Romney quiere ultimar su victoria antes de febrero

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Mitt Romney has played the expectations game masterfully since entering the presidential race this summer, but with Iowa looming and the nomination his for the taking, Romney's campaign is finally playing to win instead of playing not to lose. In the span of 24 hours leading into this weekend, Romney launched substantial ad campaigns in the first three nominating states - Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina - while his super PAC, Restore Our Future, made a massive $300,000 ad buy in the fourth primary state of Florida.

Romney is now playing for keeps in all four states, and the risk of that strategy - i.e., the media coverage of an under-performance in Iowa or South Carolina - is far outweighed by the potential reward of strong showings in all four January contests, which would give him a head of steam entering February. If that happens, it becomes academic: Nevada, Michigan and Arizona are February's three major contests, and Romney is favored to win all three states. We may not be in for a long slog, after all.