Posted on 03/13/2012 8:08:17 PM PDT by Steelfish
Santorum Wins Mississippi and Alabama Primaries
By Michael O'Brien, msnbc.com -- Rick Santorum scored victories in the Mississippi and Alabama primaries on Tuesday, depriving Mitt Romney of a signature win in a conservative stronghold and raising fresh doubts about the viability of Newt Gingrich's campaign.
The former Pennsylvania senator made his case for being the lone, serious Republican challenger to Romney for the remainder of the primary by besting Gingrich in states the former speaker's campaign had previously said were essential to its long-term viability.
“We did it again,” Santorum said to wild applause from supporters in Louisiana, and amid projections by NBC News that he would win both Mississippi and Alabama.
Romney had hoped to score a victory in Mississippi, thereby proving his ability to win a state that composes part of the heart of the modern GOP. But he appeared to be heading to a third-place finish in both contests, failing to even surpass Gingrich, a candidate who’s weathered growing calls to exit the race.
A former governor of Massachusetts, Romney acknowledged these contests were an “away game” for a figure like him, marking an effort to set low expectations for how he might finish in the contests.
John David Mercer / AP Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters who braved the rain during a campaign stop at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Monday, March 12, 2012 in Mobile, Ala.
The Romney campaign was able to pick up delegates in both states, contributing to its march to collect the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination. His campaign was also likely to pick up those crucial delegates in Hawaii's caucuses, which were set to take place overnight. A total of 107 delegates were up for grabs between the three states on Tuesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com ...
Or, to put it another way, Rick’s the Tin Man, Newt’s the Scarecrow, Mitt’s the Wizard of Oz, and Ron’s the Cowardly Lion, with, respectively, heart, brain, means of getting places, and courage.
Let’s hope in the end Obama turns out to be the Wicked Witch and not Dorothy.
There is only one Reagan.
Also Reagan wasn’t Reagan until after he became Reagan.
In other words, he wasn’t perfect either, he certainly wasn’t a shoe in against Carter. Carter and his boys WANTED to run against Reagan. He was a zealot, a divorced actor. Someone who was an old dunce from a nowhere college. A push over.
Reagan was trailing Carter by 20 points up to four weeks away from the 1980 election, yet he won a massive landslide victory.
Yes, I know that too. I voted for him four times. Primaries of ‘76, Primaries of ‘80, and Generals of ‘80 and ‘84. But Reagan was mostly Reagan before ‘76. I remember.
Sure you did, just not on this thread. I am not the only one to notice either.
What’s wrong with casino owners? They are generally capitalists and relatively conservative, they employee a lot of people. You sound a little like Obama, bitching about people going to casinos for vacation. I would sure rather have a casino magnate in my pocket than a union lover. Do you think Santorum in his perfection would accept casino money anyway? LOL, really laughing out loud. He would take it in a NY minute, only problem is, they won’t give it to him.
You would rather they support the Newt-Nancy-Dede sideshow.
Don’t be sad, all loyal Newt supporters will have a guaranteed space on his new moon colony. (Transportation not provided.)
You sound like Jim Jones. If u don’t know who he is look him up.
BTW, The Casino money didn’t do much for Newts Southern Strategy did it?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.