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Former Gov. Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee on April 10, effectively setting a general election matchup with President Barack Obama. Although Rep. Ron Paul is continuing his campaign, Romney is on track to obtain 1,144 delegates needed to nominate. Now his challenge is to use the months remaining until the convention to address some of the weaknesses in his candidacy and build a general election campaign organization. Romney encountered quite a few bumps on the road to inevitability, but he had the resources and establishment support to carry the day. However, he faces a large and very sophisticated Obama re-elect campaign that has built an unprecedented operation on the ground in the states. Both Obama and Romney are doing extensive fundraising. There remains the question of whether a third party candidate could have an impact on the race. Third parties are in the process of selecting their nominees; in addition to the established third parties, Americans Elect is working on ballot access in all 50 states. The slow-to-recover economy continues as the major issue in the campaign so far.  

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