Will tears save Romney?

Mitt Romney publicly blinked back tears at least twice this week, said Joan Vennochi in The Boston Globe, but his effort to prove he's human will backfire if voters think he's insincere. He has to take that risk, said Margaret Carlson at Bloomberg. The Io

What happened

Mitt Romney publicly blinked back tears at least twice this week—first on NBC’s Meet the Press when describing his reaction when the Mormon church opened the priesthood to blacks, and later in a New Hampshire speech as he talked about seeing a soldier’s casket. One analyst said Romney needed to “show he’s caring” as he attacks rival Mike Huckabee with ads, but Romney campaign aides said “he is a normal person and has emotions like anyone else.” (Des Moines Register)

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