A BMCC Professor Compares the Candidate's Options -- Romney's Dilemma: Keep Swinging, or Dial it Back?

NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As primary season continues, will Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney temper his message? Or will he continue hitting Newt Gingrich hard?

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Either strategy has drawbacks, says political theorist and BMCC political science professor Geoffrey Kurtz. Romney's dilemma, according to Professor Kurtz, is to decide when it's in his best interest to come out swinging, and when he'd be better off dialing back the anti-Gingrich invective and making his appeal to the broader American audience.

"Even if he winds up as the Republican nominee, a long, negative primary campaign will almost certainly make him a less attractive candidate to the Americans in general," Kurtz says.

As November approaches, a second problem is whether Romney "is a good match for the American mood," says Kurtz. "Someone like Romney, who made his fortune in the finance sector, and is a son of privilege, doesn't fit the national mood. That could hurt him in the general election."

Not that Obama isn't also vulnerable.

"It's not clear that a former college law professor like Barack Obama fits the national mood either," say Professor Kurtz. "So we might find ourselves choosing between two candidates who have a hard time speaking to some of the discontent that American voters feel right now."

One way or another, that discontent will be a powerful factor in the coming election campaign. But with nine months to go before Election Day, there is no way to foretell the outcome with anything approaching certainty.

Stay tuned as BMCC professors and political analysts take the pulse of this contentious race.

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) of the City University of New York (CUNY) enrolls over 24,000 degree-seeking and 10,000 Continuing Ed. students a year, awarding Associate Degrees in 28 fields.

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