Romney's residence

[Politico]

Massachusetts is still his home state. However, he was born and raised in Michigan (including an elementary education in a public school in Detroit, and one of his first summer jobs was as a security guard in a Chrysler plant in Detroit). Obviously he has spent time throughout every region of the country. His mother was from Utah and his father was born in Mexico, but his family had to relocate after the Mexican Revolution of 1910 (they spent time in Texas and California before settling in Idaho and Utah, with the family struggling severely during the Great Depression). Mitt's father was a self-made man in the truest sense of the term, and the tough experiences and resiliency of Mitt's grandparents and parents is where Mitt got his work ethic, optimism and values.

We won't be hearing much about this stuff until around the time of the convention, but there is definitely a back-story that shows Mitt is a values candidate who comes from an honest, hard-working family that knows all about struggling to make ends meet.

[Politico]

I forgot about the Mexico Mitt.   When Romney wins in a 400+ electoral landslide in 2012, it was because people are yearning to vote for America's first Hispanic-American, Mormon-American, and Beautiful-American combined.  Romney makes John Edwards look like a hobo.

And you know what else?  Romney's upcoming landslide will be so huge, he might carry Mexico Mexifornia!

Corrected.

[Politico]

The cynic in me has wondered if Romney bought his summer home in NH in the late 90s because it could help him run for president some day.

No, he just has great taste. Lake Winnipesaukee is the finest location for a summer home in all of New England, if not all of America itself (although there are a few locations in Montana that I am partial towards)

[Politico]

Wonder if he knows exactly how many homes he owns.

Is he like McCain and will say in a debate he doesn't know how much houses he has?

"Look, the only houses people want to hear about in this debate are the White House and what is going to happen to the value of their house and the houses in their neighborhood ... [segue into the declining value of houses in key states, the struggles in the economy for everybody, while avoiding the pointless question of "how many homes do you own?" which is clearly a trap and a distraction from the key issues]"