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Romney: 'I Am Feeling Awfully Darn Good'

But he stresses Mich. and SC races in case he loses in NH

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2008 6:45 PM CST
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(Newser) – Hopeful he will win the hearts of New Hampshire's undecided, GOP candidate Mitt Romney was effusive and optimistic about tonight's primary. But the ex-Massachusetts governor stressed upcoming races in case he loses here. He vowed to "connect with Michigan," where his father was governor and where he travels next. "Michigan is very personal for me," he told Salt Lake City's Deseret Morning News.

Romney faces a crucial test in South Carolina, the next primary, where he hopes to pull evangelicals away from Mike Huckabee. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Romney played down the evangelical showdown to focus on all 50 states. "I have to be able to put together all coalitions of all different groups, and that's exactly what we are doing," he said.

Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds up a photo of his father George Romney that someone in the audience handed to him during a campaign rally in Bedford, N.H., Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds up a photo of his father George Romney that someone in the audience handed to him during a campaign rally in Bedford, N.H.,...   (Associated Press)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets voters at a polling station in Derry, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets voters at a polling station in Derry, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)   (Associated Press)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets a voter heading to the pollS at Brookside Congregational Church to vote in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets a voter heading to the pollS at Brookside Congregational Church to vote in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Tuesday,...   (Associated Press)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes his way away from reporters after greeting voters heading to vote in the the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes his way away from reporters after greeting voters heading to vote in the the New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Tuesday, Jan....   (Associated Press)
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