Its early in the political reason, and its too early to declare Mitt Romney the winner of the Republican primaries. Still, Romney is well ahead of his rivals, and barring an upset, he seems posed to at least win the Republican primaries. Romney, during his victory speech, was pretty energized. He hammered President Obama on his weak spot, the economy. Romney is an old school Northeastern Republican. He's pro business, but his strongest base isn't tea party extremists. The Republicans seem to be gathering around him as their parties best chance of unseating President Obama.
Mind you, even if Romney wins the Republican Primary, he will not take Obama down easy. Recent stats have shown unemployment claims down considerably. President Obama will say the economy was collapsing just as he took office, and that it took years of action for him to finally put the economy on track. Ideologically, Romney is the closest candidate to President Obama, so it should be interesting to see these two candidates battle it out. One other thing in Obama's favor, since the Reagan years, with the exception of Bush I, no matter what is said about the President, whoever the President is generally wins a second term. This may even be a flaw in our system.
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