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Mitt can only pull it off in NH if he attacks both McCain and Huckabee hard and relentlessly and I just don’t think their is enough time. The most he can hope to do is catch Huckabee off guard at the debate Saturday. He needs to do something to throw off Huckabee’s nice guy image. Provoke him. I don’t know what would do it but then again I’m not running the Romney campaign. He also needs to get McCain to blow his top.

The way to do that with Huck is to find a way to question his Baptist credentials provoking him to attacking Romney’s Mormon ism. It would be risky but it would definently provoke a reaction. If I were him I’d simply call McCain and I’d make the true allegation that McCain supported amnesty. Then when McCain replys with “He never has supported Amnesty” I’d call him a liar in the nicest way possible by saying “John, you know that just isn’t true.”.

I don’t know debates are never guarantees. I’d like to see Mitt leave the race quickly so we can get on to dismantling Huckabee.

I just had more joy after I read this. The arrogance of the Romney camp is astounding.

Huckabee’s convincing victory was as if Bain Capital had lost a takeover bid to George Bailey. For many at Romney’s somewhat subdued “victory party,” the idea that such a rational and well-researched plan could be upset by, as one woman put it, “a country sleaze” simply did not compute. Mitt Romney’s concession was just being announced on CNN as precinct captains shook their heads. Some exclaimed, in the same polite sub-profanities that Romney might use: “Bull!” “Darn!” Somewhere, perhaps, even, “H-E-double hockey sticks!” Told that Fox News had just made a similar announcement, viewers were adamant: “Then Fox News needs to have its head examined!”

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1700130,00.html

I think Mitt will win NH. We got Fred running well and he will suck up some McCain votes. I’m happy that Fred kept McCain at 4th place. We got 5 days to knock some sense into NH and I am sure Mitt will beat McCain in a close race. Once we get NH, by that time McCain and Fred will run out of media and money and everyone will wakeup and realize that only Mitt stands between them and Huck.

NH voters are unlike Iowa, they are not the conservative religious values crowd but more like the Republican,small-Govt, low tax types.

I think Huckabee will flop in NH. So the race is between Mccain and Mitt. Mccain has a maverick image which can attract independents and the libertarian types, Mitt can get support because of the proximity to Massachussets and considering many NH voters work in Massachussets.

I think Mitt can win in NH but it will be close.

***The way to do that with Huck is to find a way to question his Baptist credentials provoking him to attacking Romney’s Mormon ism.***

I wouldn’t vote for a Baptist from Massachusetts either!