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Romney is weak in the heartland of America from the Dakotas through Iowa, Kansas (21 percent in the caucuses), Missouri, Oklahoma (28 percent), the South etc.

Romney barely won Ohio and Michigan with well under 50 percent of the vote and only reached 48 percent in Illinois with Santorum winning downstate.

Romney runs best (over 50 percent) in liberal urban areas and in suburban areas (over 40 percent) close to liberal cities.

One must ask ones self.. With a candidate that runs well in those areas. Will the people in those areas be the ones to carry the state for Romney, or will they perhaps go vote for Obama?

We can not win the general by picking up the middle left in urban areas.

Some say the south and conservatives will vote for Romney regardless.

I am not so sure. I am one that could vote for Rick or Newt. I’ll write in if it’s Romney.

Michigan was a tie till an after the vote rule change.

The Michigan Republican Party (MRP) Credentials Committee voted 4-2 last night to give Mitt Romney both of the state's at-large delegates, State Policy Committee Chair Mike Cox told MIRS today.

Cox was one of two "no" votes on the committee which met via telephone, along with attorney Eric Doster The "yes" votes included GOP National Committeeman Saul Anuzis, a Romney supporter, and MRP Chair Bobby Schostak.

That would put the delegate split at 16 for Romney and 14 for Rick Santorum, after each candidate won 14 delegates apiece in those divided by Michigan's 14 congressional districts.

As MIRS first reported on Wednesday, the MRP was delaying a final decision on the delegate split until after consulting with attorneys.

Cox said that according to the MRP rules, Santorum and Romney should each get one of Michigan's two at-large delegates based on their take of the popular vote.

"I supported Mitt, but the vote was clearly wrong," Cox said of the Credentials Committee. "It's kind of like Third World voting. We published rules and then we voted to change the rules."

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