Romney Holds off Santorum, Wins Michigan Primary [Wins by Narrow 3% Margin, Gingrich Gets 7%]

MSNBC ^ | February 28, 2012 | Michael O'Brien

[bray]

Not sure how ripping into fellow Conservatives is going to get them to vote for your candidate?

[Craftmore]

Tell them not me,,all night long,,they put down Rick.Newt doesnt even bother to try in most states and they still say he will win?

[sargon]

But the guy talking about the issues is unelectable. Period.

Nonsense. Please don't parrot such propaganda.

[Steelfish]

Just check the polls: Unbridgeable gender gap, a massive chasm with independents, and negatives that fall through the cellar. This is the reality, like it or not.

[sargon]

Just check the polls: Unbridgeable gender gap, a massive chasm with independents, and negatives that fall through the cellar. This is the reality, like it or not.

Like I said, please don't parrot such propaganda. Rumors of Newt's non-viability are greatly exaggerated.

[Kevmo]

So if Newt had dropped out, his 7% would likely have gone to Santorum and Santorum would have won Michigan.

[Cricket24]

Newt is the ONLY ONE who will stand up to the press. THEY HATE him. That’s why he doesn’t get much coverage. I am NOT voting for either Santorum OR ROMNEY! They both try to ACT tough but they come across as phonies to me. Since we all know that the GOP candidate will be Romney, thanks to all his money, let’s focus on keeping the House and gaining the Senate.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Tricky Ricky sure did pander to those Democrats though. He let them know how bad it was for his opponent to not support the auto Bailouts.

I'm sure little Ricky will be trying to excuse this stupid move, as will his worshipers, but the rest of the primary will not go so well for him. There are some very shocked voters out there that are very angry with his pandering ways to the Democrats and willful betrayal of everything he claims to be.

[MinuteGal]

I have barely heard Newt's name even mentioned on TV or the radio talkies these past two weeks. It's like he doesn't exist. Rush doesn't even speak his name or talk about him....he just goes on about Santorum, ad infinitum. It's like Newt doesn't exist.

This is one of the reasons things are going to turn out badly for conservatives in the general election.

Leni

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Rush also said that Santorum, pandering to the Democrats by letting it be known that he supported the auto bailouts was the right thing to do.

I am do done with Rush, that I will never listed to his arrogant, self centered program again. His ratings are also starting to tank as a result of the revealing things he has done this election. Sanpander is right there with him. Levin is even shocked at what Santorum did.

[Steelfish]

If 2.5% of Newt’s voters had gone for Santorum he would have won!

[newzjunkey]

It's not really his "home" state just because he was born there.

Romney hasn't been living in Michigan since he went to Harvard Law School in the early 1970s. He's been in Massachusetts ever since.

He was the "comeback kid" in Michigan. This was Santorum's to lose only a few days ago and he did.

[moehoward]

"Take away the Dem votes for Santorum"....

Why stop there....LOL