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John Nichols: Gritty Defeats Highlight Romney's Authenticity Deficit
from The Nation:
Gritty Defeats Highlight Romney's Authenticity Deficit
John Nichols on March 14, 2012 - 1:29 AM ET
On the eve of Tuesday’s Alabama and Mississippi primaries, Newt Gingrich referred to Mitt Romney as a “weak front-runner.”
Romney should have let it go.
Instead, he tried to zing Gingrich back. “If I’m a weak front-runner, what does that make Newt Gingrich?” Romney replied. “Because I’m well ahead of him.”
On Tuesday night, in the primaries where he tried to “close the deal,” Mitt Romney was behind Newt Gingrich. And he was far behind Rick Santorum. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/166787/gritty-defeats-highlight-romneys-authenticity-deficit