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Mitt Romney has finally found a groove on the right. But he could find himself stuck there if he wins the GOP nomination. With Romney’s recent move to wield the immigration issue as a club against Rick Perry — painting him as “soft” on a topic that resonates with the Republican primary electorate — the former Massachusetts governor is taking advantage of a rare opportunity to outflank Perry on the right among conservatives. After the Texas governor wounded himself with his remarks in the last debate, Romney seized on the issue of illegal immigration, trying to paint Perry as an...

Mitt Romney had a slightly softer tone in New Hampshire as he hit his message about the economy in the wake of the S&P downgrade in terms of how much blame President Obama should get than he dd last week, per the Wall Street Journal: "I don't think it's simply the president's fault," Romney said in reply to a question at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Concord, N.H., Monday. "I'm sure there are many people to share responsibility for the excessive spending in Washington over the past couple of decades." But Romney said the president should have found a...