[Doofer]

But Gage cautioned: "By no means do we expect to win both Iowa and New Hampshire -- no Republican in the modern era ever has."

I've got news for Mr. Cage, if Romney doesn't win in both Iowa and New Hampshire he's toast.

[Josh Painter]

Doofer wrote: “If Romney doesn’t win in both Iowa and New Hampshire he’s toast.”

Indeed. His entire campaign is being run on the strategy of winning big in both IA and NH to propel him into the other states’ races in good shape.

Now his people are trying to lower expectations for both states? This is very bad news for Romney’s supporters.

And it proves that all of the money in the world doesn’t necessarily guarantee victory.

This is quickly boiling down to a Fred v. Rudy contest.