hampshire makes an overwhelming showing in next Tuesday’s primary necessary. Romney’s campaign is dispatching their candidate to towns with typically high primary turnout in southern and central New Hampshire, like those in Hillsborough and Belknap Counties. At the same time Romney’s formidable New Hampshire operation is up with TV, radio and print ads, and is calling, e-mailing and snail-mailing likely primary voters.
Senator John McCain, who is campaigning for his 2008 primary rival, told voters in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on Wednesday that the goal was to “get this thing over with” by sending Romney to the Jan. 21 primary in South Carolina “with so much momentum that he can’t be stopped.” A 7 News/Suffolk University tracking poll Wednesday morning had Romney with 43% support in New Hampshire while his closest rival, Ron Paul, had 14%. That margin had widened in recent days, suggesting Romney’s headed in the right direction, but that he may need a blowout to beat expectations.
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/05/the-25-solution-how-romney-plans-to-finish-by-florida/#ixzz1ibNfcNDu