Although Mitt Romney has been leading in the polls, it's beginning to become questionable as to whether he will gain the Republican nomination. Until now, he has been the forerunning candidate, but now seems to be head to head with Newt Gingrich, who was quite behind up until the last few weeks.
I think that Romney has the potential to win the presidential election (he has such a broad set of beliefs), but at the moment, has little hope of even gaining the Republican nomination. Many claim that he's wishy-washy with his politics, and is really much more liberal-leaning than conservative-leaning. As governor of Massachusetts, one would expect him to gain the popular support of the northeastern region, but after New Hampshire's Union Leader endorsed Newt Gingrich, support for Romney isn't looking too good. The Union Leader claimed that it would rather endorse a candidate that it doesn't agree completely with, than a candidate who changes beliefs to gain popular support; and I'm sure that many people agree with this same belief.
Luckily, unlike his counterparts, Romney hasn't made too many huge social gaffs, but then again, he also took himself off the radar in the last couple of debates, saying little, and therefore has nothing to be used against him. However, lying low has seem to hurt his reputation as well.
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