And the Santorum campaign gets a huge boost under the sheets for money, venues and endorsements that will hold their fire for a while.
REALITY: 7 Romney, 7 Santorum, 7 Paul--so it's a tie...nothing changed in the delegate race, except Perry and Bachman voters are going to recede and vote for who next? Romney? Not likely.
PR VALUE: Read the headlines this morning: "Romney narrowly beats Santorum" "Romney edges past Santorum"
People (outside of FR) who pay little attention hear "That goodhair rich dude just barely beat who? Who is this Santorum guy?"
Will Santorum be able to build on it while Mittens is going all out but just barely treading water?
Meanwhile the caterwauling on FR is hilariously sad! My guy lost by a couple votes! Corrupt! Cheats! Well then how the hell did Paul get that many votes? Sometimes a cucumber is just a cucumber folks. If even Huntsman was out, Santorum "wins". What's the diff?
Got that right. It's as pathetic as the DUmmies whining about Ohio in 2004. Some of the people on this thread are really losing their grip on reality.
On to South Carolina. Mitt will not fare so well there. And Florida?
He probably will in NH.
Rick spent .79 cents a vote! He will in all probability win NH with Newts help! Bachmann getting out helps either Rick or Newt! I like Rick. He is ok for me but I would rather see Newt cause Newt will slash and burn his way to the White House unlike Rick Santorum, Romney or Perry!
If San’s your man - you can hope it goes that way. I just don’t see it. 7 days is not enough time for the $$ to come in, be vetted, spend planned, spend executed, and let alone spend optimized. So I don’t think there’s any way Mitt looses NH. The first real chance at a loss is South Carolina and he may have two wins under his belt by then. We shall see - but I don’t see it. Santorum is one of my least favorite candidates (just can’t abide a guy who went out on a loss). As I’ve said on other threads, once Cain was out - the magic was gone for me and it’s simply numbers now.
-—”REALITY: 7 Romney, 7 Santorum, 7 Paul—so it’s a tie...nothing changed in the delegate race, except Perry and Bachman voters are going to recede and vote for who next? Romney? Not likely.”
Excellent point, thank you: (Perry/Bachman voters are far less likely to vote for Romney than Santorum).
So their withdrawal is a total boon to Santorum.
I’m suddenly feeling more optimistic about 2012.
This nomination will be decided in South Carolina. Rick Perry will be there to drain votes along with Santorum with the plan being that Newt can be prevented from beating Romney.
Santorum will end up getting his television show just like the Iowa winner four years ago (Huckabee) and Romney will get the nomination as planned.