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January 12, 2008, 8:52 PM
Signs Of Life At Romney’s Michigan Rallies
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(CBS)From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

ST. JOSEPH, MICH. -- His campaign may be on the ropes, but Mitt Romney was clearly feeding off of the enthusiastic crowds he drew in stops across Michigan today. Though there were no more than a few hundred people at any one of his events, Romney was received like a favorite son in Traverse City and St. Joseph, where rallies there drew some of the more boisterous crowds that Romney has seen in weeks.

The former Massachusetts governor, himself a Michigan native, clearly fed off the strong reception he received from the crowd of about 300 at the Berrien County Republicans event in St. Joseph tonight, where he gave his optimistic vision even more prominence than he usually does.

“Jimmy Carter had all sorts of concerns about America and the American spirit and so forth, and then Ronald Reagan came along and said we’re the greatest nation on earth,â€