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Super Tuesday, 06 Mar 2012

Santorum up 39 to 37 in Ohio, way too early to call.

Romney projected winner in Mass based on exit polling. No hard numbers yet.
 
Helix said:
MA : Romney

CNN says OK and TN exit polls trended Santorum.
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Romney really wants Tennessee too. For him the two biggest states to win where Ohio and Tenn.
 
I didn't vote. I don't think I'm a registered Republican so I can't. I have also been in school and working all day so I couldn't make it to the polls anyway.
 
Romney is starting to pull away in Ohio. Still way too early to call(7 % reporting), but Romney up 42 to 36. Romney right now is in third in Ok, behind Santorum and Gingrich, but 1 % reporting. Tennessee has 8 % reporting and Santorum up 41 to 28.
 
There will be no clear winner...so it's back to a Romney/Santorum slugfest....big surprise.
 
Santorum takes TN.
 
Redress said:
Virginia to Romney, running unopposed for all intents.
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WOW

Give me a break Redress. That's just inexcusable and highlights your absolute bias and prejudice against the man. Even in a thread where, in previous ones, you've tried to be very even handed and fair in your treatment you throw that kind of stuff?

In a moderate Virginia, with a Governor tied to the "establishment" and is a rumored VP candidate, where Paul managed 4.5% just 4 years ago, Ron Paul has managed to gain over 40% of the vote.

Mind you, that's the same that Mike Huckabee got as second place in 2008.

While Virginia was clearly going to be a win for Romney, the fact that he could only scrape together less than 60% of the vote against a "weak" candidate whose "unelectable" and "extreme" in a moderate Virginia is a bad sign for him and, to a lesser extent, a good sign for Paul.

Some what ridiculous to just gloss over
 
Santorum now leads OH TN and OK

Wow looks like Santorum is gonna be the big winner. Who saw that coming?
 
North Dakota, Caucus, not primary.
 
Romney needs Ohio badly. Its not like he's bad off if he doesn't win it, but it opens the door far more for Santorum.

Gingrich could really benefit from a 2nd in Oklahoma if possible.

Santorum winning Oklahoma and Tennessee helps him out and continues to solidify him down the middle of the country. If he can steal Ohio it would be a major shot to Gingrich's bid I think.

Paul is continuing his standard strategy. He'll be in till the end, will be unlikely to win any state anytime soon, but will continue to play spoiler a bit and just take up spots and potential delegates. He's the element of chaos in this thing. Unless he shocks the world, which is highly unlikely, and picks up some states in the later elections though there's just about zero shot that he'll actually grab the nomination. But if he can stay in till the end and continue to improve over his 2008 numbers and continue to grab some unbound delegates it may get him into the convention to speak which I think is a big goal he's shooting for.
 
Good Lord that was a long Grinch speech.
 
Santorum is such a boring speaker....
 
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz @ Santorum's speech too....
 
Santorum won Oklahoma
 
Ohio is the big question now. Santorum is leading by 3%
 
Zyphlin said:
WOW

Give me a break Redress. That's just inexcusable and highlights your absolute bias and prejudice against the man. Even in a thread where, in previous ones, you've tried to be very even handed and fair in your treatment you throw that kind of stuff?

In a moderate Virginia, with a Governor tied to the "establishment" and is a rumored VP candidate, where Paul managed 4.5% just 4 years ago, Ron Paul has managed to gain over 40% of the vote.

Mind you, that's the same that Mike Huckabee got as second place in 2008.

While Virginia was clearly going to be a win for Romney, the fact that he could only scrape together less than 60% of the vote against a "weak" candidate whose "unelectable" and "extreme" in a moderate Virginia is a bad sign for him and, to a lesser extent, a good sign for Paul.

Some what ridiculous to just gloss over
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It is rather astonishing that Paul pulled 41%. Did Romney put much effort in there, or did he pretty much blow it off thinking he couldn't lose?
 
AdamT said:
It is rather astonishing that Paul pulled 41%. Did Romney put much effort in there, or did he pretty much blow it off thinking he couldn't lose?
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Santorum and Gingrich failed to make the ballot in Virginia so it was a 2 man race between Romney and Paul.
 
AdamT said:
It is rather astonishing that Paul pulled 41%. Did Romney put much effort in there, or did he pretty much blow it off thinking he couldn't lose?
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I can't think of a single Romney ad, sign, or phone call that I received.

I didn't really didn't see or hear about a lot of Paul campaigning either. A few appearances I heard about and a fair bit of highway signs...but I think the latter is more grass roots than his campaign as I have seen some of them up for a while now between 2008 and 2012
 
AdamT said:
It is rather astonishing that Paul pulled 41%. Did Romney put much effort in there, or did he pretty much blow it off thinking he couldn't lose?
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Well, a lot of Republicans are adamantly against Romney. Since Paul was the only alternative, there you go.
 
poweRob said:
Santorum and Gingrich failed to make the ballot in Virginia so it was a 2 man race between Romney and Paul.
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I know, but still.... What it suggests to me is that if Gingrich or Santorum drop out, most of their support will go to the one who stays in.
 
Republic Now! said:
Well, a lot of Republicans are adamantly against Romney. Since Paul was the only alternative, there you go.
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When an "unelectable", "not serious", "extreme", "crazy" candidate like Ron Paul is a viable enough alternative to Romney to garner 40% of the vote in a "moderate" state like Virginia it tells you something major about the enthusiasm around Romney, his ability to excite the base into voting, and be embraced.
 
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