Coming off second place finishes in the Iowa Republican caucus and the New Hampshire primary, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is hoping to add a gold medal to his pair of silver medals in Michigan. Preaching to voters in a state with an unemployment rate of over seven percent, Romney's is touting his experience as a business leader in hopes of reversing his election fortune in time for the January 15 Republican vote.
He has spent a large portion of his $68 million in donations as well as his own $17 million that he has invested in his campaign for the Republican nomination in Iowa and New Hampshire and some pundits are claiming he may have to rethink his chances for election if he fails in Michigan. Currently, polls published at usaelectionpolls.com show him with a thin lead with 21 percent over Mike Huckabee's 19 percent.
Romney is also counting on many Republicans' memory of his father, who served as Michigan governor nearly 40 years ago and will vote for the family name. His plans for Michigan call for spending the majority of time in the west and southeast part of the state, hardest hit by unemployment, in preaching his message of job creation and boosting the economy through the eyes of a businessman.
Despite getting second place in most polls, he is still atop the Republican race when considering state delegates that have been won.
Romney has silenced many of his ad campaigns in other early voting states such as South Carolina, where he current trails Huckabee 33 to 21 percent, Nevada, where he lags Giuliani 25 to 20 percent and Florida where he is tied for second place with John McCain with Giuliani is first with 24 percent.
