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Matt Perkins Romney Camp Shrugs Off Losses, Saying Lead Is Solid March 15, 2012 The Presidential elections are coming up in November. And that means that President Obama will be in a battle with a Republican Presidential nominee. So far the Republican nominee “winning” is Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney has gained 432 delegates, with Rick Santorum in second having 220 delegates. Mitt Romney’s latest victory, Hawaii, was won on the same day he lost Alabama and Mississippi. After tough losses in the south, Mitt is walking away with high hopes. He still leads with two times the amount of delegates Rick Santorum has. Even though coming in third place in the two southern states Romney states “Our campaign is on the move and ready to take on President Obama in the fall.” With the state of Missouri voting on Saturday, Romney hopes to embarrass top rival Rick Santorum by taking the delegates. Romney has even earned the support of former Pennsylvanian Governor Tom Ridge. This endorsement will hopefully be helpful in campaigning against Santorum. With Santorum being from Pennsylvania, this may bring more votes to Romney. An unemployment rate of 8.3% puts the U.S. economy on a tough position. People want a President who can bring results to the country. In previous years Romney has been the governor of Massachusetts. Mitt Romney created over 100,000 jobs while he served as governor. People want those results from a future presidential candidate. Another problem the country is facing is the national debt. As of March 15th the U.S. is 15.5 trillion dollars in debt. Before being involved with politics, Romney grew to be a very successful private sector businessman. He also straightened the Salt Lake City Olympics out so it was possible to have. In ways he is relevant to our past President Ronald Reagan. During the 1970’s the United States experienced a period of low economic growth with high inflation and interest rates. This relates to what is going on today because the U.S. is going through tough times now. Just like Mitt Romney, Reagan wasn’t always involved in politics. People like this because they know the president will not be like most politicians and say things they don’t really mean. In the end, Romney and Reagan are both optimistic and are liked by most of the population. The outcome of the 2012 election will end up being very interesting. Most all of the republican candidates are putting up fights. They all hope to endure to the end. But in able to make it to the end they have to win the most delegates. As of now Romney holds the lead. Of course all the candidates hope to become the president but should they put negative ads for others to see when the end goal is to win against president Obama? This makes you scratch your head thinking what their reasoning for this is. Will any other candidate present an actual fight against Obama? If a republican wins the nomination he should be fit to be able to beat the current president. In most cases Romney turns out to be the resilient candidate with the most delegates, and will win the remaining delegates in order to achieve the presidential nominee status.
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 * 1) Will any of the other candidates catch up to Mitt Romney?
 * 2) Can Romney win while losing in the south?
 * 3) If Romney doesn’t win, can the other candidates present a fight to Obama?
 * 4) Will the southern states give too much of an upper hand to any one other candidate?
 * 5) Is Romney even what this country needs right now in our current situation?

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