Romney Favored in Florida, but Fails to Convince Jeb Bush

Published in Il Giornale
(Italy) on 31 January 2012
by Giuseppe De Bellis (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Hourya Herrou. Edited by Drue Fergison.
The Republican primary elections in Florida will be won by Mitt Romney. Even among voters who are most sensitive to religious issues, his entrepreneurial past has more appeal.

Again, unless a surprise happens, Mitt Romney will win the Republican primary elections in Florida. The latest polls favored him over Newt Gingrich by more than ten points.

The comeback of the former governor of Massachusetts is the result of two distinct events. The first is the last TV debate, during which Romney defeated his opponent. The second is the exceptional support he is receiving from voters who are most sensitive to religious issues. Elsewhere, evangelists and Catholics are very wary of this follower of the Book of Mormon and of the prophet Joseph Smith. In Florida, however, things are different, and Romney’s entrepreneurial past appeals more to voters than his faith. Therefore, groups of voters who would not normally vote for him now would.

Another element helping Romney to reach his objective is the declining performance of Gingrich, who arrived out of breath in California and, when asked specifically on January 30 about Romney’s possible nomination, responded for the first time that he “would vote for him.” Of course, old Newt would choose anyone who is against Obama, but the fact that he would explicitly admit this on the eve of an important vote such as Florida is symbolic.

However, what did not occur in the past weeks is an alignment between the important local candidates of the party, such as former Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Marco Rubio. Romney has tried in every way to obtain the endorsement of the former president’s brother, but Bush, Jr. decided to remain neutral. The Hispanic senator, Rubio, behaved similarly and, according to many analysts, could be a candidate for the vice-presidency, regardless of whether Romney or Gingrich is nominated.


Romney favorito in Florida ma non convince Jeb Bush

Le primarie repubblicane in Florida saranno vinte da Mitt Romney. Il suo passato imprenditoriale fa presa più della sua fede, anche nell'elettorato più sensibile ai temi religios

Di nuovo Romney. Salvo sorprese le primarie repubblicane in Florida oggi saranno vinte da Mitt Romney. Gli ultimi sondaggi lo danno in vantaggio su Newt Gingrich di oltre dieci punti.

Il recupero dell’ex governatore del Massachusetts è dovuto a due fattori diversi: il primo è l’ultimo dibattito televisivo, nel quale Romney ha stracciato l’avversario. Il secondo è l’inconsueto seguito che il candidato mormone sta avendo nell’elettorato più sensibile ai temi religiosi. Altrove, evagelici e cattolici vedrebbero con molta diffidenza un seguace del libro di Mormon e del profeta Joseph Smith. In Florida, invece, le cose stanno diversamente: il passato imprenditoriale di Romney fa presa più della sua fede, così anche gruppi che solitamente non lo sceglierebbero come loro candidato, oggi voteranno per lui.

Ad agevolare il compito di Romney c’è stato un calo delle performance di Gingrich, arrivato nel Sunshine State col fiato corto e che ieri a domanda precisa ha per la prima volta ammesso che in caso di nomination di Romney, lui «lo voterebbe». Certo, contro Obama il vecchio Newt sceglierebbe qualunque repubblicano, ma il fatto che l’abbia detto esplicitamente alla vigilia di un voto importante come quello in Florida è emblematico.

Ciò che non è accaduto in questi giorni, invece, è lo schierarsi da una parte o dall’altra e i big locali del partito. In particolare l’ex governatore Jeb Bush e il senatore Marco Rubio. Romney ha provato in tutti i modi a conquistare l’endorsement del fratello dell’ex presidente, ma Bush jr ha deciso di rimanere neutrale. Lo stesso ha fatto il senatore ispanico Rubio che secondo molti analisti potrebbe anche essere un possibile pretendente alla candidatura a vicepresidente, sia in caso di nomination per Romney, sia in caso di nomination per Gingrich.
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