Posted on 03/20/2012 7:00:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A quick glance at the map might tempt you into thinking that the Republican nomination is roughly an even battle between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, with Mr. Romney tending to prevail in the Northeast and the West, and Mr. Santorum in the Midwest and the South.
Do the math, however, and you’ll find that the nomination isn’t all that close. Mr. Romney hasn’t done that well in the South — but he also hasn’t been shut out there, winning Florida and its 50 winner-take-all delegates, and Virginia, where only Ron Paul was on the ballot alongside him. The Southern states that were poorer for Mr. Romney still tended to split their delegates in a relatively proportional way, and some of the anti-Romney vote there has gone to Newt Gingrich rather than Mr. Santorum.
In the Northeast and the West, on the other hand, Mr. Romney has often carried his states by clearer margins — like in Arizona, Washington or New Hampshire. Mr. Santorum narrowly beat Mr. Romney in Colorado, and Mr. Paul nearly did in Maine, but that has been about the extent of their incursion onto his turf.
Then, there are the delegates that few people pay attention to. From the five U.S. territories given a primary or caucus, including Puerto Rico on Sunday, Mr. Romney won 54 delegates, and Mr. Santorum won none. Mr. Romney has been endorsed by roughly 30 super delegates so far, and Mr. Santorum 2.
Mr. Santorum has been harmed by failures to qualify for the ballot or to post full-delegate slates in several states. And the Republican Party establishment, which would prefer that Mr. Romney be its nominee, has made decisions that work against Mr. Santorum in the event of delegate or vote-counting disputes.
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There is historic precedent for this. John McCain most recently comes to mind. BUT, the “STUPID PARTY” apparently wants to throw another election and lose this one as well, so what can you say. Oh well....see you in the camps.
Thanks!
A liberal is a liberal is a liberal. The GOP liberals would rather another liberal obama win than any conservative seeing the light of day. As with all liberals its about the power, control and their time at the feeding trough of public $$$.
As for the Vichy/liberal/moderates and it’s all about the Party boys, Sam Adams best summed it up when he said,” If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that which feed you. May your chain be set lightly upon you and posterity forget ye were our countrymen.”
Little people with loads of tiny pens, I said pens not with an i.
So, you'd rather see Romney. Why hide that fact any longer? Come out of the closet.
If Mitt's "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I will fix it," can be exploited against him using the first part--and it was--then Santorum's “I don’t care what the unemployment rate’s going to be. Doesn’t matter to me,” can as well.
Since Santorum attacked Newt for what he might possibly say were he to become president, I've no sympathy for him.
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