Is Romney Gutsy Enough to Pick Chris Christie?
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July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Here is a fact causing Republicansto wonder why Mitt Romney isn’t the runaway favorite in hiscampaign to unseat Barack Obama: No U.S. president sinceFranklin Roosevelt has won re-election when the unemploymentrate was more than 7.4 percent.
So why isn’t Romney the clear favorite? Because Obamaremains more popular personally than one would otherwise expect.Because the Obama campaign has been more effective at sowingdoubt about Romney’s record as a wealthy capitalist than theRomney campaign anticipated, which is evidence to some thatRomney’s campaign isn’t overstaffed with brilliant strategists.And because Romney himself has the unfortunate tendency to comeoff as both artificial and superficial.