The Guardian
US politics live: Senior Republicans air discontent with GOP candidates
Live coverage of the GOP presidential races in Michigan and Arizona as Jeb Bush and Rudy Guiliani voice their concerns
By Richard Adams
5.35pm: Time to wrap up this blog for the weekend – but here are three takes on the state of the campaign, especially regarding Mitt Romney.
Molly Ball in the Atlantic hears Romney speaking in Detroit, including his multiple car ownership gaffe:
It was the latest in the ever-lengthening list of gaffes that have served to underscore the impression that Romney is perilously out of touch with regular folks, from "I like being able to fire people" to "I'm not concerned with the very poor."
In addition to his foot-in-mouth tendency, Romney also happens to have impeccably bad timing – a real knack for stepping in it right when the campaign momentum had started to turn in his direction.
The Guardian's own Ewen MacAskill was also there, and he labels the speech an over-hyped flop:
Highlighting the smallness of the crowd, his words echoed round the empty stadium seats. He was not helped by the near-silence, winning only an occasional round of applause. At one point, having made a joke about the reluctance of children to leave home, only a handful of people in the audience laughed, an embarrassing response that the empty stadium amplified.
For more, please go the link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/24/santorum-romney-michigan-republican-live
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