Advice for Mitt Romney: 'Go rogue' and 4 other strategies

In many GOP circles these days, everyone's a Romney critic. But that doesn't mean they don't have good ideas to help his flagging campaign

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney insisted Sunday that he's running a "very effective campaign" against Obama that "doesn't need a turnaround." Not many people seem to agree with him, least of all Republican critics, who've been watching his latest travails with anxiety. Here, a look at some of the unsolicited — and apparently unwanted — advice being dished out by Romney watchers:

1. "Go rogue"

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