Is that a lower or higher voter turnout than previous years?
And he had to spend 17 million dollars to get THOSE votes. Miami-Dade went 60.9 % for Romney according to the interactive map I just saw. Interesting. Of course, Fox News has been bashing Newt from day one and from all I heard, Romney would not do local radio interviews with many radio hosts. Some of the conservative radio hosts did not have the facts or did not want to act like they did when they bashed Newt so it is surprising he withstood all he did.
meh, this don’t mean much really. You could bash the other candidates as well with the same argument because they got even less
That is a poor turn out. I guess no one wants to vote for crap anymore.
The Establishment GOP got what they wanted (almost).
All that ad $$$$$.
All that delegate “punishment.”
All that beatdown of Newt.
It all was worth it (almost).
The idea was to have Romney flying like a Moon rocket out of Florida — instead he’s sputtering on to the next states — sort of like he views the idea of a strong U.S. Space program — a joke.
It will be something to watch all the Establishment GOP players and the MSM (inc Fox) tell us how crippled Newt is by Mitt’s “HUGE” win.
Actually Florida is the first closed primary, that is they don’t permit Ds to vote in the Rs primary (and doesn’t permit same day registration which permits the same thing).
So we don’t know much, except that the previous primaries permitted Ds to vote as Rs.
I agree with your assertion that Democrats register as Republicans in Florida to help select the opponant they prefer to run against. In 2008 there were stories in the media about this... Never underestimate the lengths Dems will go to, to “game” the system for their side. The last time around they propelled John McCain, the least qualified Republican (In the eyes of conservatives) to the nomination. The Florida primaries are an awful place to be a real conservative... The place is loaded with old leftists who moved there from New York.
Alternate title: 96% of Floridians are either registered R and disgusted with *any* of the Republican candidates, or plan to vote for Obama.
Sounds like someone, someone whose favorite NASCAR driver, oops, I mean favorite boxing champ, oh darn, I’ll get it right, someone whose favorite Presidential hopefull is named after a baby amphibian, is trying to put lipstick on a pig.
How many of those 96% want better candidates? How many of them are planning to vote for Obama?
I can’t help but remember what Noah Webster wrote in the preface to his translation of the Bible ,1833 about many must be controlled either by God -or by the Government. Sentiment
reflected in a speech in Mass. by Robert Charles Winthrop a
politician (when they were more apt to be practicing Christians ) titled the bible or the Bayonet. I agree with both men . and for this reason I cannot vote for Romney.And the only one in the race I can see is Rick Santorum (who consistently fits what Webster said ought be our qualifications for politicians.)