Meanwhile, the three candidates most opposed by true conservatives (Romney, Paul, Huntsman) are going to combine for 80% or more of the total NH vote.
No matter how we spin it, this is a true disaster for the conservative wing of the Republican party. Unless things dramatically turn around in the coming primaries, we are going to be faced with either holding our noses to vote for Romney in the general election or we are going to have to coalesce behind a third party candidate (such as a Sarah Palin).
I am going to spend the rest of the night drinking heavily!
Well, cheer up (a little).
This NH vote turned out worse than we expected but basically it’s what we expected except that we didn’t think the conservatives would do this bad.
Apologies to NH folks here (if there are any) but those results are weird anyway you look at it, particularly the votes for Ron Paul and Huntsman.
It looks like NH doesn’t like religious folks.
Heck. I’m ready to start drinking, and certainly not in celebration, right HERE and its only 10:30 in the morning!
I’m not convinced it’s a long term loss for Conservatives.
It IS a long term loss for a party that thinks it can win without them.
McCain’s loss to the likes of Obama seems to have taught the party nothing.
They still allow crossover voting. They still support us providing a loyalty oath, but not the actual politician.
Is there nothing a politician can do to be booted from the Republican party ranks? Evidently not.