Prolonged Race Forces Romney Campaign to Recalibrate

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Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses the Michigan and Arizona primaries on Tuesday, his advisers are warning donors and other supporters to prepare for a longer, more bruising and more expensive fight for the Republican presidential nomination that may not be settled until at least May.

That is prompting a new round of intensified fund-raising by his financial team, which had hoped by this point to be collecting money for a general election match with President Obama. The campaign is increasingly trying to quell anxiety among Republican leaders, while intently focusing on the mechanics of accumulating delegates needed to secure the nomination.

Mr. Romney’s aides said they were confident their sustained attacks portraying Rick Santorum as a Washington insider, and Mr. Santorum’s shaky debate performance in Arizona on Wednesday, had slowed their rival’s recent surge here in Michigan.

But Mr. Romney is by no means in the clear, they said, as he fights to avert a loss in the state where he was born and raised — and where less than three weeks ago he was expected to win handily, before Mr. Santorum’s surprise triumphs in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/us/politics/prolonged-gop-race-forces-romney-to-recalibrate.html

[liberal N proud]

1. May? I would bet August would be more accurate.

[grantcart]

2. first rule in moving goal posts, do it incrementally rather than all at once.

[aaaaaa5a]

3. Good article. Thank you for posting. nt

[Kalidurga]

4. Mittens has already lost...

He should have never had to fight for a win in any state. His campaign has been an uphill battle all the way and it is going to get worse. It will be a downhill battle if and when he gets the nomination.