Mitt Romney signed English-only in schools and vetoed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. John McCain tried to push shamnesty. That alone is more than enough reason to vote Romney.
But you can bet that these 20% non-republican voters broke at least 80% for McCain. With 1.6 million voting, 20% is 320,000 voters. That gives McCain about a 190,000-vote boost, which is more than his margin of victory.
So much for McCain winning an “all-Republican” primary. His minions jumping for joy in the press should remember that the the Democrats and Independents are going to be voting in the Hillary vs. Obama race on Super Tuesday, not the GOP primaries.
By announcing that their votes would not count they actively encouraged Democrats to switch parties in time to vote in the Republican primary where they could affect the outcome. A 5 percent spread is very easily attainable if enough Democrats change over and vote in a Republican primary.
Oh, I know they said they would not allow any Florida delegates at their convention, but they couldn’t really say they wanted their people to register Republican and vote for McCain in hopes of screwing with the Right’s attempts to regain control of the party.