Rick Santorum declared Iowa winner

The Politico ^ | January 21, 2012 | Reid J. Epstein

[Free Vulcan]

Here are the links to the election nite numbers:

By precinct:

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=2475248

By county:

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=2475414

Those are not the certified numbers, but what was phoned in or input by computer that nite.

Here are the certified caucus results:

http://data.desmoinesregister.com/results/?info=caucus_results

The 8 missing precincts are: Cerro Gordo county - precinct Mason City W2 P3; Emmet county - precinct E’VILLE-WARD 2; Franklin county - precinct Geneva/Reeve; Lee county - precincts FM 4A, FM 4B, Franklin Cedar Marion, and Washington Green Bay Denmark; Pocahontas county - precinct Center-S Roosevelt-N Lincoln.

4 of the 8 are in Lee county and there’s been a national firestorm over that.

[nickcarraway]

Gingrich does not do9es deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with them. And he is in with the media: Newt Gingrich and the press: Secret pals

[Theodore R.]

Santorum should remain in the race several more weeks if he can because there is a good chance that Newton will collapse soon even if he sweeps SC. I would imagine though that financing for Santorum is good only through FL. He was cheated out of his little victory in IA by uninformned Republican primary voters. Mittens, it has been said, has a huge lead among the retirees and professional Republicans in FL.

[DoughtyOne]

“Rick Santorum Wins the Iowa Caucus.”

That’s a headline the Santorum team didn’t read on the morning after the Caucus. It’s a headline Conservatives didn’t read. It’s a headline the public would not read until the morning of the South Carolina primary, two primaries later.

There has been considerable angst about the Virginia primary, and who was allowed to be on the ballot there. “Someone was getting cheated!” Perhaps it’s just my faulty perception, it I haven’t noticed nearly as much angst about Santorum being deprived of his victory.

During this season, public perception is important. I don’t think I’m being overly suspicious here, because it was known at the beginning of the week, that Santorum had won the Iowa Caucus. Still, those that control the statements refused to call Santorum anything other than a person who tied Romney at the Caucus..., until now, the morning of the second Primary after Iowa. Two primaries where reasoned assumptions of the benefits of Santorum’s win were thwarted. In fact their emphasis was on the eight precincts that hadn’t reported out.

IMO, Santorum’s ability to build momentum was checked in Iowa. People considering him were not allowed to think of him as the winner. That is the life blood of a political campaign during a primary season.

We allow open caucuses and primaries. We allow candidate’s victories to be stolen. We revel in the victories of folks voted most favorite with the help of Democrats. We flatter ourselves as the keepers of the flame.

We should be bowing our heads in shame. Alas, there are no keepers of the flame.

[newzjunkey]

Santorum is "conservative" like W was conservative: nanny state compassionate conservatism and an interventionist foreign policy. Fortunately, the petulant theocrat Santorum lacks W's natural charm.

You don't even need to examine his record. Just review his answers in Thursday's debate.

[Loyal Sedition]

I hope you are not being superstitious?

Statistical anomalies can easily happen, particularly with such a small sampling.

What about PRIOR to 1980?

If you only select parameters that support your wishful thinking you can contrive support for any argument.
But that’s not very honest, or conservative.

[nickcarraway]

Maybe you need to look at the record instead what Newt & Mitt’s buddies in the media. Santorum is far the most conservative candidate left.

[GeronL]

very timely.

should give Santorum a bump going into NH.... oh wait...

another example of the MSM distorting and interfering with this primary.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.