Do you think Romney should just be himself, or keep listening to his advisors?

Some of the clips on TV of Romney saying y’all in the south and talking about grits makes me cringe. It just doesn’t fit him. He is not going to connect that way in my opinion. Candidates who get away with that usually really have lived in the region. For instance HiIllary Clinton can easily fall into a southern accent or midwestern, because she is a southerner, and a midwesterner, and a northeasterner. She has lived in all those places for many many years.

Probably Newt Gingrich can get away with that sort of thing also, being from the south, but spending a lot of time in the north. I don’t follow him, but that would be my guess. I don’t even think it is getting away with anything or pandering, I think it is real. Slight change of accent, speach pattern, and familiarity with local foods and customs. He might not be the best example, but there are many polticians who have lived and spent significant time in various parts of the country.

But, Mitt is not familiar, he is just putting it on quite obviously. Do you think it helps or hurts him in the end?