All of this is not to say that Romney cannot win in the general election.
Obviously a political party cannot win elections, outside of certain rarefied locales, on snob appeal alone.
If he cannot win it this time it will really open up the Republican field.
Amazon has already proven that it cannot win the tablet market, which is officially owned by Apple.
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The 2012 Presidential candidates know they cannot win the nomination without the support of Tea Party Republicans.
The Liberal Democrats say they are now the "authentic opposition" and the Tories cannot win the election.
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We can't -- we cannot win economically in the 21st century if we don't have the best-educated workforce.
But, according to Mosley, even those teams who cannot win are vital to the welfare of the sport.
But Mr Karzai cannot win an election without the help of his brother's network among the southern Pushtun tribes.
Mr Romney cannot win the presidency without winning some of these voters over.
But Mr McCain also knows full well that he cannot win the nomination with the backing of only one-third of Republicans.
Mr Bush has told Israel that the Palestinians need a state, and the Palestinians that they cannot win one through terrorism.
The Democrats have realised that you cannot win elections as long as your party is associated with toxic people or un-American causes.
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Ultimately, Google might find that this is one battle it cannot win.
Its presidential candidate, Joaquin Lavin, cannot win without votes from the centre.
"You cannot win too many games of rugby if you don't score tries, " said Hastings, who scored 667 points for Scotland in 61 appearances.
Sebastian Vettel may be able to help team-mate Mark Webber beat Ferrari's Fernando Alonso if he cannot win the title himself in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
You cannot win a world title with only 90, you need 100, and we're going into 2013 with this in place, and I'm comfortable with that.
That goes too far: Mr Blair has left himself plenty of room to stay out of the euro if he decides he cannot win a referendum.
Mr Kerry cannot win the presidency as a second edition of Michael Dukakis, the famously liberal Massachusetts governor who was trounced by George Bush senior in 1988.
Although they acknowledge that they cannot win militarily, they have shown themselves to be shrewd, and this week hardened their position publicly before getting down to business.
In the next election, polls suggest, the LDP cannot win by itself, nor even only with the support of its old ally, New Komeito, a Buddhist-linked party.
Only IBM, with its huge mainframe and services businesses, seems able to defend itself as Dell turns once-profitable products into commodities and forces competitors into a cost-cutting game they cannot win.
Politics cannot win against the power of nature, can it?
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This is a fight that NBC and Twitter cannot win.
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She is like the charismatic coach who studies all the game tape and has lots of inspirational stories on hand, but, confidence or no, cannot win the big game.
It now seems clear that Miss Megawati cannot win the presidency without the army's vote, increasing the odds that she will name General Wiranto, the armed-forces commander, as her vice-president.
Indeed, euro-zone ministers have said they may just press ahead with their own FTT if they cannot win EU-wide agreement which could mean extra business for London from the likes of Frankfurt and Paris if Britain vetoes the idea.
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