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Romney wins Ohio but fails to shake off rivals
Reuters ^ | March 7, 2012 | Steve Holland

Posted on 03/06/2012 10:39:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Mitt Romney secured a close victory in Ohio but failed to land a knockout blow against rival Rick Santorum on "Super Tuesday," raising the odds of a drawn-out battle for the Republican presidential nomination between the party's establishment and its grassroots conservatives.

Romney won five of the 10 state contests on Tuesday but his margin of victory was uncomfortably slim in Ohio, the night's biggest prize. Ohio is a politically divided state sure to be hotly contested in the November 6 election between the eventual Republican nominee and President Barack Obama.

Romney moved closer to the 1,144 delegates needed to win the party's nomination, but a strong showing by Santorum underscored the front-runner's continued inability to win over large swathes of the Republican base, who view his past as a moderate Massachusetts governor with suspicion....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2012; adreamsisawish; dreamsgaveyou0bama; ohio; romney; santorum; wishesgiveyou0bama; yourheartmakes
The fix is in.
1 posted on 03/06/2012 10:39:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course it is. It’s in the fix just in the primary process, allowing others to determine our nominee.


2 posted on 03/06/2012 10:41:50 PM PST by b4its2late (Patience is not a virtue, it is a waste of time.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Romney sucks, BTW.


3 posted on 03/06/2012 10:42:15 PM PST by b4its2late (Patience is not a virtue, it is a waste of time.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course.

And if Newt hadn’t been in the race, Santorum would have won. Making me sick.

Santorum 2012


4 posted on 03/06/2012 10:45:09 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Virginia went roughly 60/40 Romney/Paul. I think they said only 5% voted. I guess a lot of non Romney’s voted for Paul.


5 posted on 03/06/2012 10:47:54 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, this is a hell of a mess. Add in all sorts of election fraud. 3 candidates splitting votes and as CNN Donna Brazile says,
there is NO GOP excitement. She is right. We have excitement for Newt but the media says he cannot win (which is not true) There are all kinds of warning signs; in which Mitt cannot beat Obama. If Newt was to step down, Rick cannot win the general with women. Romney will not win the general. Look at the primary, Mitt cant win the South. Rick can't get Newt supporters. Newt, is our only hope with Palin. If we don't convince those 2 to team up; we are looking at 4 more years of Obama possibly. He has a good chance to win. People have to realize that. I don't know of any other two people than Palin and Newt-who else can change the topic for reforms and get the base excited?? We have to get the base energized.
6 posted on 03/06/2012 10:54:11 PM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: RIghtwardHo
For goodness sakes, if Newt had not stopped Romney in South Carolina, we would have already had Romney.
7 posted on 03/06/2012 10:55:42 PM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: RIghtwardHo
if Newt hadn’t been in the race, Santorum would have won. Making me sick.

You have that backwards of course. Santorum failed even after Newt stepped back to let him go for the gold. Santorum lost because his veneer was and is coming off. It's that simple. So blame your candidates performance....and has been said....Oh boo-hooo!!!!!

8 posted on 03/06/2012 10:57:47 PM PST by caww
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To: gleeaikin

Surprising its that high, given that the two most undesirable candidates fixed the ballot (yea I know, probably not just seems that way) to keep the others off.


9 posted on 03/06/2012 11:01:54 PM PST by svcw (Only difference between Romney & BH is one thinks he will be god & other one thinks he already is.)
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To: RIghtwardHo

Oh boo-hooo!!!!!

** President Newt Gingrich-”Our beloved republic deserves nothing less.”


10 posted on 03/06/2012 11:19:05 PM PST by Gator113 (** President Newt Gingrich-"Our beloved republic deserves nothing less." ~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: RIghtwardHo
Would you endorse a Presidential candidate, running on this platform?

Santorum did.

“I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform…”

11 posted on 03/06/2012 11:31:28 PM PST by ansel12 (Santorum-Catholic and "I was basically pro-choice all my life, until I ran for Congress" he said))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
*** "Myth-Rom GO HOME, and Leave Us Alone!" ***

The FR Golden Gate Plan! is the "GOP Brokered Primary Now!"

Our good conservative candidates do NOT need to "drop out". We need to work together!

=>>> Full Details - Post 55 Says It All... on the "Brokered Primary Now!" thread.

