Yes, bad weather always does have an effect. But we didn’t have snow in Florida, and our turnout was very poor.
We had non-stop ads from the Romney campaign portraying Gingrich as an evil lunatic and I think people just couldn’t take it anymore.
Another factor, IMHO, is that the Florida primary was the moment when all the supposed conservatives in the media started coming out and annointing Romney as the “inevitable one.” It really confused people to see figures they had always thought of as leaders in conservative thought endorsing the most liberal of the candidates.
The Rush Limbaugh/Ann Coulter effect is something we shouldn’t overlook, because I think a lot of the committed conservative voters, the type who usually get to the polls no matter what, were baffled and simply decided to stay home.
The Mittbots behind changing Florida's primary schedule KNEW the demographic would change and improve his opportunity, and then when he promised to have a Cuban American VP on the ticket with him, that amplified that vote substantially!
No, we are not going to have a Cuban American VP on the ticket ~ not with Romney, not with anyone.
Florida's Republicans can improve their Primary's popularity by holding it later in the year.