Mitt Romney has a serious issue with voters. Lets face it, winning in places like Massachusetts during a republican primary is irrelevant, because during the general election they will go democrat. However, a republican candidate needs to show they’re strong in red states or like in 2008, many red states could go blue. Going against a well organized President who, considering the circumstances, is doing a good job with unemployment numbers going down, it is possible for Pres. Obama to have a solid victory.
Last night during the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich should not have won. Clearly Mitt Romney didn’t learn his lesson that not only does below the belt negative campaigning not work or go (un)attacked anymore, but also that being married multiple times does not matter anymore in this society. You can view the ad that was played here, note the subtle underlining theme here about marriage. We all like to bring up the Newt Gingrich’s fidelity and marital issues, but in this decade is it unlikely that even christian conservatives can’t relate to either knowing someone or being married multiple times. And lets not forget Romney tried this before on McCain who was married twice and no one really cared.
Looking at the exit polls from South Carolina, Mitt Romney has more issues than negative campaigning. He has an elitist – rich guy – issue. The exit poll results are via CNN.

He only won with those making over $200k! At this point, he should have learned how to relate to those below his income category. Though education means little to whether someone is elitist or not, it’s good to mention that he only attacks postgraduates. Pres. Obama also displayed this trend when just starting, however Romney has essentially been campaigning longer and should be more in tune with the rest of the public. Unfortunately Newt is correct in that Romney puts out this aura of elitism. Romney tends to use the words “I” and “me” a lot, he often spends his time defending why and how he got to be so rich, which is a big no-no.
Romney, with no surprise, has issues with christian conservatives.


This issue here is that Romney was mainly able to attract the more liberal thinkers in the South Carolina primary. Which is probably not the best indication of whats to come if he’s going up against Pres. Obama. Even Santorum, who has little chance of winning, able to beat out Mitt Romney with the very conservative crowd.
Which candidate can beat Obama? Apparently NOT Romney. Though Gingrich is a great debater and has experience…he has also been around longer and has more skeletons than Romney. I personally do not think Gingrich stands a chance, but he’s better than Romney simply based on the fact that his positions aren’t as aligned with Pres. Obama.
I truly think Mitt Romney will win the Republican primary, whoever, the general election is not looking good at this point. Next primary is Florida where Romney is likely to win. But the exit polls from that state will give a better indication on the split within the republican party as it pertains to Romney. Sure, many of the more populated parts of Florida are occupied by northerners, but the 18% or so of evangelical Christians could mean a lot in what is now a swing state. Hopefully for Mitt Romney, doesn’t mention marriage or morals of other candidates, because in the end no one will care about Newt’s marriages or morals, it will only remind people that Romney is a Mormon. And though I think it’s ridiculous Christians would be against Romney for this reason, it is a serious issue that factors into polling decisions.