You may want to check the delegate counts. Rick is very much in the running. It ain't over yet.
Posted on 01/20/2012 11:03:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
GREENVILLE, S.C. — On the eve of the South Carolina primary, Iowa Republicans dealt Mitt Romney’s campaign a blow by formally declaring Rick Santorum the winner of their Jan. 3 caucuses.
At 18 minutes before midnight Friday, South Carolina time, the Republican Party of Iowa released a statement revising its Thursday announcement that reported Santorum ahead of Romney but also saying the two-week-old race had no clear winner.
“In order to clarify conflicting reports and to affirm the results released January 18 by the Republican Party of Iowa, Chairman Matthew Strawn and the State Central Committee declared Senator Rick Santorum the winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucus,” the state GOP’s statement read.
The news that Romney — who for two weeks celebrated what he jokingly called a ‘landslide’ eight-vote victory in Iowa, only to see it reversed this week when the state GOP certified Santorum the leader by 34 votes — officially lost the first contest muddies his narrative, especially as Newt Gingrich surges in the polls in South Carolina...
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With a Rebel Yell....
Yeah Rick, get out now so that we can choose between the Global Warming whackjob / Acorn endorsing / Big Government RINO and the other RINO from Boston.
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What 8 precincts?
Are you talking about Virginia?
GO NEWT!
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Huh?! When Mr. Romney was ahead by eight votes, he was the "clear winner". Now, Mr. Santorum is ahead by over 30, and there's "no clear winner"?! I swear, I'll never understand this "progressive/liberal" math.
Karl Rove is deeply sadden!
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The Republican Party of Iowa right acting irrationally as usual!
The sad part about all this is Santorum never got his just reward—Instead Mitt and the media coasted right into N.H.
121,501 showed up at the cauci.
There were 1774 precincts.
Mitt got about 24.5% of the precincts reported, so did Rick.
Rick got 34 more votes than did Mitt.
The average precinct had 68 votes cast. (121,501 divided by 1774)
If eight precincts were missing that would be (averaged out) 544 votes.
If Mitt got 28% of those that would be 152.
If Rick got 22% of those that would be 119.
I know that this is all about figures lie and liars figure, but that would leave Rick ahead by 1 vote,
Did your's count????
Congrats, Rick! Congrats also on getting the $1 million in donations within 72 hours.
May newt and Rick somehow Both come in ahead of Romney somehow tomorrow!
You may want to check the delegate counts. Rick is very much in the running. It ain't over yet.
I’m a Newt supporter and have my own issues w/ Rick S. regarding his record and stances. However, this is another glaring example of the blue blood, RNC manipulation of the conservative electorate with pay to play politics. How many weeks did we have to endure Rove and the Republican elite in trying to anoint Mitt just as the DNC did w/ Obama. “There hasn’t been a candidate to win the first two states” blah blah blah.
As If we didn’t need another example of there being strangers in OUR HOUSE.
This is a multiple front battle
You may hate conservatives, but they will still fight. Why don’t you move to DU?
Conservatives: 1 (Santorum)
Socialists: 1 (Romney 1, Gingrich 0)
Big government Newt has ALL the media attention, and still is losing to Santorum.)
Of course, the only reason Gingrich is in the primary is so he can make a global warming movie and win the Nobel Prize. Why doesn't he just leave and go one his climate change jihad now.
Your response is quite ironic given all the criticism of Santorum on this board that says he acts like a “petulant teen.”
You definitely wanna check out the thread right below this one.
I beleive if I were running I would rather be in Newt's boat right now.
“real deal starts in 5 hours”.
Ah, I don’t think so.
ANOTHER open primary state where the D’s get to vote for the R most likely to fail.
Also being penalized for moving their date, after all, their open primary is just SO damn important. (NOT!)
Not sure if Florida is any less ridiculous, they ALSO jumped the gate, I can only hope so.
Nevada Feb. 4th., a real primary caucus, but probably in the bag for Rotney as he will have the mormon vote sewn up.
Just like Dingy Reid, as both of them do not separate politics and religion when it’s to their advantage.
sorry but you fail.. since 1980 EVERY winner of the SC primary went on to win the nomination..
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