Santorum wins in Tennessee

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 03/06/2012

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Rick Santorum won the primary in Tennessee while Mitt Romney rolled to primary victories in Virginia, Vermont and home-state Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, reaching for a decisive advantage over his persistent rivals in the most turbulent race for the Republican presidential nomination in a generation.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich countered with a home-field win in Georgia as the GOP contenders vied for the chance to take on Democratic President Barack Obama in November.

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AS OF THIS WRITING:

Tennessee | 58 delegates

Candidates Votes Percent

Santorum 45,794 44.1

Romney 29,549 28.5

Gingrich 18,299 17.6

Paul 7,516 7.2

[Jonty30]

So Gingrich has gotten Georgia and Tennesee,

Great!

[skeeter]

OK, I see how the reporting is going now. Still I'm surprised that each article doesn't provide a more comprehensive headline.

Still getting used to this internet stuff.

[skeeter]

Read it again.

Your conclusion is right, tho.

[AdamBomb]

Unfortunately a poor showing in Tennessee for Newt. I’m disappointed. I don’t know what the hell is going on down here, but first we elect a freakin’ Rino Gov. Haslem [actually, his daddy bought the election for him], then more people here vote for Mittens than for Newt. Pretty sad.

[Happy Rain]

Not bad, a PA Yankee winning a solid Southern state.

Go Rick!

[Jonty30]

Sorry, I lost my ability to comprehend.

I was thinking of Rick Perry when I posted my original post.

[mylife]

Santorum has no pledged delegates in Tennessee.

[GeronL]

I heard Rick wins TN

[GeronL]

Perry??

[Rome2000]

Ain’t too bright in TN?

[Happy Rain]

Oh good grief!

[AdamBomb]

"Not bad, a PA Yankee winning a solid Southern state."

Not really, we've been infested with northerners especially from Michigan and westerners from California as many companies are relocating here (Nissan corporate, many GM folks from the Saturn days, numerous healthcare companies, Dell manufacturing). Hell, no one in my subdivision is even from here any more. We are no longer a conservative state with the exception of Knoxville. Memphis was lost. Nashville is now lost (last 10 years). We have a Rino Governor whose daddy owns Pilot Gas, daddy bought the election.

[TennesseeGirl]

Not sure how they’re calling the election for Santorum. Polls closed at 8 p.m., but if you’re still in line at 8 you are still allowed to vote. Knox County was still voting past 8 p.m. Santorum had no delegates. Most he can win is the popular vote. I’m at a loss as to explain why the MSM is calling it for Santorum here. Newt had delegates, as did Romney and Paul, but Santorum has NO DELEGATES. Not sure what will happen next. I believe the delegates must vote for whoever they committed to regardless, i.e., Gingrich, Romney, and Paul. No committed delegate from TN has ever voted for another candidate other than the one they were committed to. There were 3 on the ballot that were uncommitted.

[Jonty30]

As I said, my ability to comprehend failed at that moment completely.

[Happy Rain]

So you are saying Tennesee is a blue state?

Then why didn’t Romney win it?

[LeopoldvonRanke]

Congratulations Rick Santorum!

What a showing! Destroyed Romney in TN. :D

[TennesseeGirl]

As of 8:34 p.m. only 1% of the vote in TN has been counted. How can they project a winner from that sampling?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: So Gingrich has gotten Georgia and Tennesee,

Did you read the title of this thread at all?

[manc]

friggin piss ants moving south and then want their new state to look like the hell hole they left.

Maybe it’;s time to build wall on the Potomac and stop them bringing their ignorant pro homo, pro cross dressing, pro anything to have sex with voting ways with them

[GeronL]

Reboot!

Believe me I have my own moments too

[Jonty30]

Read my second post.

[American Constitutionalist]

Rick Santorum is pulling away in Ohio and ND....

[American Constitutionalist]

Rick got TN, OK, OH, ND

[what's up]

For real?

[Happy Rain]

Rick may not need Newt to step aside in order to beat Mitt after all.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

For real, but it’s a bit too soon to call OH. He’s up 4 in OH with about 40 percent of the vote in.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Haslem has not been a rino by a long shot.

[what's up]

And I just heard that the urban areas are not in yet...I guess those will likely lean Romney.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

He’s winning Columbus.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Tn has been trending More conservative for years now. In 08 it was the only state almost to add senate and house seats at the state level. In 10 it elected a slew of conservative us house candidates.

[what's up]

good to hear!

[AdamBomb]

um yes he has. He backed down from teachers union and then backed down from the Nashville occupy squatters. He failed to cut TennCare. He has no balls

[AdamBomb]

Haslem headline today “Haslam hopes for common ground in debate over gun bill”. The milquetoast compromiser.

[AdamBomb]

“Haslem has not been a rino by a long shot.”

This coming from someone whose name is Tennessean4Bush.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

Santorum declared winner in North Dakota.

3 states tonight with 7 total. Won big.

Still up by 2 in Ohio with 62 percent in.

[what's up]

Good news about SD.

I don't like seeing the gap closing in OH though.

[Coldwater Creek]

Santorum is actually a native Virginian.

[Coldwater Creek]

We are solid RED,just not solid conservative.

[LeopoldvonRanke]

He’s running out of time. Odds are 2:1 against Mitt right now.

[what's up]

Very interesting! Thx for the updates.

[SaraJohnson]

The red states are pretty angry with the Republican party. People are upset about the mortgage fraud crashing the real estate market and they are pissed off about the loss of constitutional rights and American dignity in the aftermath of 911. They are not happy about how the US is doing in the elitists’ “global marketplace.” The GOP has no agenda of reform to offer. They are a bunch of barking moonbats.

They trust the Dems even less now that they got a belly full of Obama.

[Happy Rain]

Well that explains a lot—Southern Land is God's Land—I know because I was born in the Holy City of Charleston, South Carolina.

[Coldwater Creek]

Newt was born in Harrisburg Pa.

[Happy Rain]

Not gonna touch that one—too many oversensitive Newt people around here.

[Tennessean4Bush]

"Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to free local schools from a state-mandated teacher pay schedule that currently rewards seniority and training is drawing fire from the state's largest teachers' group."

"Last year, Haslam dramatically changed teacher tenure laws, tying the process of obtaining and maintaining tenure to student achievement. Republican lawmakers abolished collective bargaining."

"Union hits Haslam plan to abolish teacher pay"
"Haslam says pay plan isn't attack on teachers"

"Haslam spokesman David Smith said the decision to dismiss the charges against 55 protesters was made in light of a federal judge’s ruling that the state couldn’t enforce the new curfew on the grounds around the state Capitol."
Haslam drops charges on protestors

"Governor Bill Haslam signs bill to halt camping by Occupy Nashville"

Let's review:

• Signed into law a bill to end collective bargaining
• Changed tenure laws to tie to student achievement
• Introduced in Jan 2012 reform bill to allow local districts freedom to negotiate on salaries as they want
• Imposes curfew on protesters. Arrests 55. Judicial commissioner refuses to jail them. Federal judge steps in to say he cannot impose curfew.
• Haslam refuses to give up. Signs bill into law to halt camping by Occupy Nashville protestors

He has crippled the power of the unions, totally emasculated them, and yet to AdamBomb, he is just a wimp because he respects our judicial system enough that he won't override a federal judge on stupid protesters whose antics no one in TN cares about.