Posted on 01/31/2012 9:24:11 AM PST by Triple
Early exit polling shows that Newt has a slim lead over Romney.
It’s not going to last. Newt will lose Florida. I am just hoping it is not an embarrassing blow-out. He looks to pick up delegates on Super Teusday.
There will be no zot.
I'm not sure how this is going to come out. I'm thinking that it's going to be close. Looking at RCP, I doubt that Romney is going to get as high as 41%, Santorum will get as high as 13%, and Paul (remember this is a closed primary) as high as 10+%. Will the differences be enough to put Newt over the top, though? I dunno.
I gotta say, though, that...
1) after all of the money Romney has spent,
2) after all of the nasty ads by Romney,
3) after a mediocre performance by Newt in the debates (he merely did OK, hitting singles instead of Grand Slams),
4) With all of the media pulling for Romney
5) And after every single poll projects a blowout for Romney
....Anything beyond a huge (15+%) win for Romney is an effective loss. He shot his bolt to get FL, but there's still 46 (53? lol! ) states left.
Could well be a squeaker for Newt given the large body of undecideds. I don’t see any other candidate, blemishes or no, that has shown close to as much gumption in endeavoring to root out the Obama rot. Mitt seems to be the ever-cautious one. I hope the undecideds agree. Looks like we are on the brink of Contract With America II, but this time without having to triangulate around Rats. We could do far, far worse.
Any news of Newt up in the polls and all of a sudden, we’ll see a gaggle of black suburbans hurtling down I-95 with a bunch of boxes FULL of newfound early votes!
....all for Mitt, of course.
Do NOT count Newt out! The wife and my **minions** are yet to vote and its Newt all the way. But seriously, a lot of friends and family know I’m “into” politics so they want my opinion. I’m happy to oblidge, but they don’t know I’m just your average FReeper. Well, some do.
You’ve got *minions?*
How can I get some minions?
It takes years of study and careful planning to have minions. That and frequent pool parties that begin with a power point presentation on conservobabes vs liberal harpies. And daquiris....lots of daquiris.
Hmmm, I’ll try the daquiris first ...and then go from there.
Hmmm, I’ll try the daquiris first ...and then go from there.
Maybe if I didn’t repeat myself so much, I’d get some minions.
Not familiar with the demographics of the Florida electorate. Is Brevard county conservative?
Are you sure Romney isn't actually Al Gore?
Ever notice how, when Romney's "up" and excited and getting people all worked up about ManBearPig, he looks, moves, acts, and sounds just like the Gorebot?
Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen Mittens and the Gorebot in the same room at the same time?
It’s the Space Coast. part unemployed space industry workers, part NE retirees, and a smattering of natives.
The Emperor is merciful today.
:)
Nice, that means that my husband and myself have minions.
We do the same, but have our own special pool drink.
Well that explains your unscientific poll.
Are those those little oniony things you drop in your extremely dry, 15 o F Stoly martini?
I thought I did once.
But it was an antique store with two cigar store wooden Indians.
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