Romney Strategy Threatened By Huckabee Ascent

Washington Post:

A year ago, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gathered his campaign team for the first time at his suburban Boston home. There were PowerPoint presentations, and Ann Romney made sandwiches. "It was like the first day of school," said one senior-level participant.

It was then that Romney put in motion his strategy to become president: Win Iowa and New Hampshire by wooing fiscal and social conservatives, and use that momentum to overwhelm the competition in the primaries that followed. But with less than two weeks before Iowans vote, that strategy is in danger of unraveling because former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has seized the conservative mantle and has emerged as the front-runner. His sudden rise in the past month -- sparked by passionate support from the same Christian conservatives Romney has been unable to win over -- has raised questions about Romney's strategy.

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Comments

[HollywoodBill]

There are two tickets out of New Hampshire. Romney has one of them. The coveted second ticket will go to either McCain or Rudy. The ordained Southern Baptist Minister, Reverend Huckabee and the Southern fried social conservative, Fred Thompson will both finish out of the money. They are both regional candidates who have ZERO chance of grabbing the brass ring on a national level.

[ljsfolly]

When the top republicans are all looked at together they all have major mental issues that someone should see psychatrists for. The righteous who begged for anyone to come forth and lead them in the "ways of their god" and out popped Huck. He plays the part like he knows it and coming from being a preacher these people who demanded this type just have to look in the mirror to see themselves and him. Rudy has yet to play the jewish man like mitt has played the morman man and huck is playing the preacher and big john mccain is the let's bomb iran whack so all together Ron Paul is normal.

[RedRooster]

"When New Hampshire partisans are asked to defend the state's first-in-the-nation primary, we talk about our ability to see the candidates up close, ask tough questions and see through the baloney. If a candidate is a phony, we assure ourselves and the rest of the world, we'll know it.

Mitt Romney is such a candidate.

New Hampshire Republicans and independents must vote no."

Concord Monitor, Concord, NH