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on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:17:44 PM
FOX News has called Michigan for former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA). Obviously, the margins aren't certain, since only about 15 percent of precincts have reported in so far. Still, I'm glad Gov. Romney has another win under his belt.Mort Kondracke of Roll Call just made some good points on the air. He noted that Gov. Romney really changed gears coming out of New Hampshire, leaving behind the issues and messages he'd been hammering McCain on. Romney hasn't be preaching laissez faire economics in Michigan; he's been promising a lot of government intervention to get Detroit back on track. While I may think that's the wrong policy approach, Mr. Kondracke is right that the Romney campaign did a good job figuring out what Michiganders were worried about and addressing it. Gov. Romney painted himself as a turnaround artist from the business world and the Olympics and he turned around his campaign by promising to turn around Michigan.
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) is giving his concession speech right now. He hasn't said anything I really disagree with, but for some reason, I'm just not impressed. I don't like his record on pardons, taxes or accepting gifts. He just rubs me the wrong way, and I don't trust him.