12 posted on 03/06/2012 11:40:42 PM PST by Golden Gate
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To: Christie at the beach
'GOP excitement' cannot be sustained because the news media won't allow it. They're already in full-blown 'protect Romney' mode which will morph SOLELY into 'protect 0bama' mode upon Romney's nomination. America fell asleep for far too long while the Progressives were quietly at work, using teacher's unions to produce mostly politically brain dead zombies indoctrinated into their cause. Today, most of the younger crowd are diehard socialists; Socialists who prefer style over substance, government over personal freedom, pro-abortion over pro-life, etc..

One thing is for sure; Masculinity is dead. Generations of boys raised by single moms has killed masculinity. Anyone looking for a tough, ballsy president like Newt, keep hoping because that's all you'll get is hope. 0bama embodies the 'new man' in America; A limp-wristed metrosexual raised by a single mom and a cross-dresser nanny.

13 posted on 03/07/2012 12:08:24 AM PST by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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To: RIghtwardHo

It’s “Super Tuesday,” only Romney and Gingrich can emerge to challenge Obama


14 posted on 03/07/2012 2:14:05 AM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs

‘GOP excitement’ cannot be sustained because the news media won’t allow it. They’re already in full-blown ‘protect Romney’ mode which will morph SOLELY into ‘protect 0bama’ mode upon Romney’s nomination. America fell asleep for far too long while the Progressives were quietly at work, using teacher’s unions to produce mostly politically brain dead zombies indoctrinated into their cause. Today, most of the younger crowd are diehard socialists; Socialists who prefer style over substance, government over personal freedom, pro-abortion over pro-life, etc..
One thing is for sure; Masculinity is dead. Generations of boys raised by single moms has killed masculinity. Anyone looking for a tough, ballsy president like Newt, keep hoping because that’s all you’ll get is hope. 0bama embodies the ‘new man’ in America; A limp-wristed metrosexual raised by a single mom and a cross-dresser nanny.

**

I’m afraid that as far as anyone between the ages of 18 and 35, you’ve nailed it. I have a good friend who is a 28 year old, and she told me she “wouldn’t mind” socialism, but yet, is really sick of all this entitlement mentality!”

I had to just scratch my head ...it’s like she really doesn’t get what she doesn’t even understand ...they are confused and very misguided, a lot of the young people nowa days.

And they ARE all about image. It’s so true.


15 posted on 03/07/2012 3:04:52 AM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs

Excellent post...


16 posted on 03/07/2012 3:06:29 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ineligible RINO Backstabber:
"Thank me. I cheat. I win."

17 posted on 03/07/2012 3:49:42 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"The fix is in."

Exactly right.

18 posted on 03/07/2012 3:59:01 AM PST by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: Christie at the beach

We have excitement for Newt but the media says he cannot win (which is not true)

It is true, Christie.


19 posted on 03/07/2012 6:01:32 AM PST by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, here's my analysis from my latest update to my GOP Primary Tracker Site:
Well, Super Tuesday is now over. 10 States held primaries or caucuses. Mitt Romney won 6 of the 10. Rick Santorum won 3 of the 10, and Newt Gingrich one 1 of 10, his home state of Georgia.. A amajority was one by a single candidate in only tree of the states. All by Mitt Romney with MAss at 72%, Idaho at 62% and Virginia at 60%. Of the total of 23 contests held to date, Romney has won an absolute majority 4 times, adding Nevada to the above at just over 50%. The only other majority win was Santorum in Missouri with 57%. To date, Romney ahs one 14 contests, Santorum has one 7 contests, and Newt Gingrich has one 2 contests. Ron Paul has not one any.

In the popular vote, to date Romney leads with over 3.2 million votes which is right at 40%. Santorum is second with 2 million votes or 26% , Gingrich is third with 1.8 million votes or 22% and Ron Paul is fourth with 900 thousand votes or 11%.

The effectiveness of Romney's campaign however, can be measured in his delegate count. Although he has only one 40% of the popular vot, this has translated to date into 431 delgates or 54% of the total delegates awarded to dat. Santorum follows with 176 delegates or 21%, Gingrich with 126 or 15% and Paul with 79 delegates or 10%. At this rate, Romney has a good chance of winning the delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the convention, but it will go on until late in the season. .

