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(YAHOO) Mitt Romney, according to that infallible forecaster Conventional Wisdom, would be the Republican presidential nominee. Sure, he might have his hiccups, but with his background, his organization and his money, Romney would ultimately waltz to the nomination.
Unfortunately for Romney, Conventional Wisdom forgot to clue in Rick Santorum to the plan. Suddenly, here we are, six weeks into the GOP primary, and Santorum has won just as many states as Romney – four. Making matters worse for Romney, the next state to vote - Michigan - once thought of as a Romney stronghold, since he was born there, is now… gulp … looking as if it’s swinging toward Santorum.
A win for Santorum in Romney’s birthplace, the state where his father, George Romney, was a popular three-term governor, could send shockwaves through the Republican race, put Santorum in pole position heading into Super Tuesday, and potentially spell doom for Romney’s campaign, no matter what his staff in Boston says about a long, drawn-out nomination battle.
In other words, expect it to get ugly in Michigan in the next two weeks before the Feb. 28 primary. Real ugly.
As Romney proved last month in Florida, when his back seems up against the wall, he busts out a lethal arsenal. On the heels of his resounding loss to Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, Romney came into Florida desperate for a win, and he delivered.
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