MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mitt Romney hoped to seal his status as the Republican presidential front-runner with a thus-far-elusive victory in the Deep South, a region that has been slow to embrace the former Massachusetts governor.
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made his first appearance here Thursday ahead of Mississippi's Tuesday primary election, and attacked President Barack Obama for not creating jobs or working on the deficit. He said Washington could learn from the Magnolia State on those issues.