Shikha Dalmia on Mitt Romney's Troubled Michigan Homecoming

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Michigan was supposed to be the state where Mitt Romney cakewalked his way to the Republican nomination. After all, he was born and brought up here by a father who served as a three-term governor. Instead, observes Shikha Dalmia, Romney is stumbling. And whether or not he recovers might depend on his ability to do something that so far has completely eluded him: offer a vision. Making tribalistic appeals and brandishing his resume, as he's been doing, isn't working so far—and might never work.