So, after Santorum's three win in February, Romney bounced back with five straight wins. On March 6th, Super Tuesday, Romney added six more wins, Santorum three more, and Gingrich one more. Romney is estatic about coming from behind and winning Ohio, though it was a near thing. Because of the closeness of the Ohio votes, and his other three wins, Santorum vows to stay in. Gingrich because of his strong win in his home state of Georgia also vows to stay in, and there was never any question, even with no wins, that Ron Paul will stay in on principle.

In my opinion, the tough primary season, despite punduts prognostications, continues to strengthen the candidates, keeping the GOP message at the top of the news cycle, and preparing the nominee to fight Obama. Any of the four would be orders of magnitude better than Barack Obama and his dismal failures. Here's the GOPTracking results now after Super Tuesday.


2012 GOP Presidential Primary Season Tracker (including caucuses) - LAST UPDATE: March 7, 2012

2012 GOP Primaries Date Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich Rick Santorum Ron Paul Ron Huntsman Rick Perry Michele Bachman Herman Cain Totals
Votes % Del's Win Votes % Del's Win Votes % Del's Win Votes % Del's Win Votes % Del's Votes % Del's Votes % Del's Votes % Del's Votes Del's
Iowa 1/3/2012 29,805 24.58% 7 - 16,163 13.33% 2 - 29,839 24.61% 7 1 26,036 21.47% 7 - 739 0.61% 0 12,557 10.36% 0 6,046 4.99% 0 58 0.05% 0 121,243 23
New Hamp 1/10/2012 97,601 39.81% 7 1 23,291 9.50% 0 - 23,362 9.53% 0 - 56,872 23.20% 3 - 41,783 17.04% 2 1,764 0.72% 0 350 0.14% 0 160 0.07% 0 245,183 12
South Caro 1/21/2012 168,152 27.86% 2 - 244,133 40.44% 23 1 102,492 16.98% 0 - 78,362 12.98% 0 - 1,173 0.19% 0 2,534 0.42% 0 491 0.08% 0 6,326 1.05% 0 603,663 25
Florida 1/31/2012 776,059 46.44% 50 2 534,040 31.96% 0 - 223,208 13.36% 0 - 117,410 7.03% 0 - 6,199 0.37% 0 6,773 0.41% 0 3,967 0.24% 0 3,492 0.21% 0 1,671,148 50
Nevada 2/4/2012 16,486 50.12% 14 3 6,956 21.15% 6 - 3,277 9.96% 3 - 6,175 18.77% 5 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 32,894 28
Main   2,190 39.65% 9 4 349 6.32% 0 - 989 17.90% 3 - 1,996 36.13% 7 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 5,524 19
Colorado 2/7/2012 22,875 35.00% 13 - 8,394 12.84% 1 - 26,372 40.35% 17 2 7,713 11.80% 1 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 65,354 32
Minnesota   8,096 16.97% 2 - 5,134 10.76% 1 - 21,436 44.94% 25 3 13,030 27.32% 9 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 47,696 14
Missouri   63,826 26.24% 0 - 9,859 4.05% 0 - 138,957 57.12% 0 4 30,641 12.59% 0 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 243,283 0
Arizona 2/28/2012 216,805 47.99% 29 5 74,110 16.40% 0 - 122,088 27.03% 0 - 38,753 8.58% 0 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 451,756 29
Michigan   409,899 42.34% 16 6 65,016 6.72% 0 - 377,521 38.99% 14 - 115,712 11.95% 0 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 968,148 30
Washington 3/3/2012 19,111 37.65% 30 7 5,221 10.28% 0 - 12,089 23.81% 5 - 12,594 24.81% 5 - 924 1.82% 0 437 0.86% 0 198 0.39% 0 190 0.37% 0 50,764 40
Wyoming   822 38.99% 10 8 165 7.83% 1 - 673 31.93% 9 - 439 20.83% 6 - 3 0.14% 0 2 0.09% 0 2 0.09% 0 2 0.09% 0 2,108 26
Alaska 3/6/2012 4,285 32.52% 8 9 1,856 14.09% 3 - 3,860 29.30% 7 - 3,175 24.10% 6 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 13,176 24
Georgia S 225,926 25.18% 15 - 417,364 47.81% 47 2 172,473 19.76% 10 - 57,125 6.54% 4 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 872,888 76
Idaho u 27,514 61.61% 32 10 940 2.11% 0 - 8,115 18.17% 0 - 8,086 18.11% 0 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 44,655 32
Massachusetts p 260,509 73.29% 41 11 16,756 4.71% 0 - 43,6114 12.27% 0 - 34,575 9.735 0 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 355,455 41
N. Dakota  e 2,691 23.71% 7 - 961 8.48% 2 - 4,510 39.74% 11 5 3,186 28.07% 8 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 11,349 28
Ohio r 453,927 38.93% 32 12 174,606 14.78% 10 - 441,908 37.42% 20 - 110,633 9.37% 4 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 1,181,074 66
Oklahoma   80,291 28.34% 13 - 78,686 27.77% 13 - 96,759 34.15% 14 6 27,572 9.73% 13 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 283,208 43
Tennessee T 153,889 28.46% 18 - 132,142 24.43% 12 - 204,978 37.90% 26 7 49,782 9.21% 2 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 540,791 58
Vermont u 22,533 41.01% 9 13 4,606 8.39% 0 - 13,401 24.39% 4 - 14,407 26.22% 4 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 54,949 17
Virginia e 158,050 59.52% 44 14 0 0.00% 0 - 0 0.00% 0 - 107,470 40.48% 5 - 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 265,520 49
Kansas 3/10/2012                                                           40
Guam                                                             9
Virgin Islands                                                             9
Alabama 3/13/2012                                                           50
Am Somoa                                                             9
Hawaii                                                             20
Mississippi                                                             40
Missouri 3/17/2012                                                           52
Puerto Rico 3/18/2024                                                           23
Illinois 3/20/2012                                                           69
Louisiana 3/24/2012                                                           46
DC 4/3/2012                                                           19
Maryland                                                             37
Wisconsin                                                             42
Texas                                                             155
                                                               
