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Romney campaign stops short of predicting victory, vows for "strong finish" in Michigan
Oakland Press ^ | 2-15-2012 | Charles Crumm

Posted on 02/15/2012 8:36:36 AM PST by Darren McCarty

Mitt Romney's campaign in Michigan predicts a "strong finish" in the state's Feb. 28 presidential primary, but it stopped short of calling it a win for Romney in the state-by-state nominating contests.

"We're going to have a very strong showing 13 days from now," said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette in a conference call Wednesday morning.

Schuette is Romney's Michigan campaign chairman.

"I'm very pleased with our position," Schuette said.

Asked to define what a "strong showing" is, Schuette said, "I'll let you know that Tuesday night."

Romney's campaign moves to Michigan in advance of the Feb. 28 primary and with Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum the latest GOP rival to surge in recent polling.

Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who was born in Michigan, is in Grand Rapids today and will be in Farmington tomorrow.

Schuette promised a lot of Romney "surrogates" would also be visible in the state, including Romney's wife Ann and former GOP candidate Tim Pawlenty.

(Excerpt) Read more at theoaklandpress.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: michigan; mittromney; primary; ricksantorum
It's damage control time!

After reading that, now I remember why I wanted Mike Bishop to win the AG race at convention.

1 posted on 02/15/2012 8:36:49 AM PST by Darren McCarty
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“Strong showing” = we’re going to lose.


2 posted on 02/15/2012 8:42:17 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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Wow. “Strong showing” means that Romney’s internal polls show he is down big time in Michigan.

A loss in Michigan, no matter how you spin it, means he has no momentum at all going into Super Tuesday. Santorum and Newt could very well clean up on delegates and deny a certain Mormon politician the nomination.

I prefer Newt but if Santorum goes the distance... I am okay with that.


3 posted on 02/15/2012 8:46:41 AM PST by FerociousRabbit
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Sorry Mitt, we’re printing up your eviction notice as we speak.

Maybe Mass. will claim you as a native son.


4 posted on 02/15/2012 8:48:45 AM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: FerociousRabbit

I prefer Newt but if Santorum goes the distance... I am okay with that.

I prefer Santorum but if Newt goes the distance....I am okay with that. Bottom line, we are lucky that we have two candidates that would get 99 percent of the votes for either one from both sets of supporters. Please don’t believe that garbage that Santorum supporters would go to Romney. That is not true at all. Santorum supporters are not going to vote for a guy who supports or supported abortion (depending on the day).


5 posted on 02/15/2012 8:57:08 AM PST by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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T-Paw? That turd could not deliver a single county in his own state for Romney just last week. What in the hell good could he do in Michigan?

Oh well, his master’s voice beckons.


6 posted on 02/15/2012 9:23:24 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Not Romney - Not ever!)
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7 posted on 02/15/2012 9:54:03 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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