++US Primaries
AP-APTN-1830: ++US Primaries
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
STORY:++US Primaries- Voters in Michigan and Arizona cast ballots in Republican primary
LENGTH: 02:48
FIRST RUN: 1830
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TYPE: English/Natsound
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
STORY NUMBER: 730110
DATELINE: Various, 28 Feb 2012
LENGTH: 02:48
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SHOTLIST:
Livonia, Michigan - 28 February 2012
1. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann walk in to the phone bank of his Michigan campaign headquarters
2. Woman shaking Romney's hand
3. Wide of Romney shaking hands and greeting supporters
4. Tight of hand-made Mitt Romney sign
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential hopeful:
"We've seen throughout the campaign, that if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusative and attacking of President Obama that you're going to jump up in the polls. I am not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am. I am a person with extensive experience in the private sector."
6. Close of Romney and wife looking down at a photo
7. Wide of Romney and wife looking at photo
8. Close of Romney shaking man's hand
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Hopeful:
"I am very pleased with the campaign, its organisation. The candidates sometimes makes mistakes. And, so I am trying to do better and work harder and make sure we get our message across. I think in the final analysis, I anticipate becoming the nominee."
10. Romney holds up a campaign hat used when his father ran for Michigan governor
11. Wide of Romney handing campaign hat back to supporter
12. Close of hat
Novi, Michigan - 28 February 2012
13. Close of sign indicating polling place
14. Wide of sign indicating polling place, church in the background
15. Wide of church
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martha Moisan, Michigan voter:
"I just think there are a lot of things in our country that we need to pay attention to, and our vote is going to influence how our country comes out of this."
17. Wide of polling place inside
18. Mid of two people punching ballots at voting booth
19. Wide of woman casting ballot into machine
20. Tight of ballot going into counting machine
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Karen Channell, Michigan voter:
"I cast my ballot for Mitt."
(Question: "Tell me why.")
"Because I think I like him, and I think he's the best person to have a good chance against Obama."
22. Mid of man handing voting card and ID to precinct workers
23. Mid of woman voting at booth
STORYLINE
With voting under way in Tuesday's critical Michigan primary, Mitt Romney said he's struggling with the conservative Republican voters backing rival Rick Santorum in the state because he's unwilling to make the "incendiary" comments he said they want.
And, Romney acknowledged that his own mistakes aren't helping.
Asked by reporters why he's struggling to win over his party's right wing in the state where he was born and raised, Romney said it's because he's not willing to say "outrageous things" like his opponents.
"We've seen throughout the campaign that if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are really accusative and attacking of President Obama, you're going to jump up in the polls," Romney said.
Fielding questions from the national travelling press corps for the first time in nearly three weeks, he said: "I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am what I am."
Romney also accused Santorum of trying to "kidnap the primary process" by urging Democrats to come to the polls in Michigan's open primary and vote against the former Massachusetts governor.
Santorum's campaign is calling Democrats in Michigan, urging them to vote in Tuesday's GOP primary, which is open to members of other parties.
The call urges them to vote against Romney because he opposed the government bailout of the auto industry.
Both campaigns are waging all-out efforts to bring supporters to the polls because the race between Romney and Santorum in Michigan is neck-and-neck.
Romney has acknowledged that a loss in the state where his father served as governor would be hugely embarrassing and could deal a strong blow to his campaign.
The former Massachusetts governor spent the past five days campaigning hard in Michigan, selling himself as a native son steeped in the auto industry that has defined the state for decades.
He has a strong lead in Arizona, which also votes Tuesday.
Romney claimed Tuesday that he doesn't see his campaign organization as responsible for his setbacks - instead, he blamed himself.
"I'm very pleased with the campaign, its organisation. The candidate sometimes makes some mistakes and so I'm trying to do better and work harder and make sure that we get our message across," Romney said.
The candidate stopped by his Michigan campaign headquarters Tuesday in Livonia to thank supporters for their help.
He shook hands with people working a phone bank on his behalf.
In nearby Novi, voters cast their ballot in the primary at a local church, just one of the many precincts across the state.
One woman said she voted for Romney because she felt he was the best Republican candidate to take on Obama in the general election.
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