There was yet another story in Politico today about Romney's struggle to "connect."
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Mitt Romney was born in Michigan, went to high school in
Michigan, married a woman from Michigan and called the state home until he left for graduate school in 1971. His father became an iconic hero in the state for saving an auto company in the ’60s — a feat that catapulted him to the governor’s mansion. Not long ago, Romney’s brother sat on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees."
"The name Romney means something in Michigan, which is why
Republican Party leaders counted on this favorite son landing an unambiguous win in Tuesday’s primary and effectively ending the chaotic
GOP nominating season."
"Now some of these Republicans are worried that the same issue that has plagued Romney from state to state is even more pronounced in his own backyard: his inability to connect on a human, personal level. If he can’t connect in his birthplace, they fret, maybe he can’t connect anywhere."
“It’s a blue collar state and Romney is not blue collar. He’s like a stranger in a strange land,” said
Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee who has not endorsed a candidate. “Where was his local grocery store? Where are his schools? Is he connected to the poor neighborhoods? These are the pieces that link someone to a community. And you don’t have to be poor to make those connections.”
Steele is right that you don't have to be poor yourself to make the connection as no one made it better than FDR who was as close to an aristocrat as you get in America. That he still can't take control of this race on the Friday before Tuesday's primary is worrisome. Mitt of course calls about 5 different states home. But you would want to see him a lot stronger in his-original-home state.
He in the most recently released poll, had a pretty comfortable lead in Arizona-Mormon country. However at 45-29 over Santorum in Arizona even this is not as commanding as Santorum's 45-16 lead over him in Pennyslvania.
In another positive in Michigan-for those who are for anyone but Romney, Gingrich is more or less out of it with just 7% in the most recent poll
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