Thursday, January 24, 2008

Romney Factor

New York Times: Interesting article that looks at the relationship between Romney and the other Republican candidates, its the NYT thus a negative view of that relationship, the article states the following reasons for the dim of view of Romney, " attacks on opponents in television commercials, the perception of him as an ideological panderer and resentment about his seemingly unlimited resources as others have struggle to raise cash. " The last reason is the most important, Romney has the money, the rest don't, this could be the reason Romney became the nominee of the Republican Party. The vast money chest of Romney allows him to run ads in the states he needs to win on Super Tuesday. The rest of the candidates are not so lucky they need to win states to go on, thus Florida is make or break for Giuliani. The race could go down to the following match up, Romney v McCain or McCain v Giuliani. Huckabee it can be argued is a Southern Christian Candidate without much support in the secular states.

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