At large Del's       23       4       1       0       0     0     0         28
TOTALS   3,221,342 39.61% 431 14 1,820,751 22.39% 39 2 2,071,921 25.48% 85 7 921,744 11.33% 79 0 50,821 1.13% 2 24,067 0.53% 0 11,054 0.25% 0 10,228 0.23% 0 8,131,928 814
To Date % of Delegates Romney 53% Gingrich 15% Santorum 21% Paul 10% Huntsman <1% Perry 0% Bachman 0% Cain 0%

In my estimation, Super Tuesday though certainly not a "knock out" by any means, represented a moderatley strong showing and victory for Romney. He took the lion's share of delegates and is on a path to outright win the nomination. Santorum had a decent night, but it had to be disappointing. If he had one Ohio and his margins had been better in Okalahoma and Tennessee, he would have had an outstanding night. Newt Gingrich has to be strongly disappointed. He won his home state by 20 ponits (but to be fair, Romney won his true home state by 60 points), but then Newt finished 3rd or fourth in all other octests and had a much smaller delegate count to show for it. For Paul, it was to be a huge disappointment. Though finishing second in a couple of races, his overall delegate count, even in the caucus states was meager at best. He was hoping to win North Dakota and gain more delegates overall, but none of that happened.

Romney will most probably at this point begin to pivot and focus more and more on going head to head with Obama and consentrating on finding a VP pick that will solidify as much of the party and base as he can for the general election.

Only by uniting, can Santorum and Gingrich now prevent Romney from having a real strong chance of winning the nomination outright. At this point I think the best they can hope for is a brokered convention...otherwise, mathematically, I believe Romney will ultimately eak out a win...probably at the 50-55% range of delegates needed. It seems at this point, for whatever reason, that Gingrich and Santorum are unwilling to unite, so they will continue to split the more conservative vote and allow Romney to win more contests and win a larger proportion of delegates in so doing. In the end, I will support any of the GOP candidates, whichever wins the nomination against the abject marxist ideolog, Obama, as any one of them will be far better than Barack Obama. Four more years of his leadership and fundamental change could easily put this nation in a economic, debt, foreign policy, and energy hole we will have a very difficult and very painful chance of digging our way out of...and at the const of decades of burden placed on our children and grandchildren.

If you have a mind, please ping others to this GOP Primary Tracker page.

America is at the crossroads of history and we must choose aright
(http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm)

Jeff Head
March 7, 2012

20 posted on 03/07/2012 10:12:23 AM PST by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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