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March 13, 2012

NRO on MS & AL primaries – Southern Scramble – Ten factors to watch

Southern Scramble – Ten factors to watch Organizational muscle Mississippi, more than Alabama, is an example of the organizational debate brewing within the GOP. Romney has the backing of prominent Republican officials there, from the governor to Henry Barbour, a top-ranked party official and confidant of the influential former governor Haley Barbour. But Santorum has…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 13, 2012

NPR: Hey, Y’all: Why Romney Might Just Win In The South

From NPR… Mitt Romney’s stilted efforts to relate to Dixie voters by tossing off a few “y’alls” and references to grits have been roundly mocked as awkward pandering. And rightfully so, says political scientist Marvin King, who cringed at the GOP candidate’s sprinkling of vernacular and Southern stereotypes into his patter during appearances in Mississippi…