Romney's Next Move

Short of waking up to find that President Obama has left Washington for Chicago, never to return, an event less likely than the sun failing to rise tomorrow morning, Mitt Romney has now got all the advantages he's going to get before the South Carolina primary next Sunday.
So, it is up to him to carry the ball over the goal line, alone and with a crowd in the stadium cheering him on.
Mitt Romney delivered a solid, deeply felt speech after his New Hampshire victory. That speech will set the tone for the rest of the GOP primaries and for his run against Obama after the conventions have named the candidates. The speech was full of emotion, pride in American ideals and support for the free market system that has made America great, and it contained the right mix of family values, with his own large family standing behind him.
The speech was positive, with no attacks on his Republican opponents, and it was quiet but scathingly incisive in its attack on the unfulfilled 2008 Obama campaign promises. 
It showed again that Romney is a decent man whose desire to be President does not lead him to excess or to ill-considered jibes that are not part of his fundamental character. He is steady and calm and is just what America could use in these troubled times.  
Romney needs to repeat that speech over and over again, until every American knows it by heart. It delivers the right message at the right time to the right voters, which I believe are far more numerous than those now voting in GOP primaries across the country.
As we approach November's election, I believe that if President Obama is foolish enough to become the attack dog, turning on Romney as some GOP hopefuls have, it will backfire on the President just as it has on Gingrich and Perry.
There is something wholesome and honorable about Mitt Romney that it seems no one wants to see smeared. It's a little like watching Joe Lewis box. He was fair, soft spoken, kind and a friend to everyone. Mitt Romney reflects just those qualities and I think that anyone who attacks him too violently will find their glove ricocheting back into their own face, with that skillful, decent counter punch that seems so easy but is so-o-o-oo hard unless it comes from deep down inside.