In the state where he was born and where his late father, George Romney, was governor from 1968 to 1969, Mitt Romney predicted Tuesday, “Michigan is going to vote for a Romney again!”
Romney was in Grand Rapids making his final appeals for votes in Tuesday’s Michigan Republican primary. The former governor of Massachusetts has spent considerable time in Michigan — he announced his presidential candidacy there a year ago — and has outspent his rivals in advertising in the state.
Indeed, Romney’s campaign homepage proclaims “On to Michigan! On to Victory!”
And after back-to-back defeats to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Iowa and to Arizona Sen. John McCain in New Hampshire, Romney is in need of a victory.
The New York Times reported Romney advisers are characterizing Tuesday’s primary as a “do-or-die moment for his presidential candidacy.”
With freezing temperatures and a low turnout expected, Romney’s campaign was “optimistic Tuesday morning about their prospects in Michigan, [but] acknowledged that the outcome could be shaped in large measure by exactly how many” vote, according to the New York Times.
“The more independents and Democrats who vote in the Republican primary, the better it is for John McCain,” a Republican pollsters told the Times.
The latest Zogby poll, released Tuesday morning, showed “McCain with a tiny 27% to 26% edge over Romney, with Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee a distant third at 15% support. About 8% of voters said they were undecided — a potentially critical factor in such a close election.”
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