NBC's "First Read" has a fascinating report on a Mitt Romney post-debate rally yesterday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
Funny enough, when Romney was wrapping up his remarks, he said the following: 'You're going to do something which people don't expect, which is give me a victory. And then I'm going to New Hampshire, where I'm pretty solidly in the lead in New Hampshire, and then I'm going to be in Nevada, and I'm going to win Nevada, and then I'm going to be in Wyoming, and I'll win that one, and then Michigan, and we're going to end up doing real darn well. That's at least what I plan. Brian over here was afraid I was going to scream as I was saying that - the Howard Dean moment, but I'm not doing that. No predictions like that, no screaming allowed ... I'm going to find you, track you down, make sure you vote in the caucuses. ... 'And now I need you guys,' he said, launching into his conclusion. 'I need you on one day to give one hour. On one day I need you to go out on Jan. 3rd. And I know there's going to be the Orange Bowl on, I mean, who wants to get away from the Orange Bowl? There's going to be the Orange Bowl. 'I predict bad weather - this is, after all, Iowa, in January. And I predict bad weather and good TV, but I need you to go out on Jan. 3rd in the evening, and I need you to do something else, which is to find - this is really tough. Can you find one other person to go with you that can vote? Maybe someone whose arm you can twist, and maybe get more than one, get two, three, four, five people to go with you and say, "Can you come with me?"'
The funniest part of the above speech is when Romney says, "I'm going to find you, track you down, make sure you vote in the caucuses." Yikes! Is scaring your supporters into caucusing really the best strategy? I suppose we'll find out on January 3.