The Three Things Mitt Romney Needs To Do
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He took Arizona and eked out a win in Michigan but there are still three things Mitt Romney needs to do in order to become the Republican nominee, Matt Dowd said on “GMA.”
“First he has got to win conservative votes. Second he has got to put together a winning streak. Nobody has put together a winning streak in this,” Dowd, an ABC News contributor, said.
He’s right on both counts. Last night Romney split the conservative vote. The “very conservative” voters went for Rick Santorum while the “somewhat conservative” group supported Romney.
And as Dowd pointed out it has been a momentum-proof campaign. Romney won New Hampshire, but lost South Carolina. He took Florida and Nevada but came in second to Rick Santorum in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. A trend the Romney campaign needs to break before Tampa.
And the third thing Romney has to do:
“He has got to be able to unite the party behind a positive message. He has not been able to do that yet,” Dowd said. “And I think those three questions he has to answer before you sort of put the mantle on him and say he is the nominee.”
The former Massachusetts governor has a tough road looking at the Super Tuesday map. 437 delegates are up for grabs in 10 states. Romney will do fine in Vermont and Massachusetts, but he is behind in the southern states of Tennessee, George and Oklahoma.
Then there is the all important battleground state of Ohio: A must-win for Santorum if he wants to stay in this race.
“We’re going to go from the Wolverine state to the Buckeye state and that’s where I think the battle will ultimately be decided whether or not this nomination is closed down and Mitt’s got it,” Dowd said.
“[Santorum] absolutely has to win Ohio and he has to win some of those other small caucuses,” he said.
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“He has got to be able to unite the party behind a positive message”
How can Mitt do that? If he’s not criticizing President Obama he’s slamming his fellow candidates. Mitt doesn’t have a positive message. None of the republican candidates have.
Posted by: tmferretti | February 29, 2012, 9:08 am 9:08 am
Who needs him? The economy is picking up great without him, and despite the House GOP.
Posted by: sameagain | February 29, 2012, 9:45 am 9:45 am
Many thanks President obama!
Guantanamo detainees get new $750,000 soccer field
By Catherine Herridge
Published February 28, 2012
Feb. 28, 2012: A new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay
At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches — at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers.
The project was the highlight of a tour Tuesday of the detention camp for reporters at the facility covering the arraignment in a military court of Majid Khan, a former Baltimore resident and the the only legal U.S. resident on trial at Guantanamo.
The project began in April 2011 and is due to finish this spring. The detainees will now have three recreation facilities at Camp 6, which is home to “highly compliant” detainees who live in a communal setting.
In addition to an indoor recreation field and the existing outdoor recreation field, the new soccer field — selected because it is such a popular sport with detainees — is half the size of an American football field.
The new field has been specially constructed so that the detainees “have maximum access” — about 20 hours a day. Special passageways allow the detainees to pass into the new recreation yard without being escorted by the military.
Posted by: Nick afung | February 29, 2012, 9:50 am 9:50 am
TM….. So what positive message does Pres.Obama have, besides tax the rich, I need to pay for Union votes, need to pay more to my bundlers, it’s not my fault, I didn’t do it, I voted present, I LOVE Airforce One, I will approve the pipeline before the elections.
Posted by: Lizzie | February 29, 2012, 11:12 am 11:12 am
“So what positive message does Pres.Obama have…”
FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | February 29, 2012, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Wanted to e-mail George, but not available. No facebook or twitter. Here is my comment:
George I can;t believe how poorly you understand American politics. Romney does not have to win any additional conservative votes. The conservatives will ultimately vote for whoever is the Repuiblican nominee. Romney needs to control the middle — liberal republicans, conservative democrats and independents. He doesn’t have to unite the party for the same reason. It will lineup behind whoever is the noiminee. As for a winning streak., he doesn;t even need a winning streak to create momentum, but he does need to win states to get delegates. So it is a requirement, but for a different reason. George, you are better than this.
Posted by: rupro | February 29, 2012, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
MY…… The President already said he has 5 more years, who needs elections.
Posted by: Lizzie | February 29, 2012, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
Mitt Romney has had much to do with industry
he will bring it all together at the right time an place…
Posted by: maureen | February 29, 2012, 9:55 pm 9:55 pm
Why is Good Morning America ignoring Ron Paul? This morning you said that there are only 3 candidates. That is an outright lie.
Posted by: Carmela | March 1, 2012, 10:41 am 10:41 am
1. Go through his final instar and emerge in his adult form
2. Convert to an acceptable form of Protestantism (this rules out casting out demons, speaking in tongues and handling poisonous serpents)
3. Pass out a lot of Benjamins.
Posted by: ManInTheStreet | March 3, 2012, 4:16 am 4:16 am
Why is it the media thought it was wrong to question Obama’s church and its “black theology”, but it seems fine to attack Romney and Mormonism?
It seems liberals have one set of rules they want applied to their candidates, but they have another set of rules they apply to everyone else!
Why is it we see countless articles about Romney and the dog carrier on the roof of his car twenty years ago, but we do not see the same number of articles about Obama snorting cocciane? It’s not as if it is questionable, he wrote it in his own book!
Luckily there is no media bias!
Posted by: Heather | March 4, 2012, 9:54 am 9:54 am