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Mitt Romney is poised to take the Nevada caucuses easily Saturday â€" snore. He could win again on Tuesday in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Yet no matter how many contests he wins, the guy has problems.

As Newt Gingrich tries to revive his faltering presidential campaign, he is echoing criticism of Romney that Romney's own supporters are saying behind closed doors. Willard Wealthy Well-Bred Romney is no average American. Not only can he not fake it, he has become an admaker's dream as he makes more and more statements drawing attention to it. The disconnect that exists between most voters and an unemployed guy who makes more than $50,000 a day in income from investments would be staggering any time, but in tough economic times he is rapidly becoming a handy foil for President Obama should he win the nomination and face Obama in the fall.

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