Great news!!! HAHA, Romney.
With 1% reporting, CNN declares Santorum the winner.
LOL-That didn’t take long!
Mittens loses another state!
FOX News's Devoted Romney-Pimp and Anchor-Wife-in-Training:
“We at FOX know Mitt Romney has the perfect height.
And his feet are the perfect shape.
And his hair is perfect, too.
Willard smells so good, that I tingle.
So why would it matter that he imposed RomneyCARE,
gay marriage, AND covered up the BIG DIG?
So why would it matter to us if he lost yet another primary?
Or if he imposed RomneyCARE,
gay marriage, AND covered up the BIG DIG?
Nope. Our love of Mitt Romney is forever
and we will proclaim him the "frontrunner"
here at FOX/BAIN News
… even when you laugh on the floor knowing
it is obviously not true."
bfl
Looks like FNC is calling it for Santorum 39% - Myth 30% Newt 22% - Paul 6% with only 1% percent of the votes in.
A few minutes ago, NBC network called LA for Santorum.
They didn’t give any numbers.
CNN calling it for Rick. Woohoo!
Excellent!
With 10% of the vote in, Rick is leading Romney 41% to 30%. Orleans Parrish hasn’t reported yet, so that might help Romney. Hopefully the other parts of the state will keep the margin in double digits.
Go Rick!
Any exit polling data? Don’t see it on CNN where they usually have it.
Dear Rick,
From now until April 3, please camp out in WI and make sure you get all the delegates except Madison/Milwaukee districts.
And sometime this week, go visit Frederick, Hagerstown, and Cumberland MD to ensure you win the 6th District. Then visit Bel Air and Salisbury to ensure you win the 1st District.
If this itinerary does not match your teams, please change it to do so. Thanks.
parksstp
Observation: For those Romney supported irritated that Newt is still in the race, note that if the present trend continues, Mitt’s percentage in Louisiana will dip below 25%, which is the threshold required to get a single delegate in that state.
And keeping Mitt below below 25% could not have been done without Newt competing in Louisiana and getting somewhere between 15% and 20% (unless you think that in a Santorum v. Romney race, Rick would have got over 70% + Paul’s 5%, thus keeping Mitt below 25%.)
This pattern may very well repeat itself in upcoming states. So send Newt some flowers; he’s helping to keep Romney below 1,144.
What about the other 26?
2/3 of the vote in, and Newt has 16%...will he really stay in the race? I read somewhere you have to get at least 25% of the vote to get delegates.
Interesting comments in this L.A. Times piece. A common thread among many voters, they preferred Gingrich but think he can’t win, so they voted for Santorum. And another one, the people who voted for Mitt Romney didn’t know why they did it (!). GOP-E and RINO media mind control power of suggestion I wager. Seems like most of the Romney voters interviewed were female, and one said they voted for him because he was better-looking than the others.
And several said they liked Newt Gingrich, but didn’t vote for him in the end because they believed he can’t win the nomination.
But Bucher said he had preferred Gingrich for his intelligence, conservative values, leadership skills and political experience. Now, however, he said he believed the former House speaker should exit. “I think he’s got too much baggage and he just cannot make up the gap,” he said.
Wayne Softley, 56, who works as a rigging grip in movie production, also said his first choice was Gingrich, but he thinks the former Georgia congressman is too far behind now. “I just figured I’d give Santorum the vote,” he said. “I’m trying to make my vote count.”
Joseph Natal, who owns a brake inspection business, was inclined to support Gingrich as well, but also chose Santorum. “I didn’t want to waste my vote,” he said.
Lynne North, a 74-year-old retired paralegal, joked that she chose Romney because he was better looking. “We like Romney, and we like what he stands for,” she said.
But her husband, Donald Masinter, 78, a retired salesman, said he didn’t know why he voted for Romney. North suggested, “I think he is more well-rounded.” But Masinter replied, “I really didn’t like anybody that much.”
Elizabeth voted for Romney, but she was at a loss to explain why. “I think she picked him because she thinks he’s going to win and she wanted to get it over with,” William offered. Elizabeth did not disagree.
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| Presidential Nominee -- Republican Party All 4267 precincts reporting |
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| Michele Bachmann (R) | 0.33% | 622 | |
| Randy Crow (R) | 0.10% | 186 | |
| Newt Gingrich (R) | 15.91% | 29655 | |
| Jon Huntsman (R) | 0.13% | 242 | |
| Ron Paul (R) | 6.15% | 11460 | |
| Rick Perry (R) | 0.51% | 955 | |
| Charles "Buddy" Roemer (R) | 1.18% | 2203 | |
| Mitt Romney (R) | 26.69% | 49749 | |
| Rick Santorum (R) | 48.99% | 91305 | |