ron paul campaign and delegations are speaking positively about the process but it are folks on the perimeter who could make some noise and they figure they can get it out of way because it s a lengthy process and leave open the big-time production value of the big night with the big speakers later in the week. bret: we ll bring the rain slickers down to tampa. okay. i guess you said yes. and the big boots. bret: c ya. sick analysis that has correctly picked the winner of every presidential election since 1980 is forecasting a victory for mitt romney. the university of colorado s model factors in state by state economic conditions such as unemployment rate, and per capita income. it predicts governor romney will finish with 52.9% of the popular vote. and about 320 electoral votes. needs 270 to win. the study has president obama losing almost all the so-called swing states. to finish with only 218 electoral college votes.
improve as a candidate or as a campaign. this last week or so in michigan and down at the nascar event, for mitt romney was a nightmare. you had ford field and making fun of people with the cheap rain slickers. bragging about the owners he s friends with. just one disaster after another. for the professional politicians, they are wondering, we thought this guy was technically competent. he isn t even that right now. what s wrong to reach across the aisle to get democratic votes? i would go one further. he has gotten worse as a candidate. when he first came out, he was making a disciplined case against obama in terms of the economy. in terms of regulations and so on. he s become a mess. here he is. let s take a look. here s mitt romney conceding he s made some mistakes during the campaign. let s watch him.
out some of the moisture from that as it comes in from the pacific. even back towards yakima. usually it happens at the coast and dries out a bit. could see some this afternoon for the big football game. oregon and washington state. they play later on this afternoon. could be rainy then. bring the rain slickers with you. as you get back over the central rockies, some rainfall. about 10,000 feet. you may see light snow. very dry in the southeast. with the dry air you ll have warmer conditions. at least with the high pressure. more humid towards houston and new orleans. not as humid in atlanta. 85, your expected high. as we wrap things up. salt lake city, 69. the rain cooled air. and 82 in los angeles. that s a wrap on your forecast. t.j., back to you. we appreciate it at always, buddy. we ll check in with him again. congress may have a secure
has a decent lead among republicans, but rick santorum is going to the democratic side to get the democrats in. romney will blame everybody else. the problem is, and joe and i have covered i don t know how many campaigns between us, and you too ,chris, i have not seen mitt romney improve as a candidate or as a campaign. this last week or so in michigan and down at the nascar event, for mitt romney was a nightmare. you had ford field and you had him making fun of people with the cheap rain slickers. you had him bragging about the owners he s friends with. just one disaster after another for both him and his campaign. for the professional politicians, they are wondering, we thought this guy was technically competent. he isn t even that right now. what s wrong with being able to prove you can reach across the aisle to get democratic votes? i would go one further. he has gotten worse as a candidate. when he first came out, he was