Mitt Romney has come from Utah, where he was governor but denied election for U.S. senate, to try and lead the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election. He’s been behind on the first two Primaries, but looks to Michigan on the 15th to pull out a win. Does he have an advantage over others, though; he is a Michigan native and his father was governor for a while. Needless to say, it would be a large set back for Romney should he lose Michigan and he would need to take a step back to see if his platform is really working out for him. Right now, he’s spending his entire campaign time on the Michigan trail except to check in on the South Carolina Republican primary debate.
It is hard for a republican to win a decidedly Democratic state, and when his father was governor, that’s what it was. Since the depression, Michigan has been primarily a Democratic favorite. But will it hurt him in South Carolina to put so much effort into Michigan? He’s not even running commercials there until after the Michigan primary. Romney had spent more money than any other republican candidate in South Carolina just to have it pulled out or delayed but for what; a meek try at winning over a state that hasn’t supported his party in many years? He really needs to focus his Michigan campaign on the north, west and rural areas of the state that are the big republican supporters.
According to USAElectionPolls.com, polls in Michigan showed a close race, but the pollster Mitchell Interactive was dead on accurate in how they predicted Mitt Romney to win.
