Red State reports that sources have told them that Governor Mitt Romney will shake-up his staff today and “that he has shifted some staff around, pulling people from Florida and sending them to Michigan.” These sources also say that he will take more control over the campaign himself.
Red State’s short post is confirmed by a longer article over at the Seattle Times.
(Image: Mitt Romney speaking)
A Romney “intimate” told ST that the campaign is going “to take the shackles off, have him be less measured.”
That sounds like a good plan to me. Let Romney be himself. Be less calculated, or at least come across as being less calculated. Also stop trying to persuade social conservative voters to vote for him for now: these people are now voting en masse for Huckabee. That’s not where Romney has to look right now. He has to look at fiscally conservatives and people who believe that an accomplished CEO should be in charge; someone with a lot of executive experience.
O, and he should also focus on immigration.
Immigration, fiscal conservatism, executive experience, Washington outside, energetic… less calculating. They should’ve done this from the get-go, but, who knows, the shake-up may still be in time.
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But how will he shake off the fact that most people don’t believe him when he talks with his shifting positions on everything. That’s his biggest problem. Lack of authenticity.
Greg – Both Detroit newspapers, from his home state, endorsed McCain. In so many words they echoed what the NH papers said about Romney.
I think we have yet to see the best of Romney. Even some of Romney’s associates have been saying he’s been acting differently than when they worked with him as Governor. But since he started going back to his original message when he first go into the race he’s more like his old self and that’s what people need to see. It’s what got him the early leads in the first place. I hope Romney sticks to that and drops comparison ads and just focuses on his own message.
Mark: well said and I agree. If he sticks to his original message, he’ll do well in Michigan.
I have lived in Michigan for more years than you have been alive. Romney is just a carpetbagger to my many Republican friends. Even Michael Moore maintains a summer mansion in Michigan. Romney summers in NH. You may wish Romney does well, but my sense from Michigan is "nadda".
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1046531
Romney hasn’t had any ties to Michigan in many years. It’s delusional to think that he has any chance here. McCain will get a ton of Demonacrat crossover votes. Romney is toast in Michigan.
Here’s how the Detroit News said while endorsing McCain:
For whatever such anecdotal comments are worth in predicting elections, Romney has been bombarding Michigan with ads for quite a while. I time shift virtually everything and therefore rarely see commercials other than for news and sporting events, but despite that I’ve seen a huge number of Romney ads and virtually nothing from anyone else for weeks.
This may or may not mean a thing as money certainly didn’t give Romney the victory in Iowa or New Hampshire. It is questionable whether Romney’s ties mean anything to most voters in Michigan
Instead, he has panted after the GOP’s most conservative values voters, taking hard-line stands on gay marriage and abortion in conflict to his earlier positions as governor of Massachusetts.
I dont have a problem with this. He was elected to govern the people of a very liberal state in Mass. He chose to endorse their values and that to me is perfectly acceptable.
That is what makes a moderate a moderate. One who is not afraid to change their stances and positions for the good of those they govern. Our government should be about governing.
Progressive want to hijack the party and take it to extremes. The Religious right did the same thing. Both are wrong. While Im not opposed to Christian values I think that those values are none of the Governments business and certainly should not be part of the White Houses business.
Rudy: lol, that’s just ludicrous. You can say "I don’t think he’ll win" but not that he "doesn’t stand a chance." Please. Just because you know no one who voted for Nixon doesn’t mean he didn’t become president.
I’ve got a post coming up about Michigan. Latest poll. He and Huck tied.
You think that McCain made a come back?….Romney doesn’t really need too, but the way people are talking they think he does….so he WILL BE the newest "come back kid" and it will be when you least expect it. Keep tuned in!Romney is experienced in challenges. It might be a plus for him not to have won so handily. His strengths and experience for meeting challenges might be better seen (to add to his already outstanding resume’) than heard during this election year.Romney is a leader to be proud of.
Michigan will not have the economic strength they so much need coming their way from McCain once he gets into Washington. I’m personally not even sure I desire him to handle Iraq either because he is a "hot head". I know he wants to take the lead on Foreign Policy, but he could blow-up on situations and lose his cool. We don’t need a rash leader on our hands
Wendy: I do agree with you about Romney’s experience and about the fact that he could win in Michigan. To me, he isn’t out yet. It could be that this is indeed the course the MSM is taking – counting him out, and then if he wins “comeback!” – but I’ve learned a lot from these elections, and one of the main lessons is: a campaign isn’t dead until someone drops out.
MvdG – Let’s see what Romney does in three Michigan counties:
1) Oakland, which is a moderate Republican county.
2) Macomb, the original blue collar Reagan Democratic county.
3) Hillsdale, which is a typical Bible Belt Republican county and home to Hillsdale College.
Wanna bet that Romney loses in all three, with each being a bell weather to a national vote for Romney.