Posted on 01/15/2008 6:00:23 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Grecian Formula.
Watching a little of LKL on CNN and they are so obviously depressed. Showing more of MCCain than Romney. Have to admit though, they did point out Mitt had won Wyoming which Fox still refuses to do. Also they pointed out it was a sweeping win, of depth and encompassed conservatives. Ari Fleischer pointed out McCain can't win Republican votes, only Indep and Dems. LOL
Wyoming held their “county conventions”—not called a caucus or primary, though they are primary contests that are similar to caucuses in some ways. :-)
Why ignored? The lefties (that is, the MSM and the GOP party apparatus) don’t want to focus on a conservative state that bucked the national party and moved the date up. Also note that the individual man-on-the-street voters didn’t go to the polls this month—the folks who decided Wyoming were mostly elected by The People back in 2006 (and some in Dec 2007). Gee, real republican governance! :-)
Finally, note that there are two remaining delegates for Wyoming, to be chosen in May, at their statewide convention.
According to the NYT...
Amen.
No! No! No! No! No! Huckabee!!! Never!!!
Yeah, duh,...I, too, support Fred Thompson. I also support Mitt Romney, Loser Boy.
Amazingly enough she did worse with the ‘non-white female’ vote than she did with the ‘non-white male’ vote.
It’s winner take all by Congressional District, of which there are 15.
About Bum Steers!
National Lampoon *would* use that to sell a magazine.
Tres cool.
I support Hunter, Paul, Thompson, and Romney, not necessarily in that order.
I’d crawl on broken glass to vote in November. If Thompsom doesn’t get elected in November, how about the Supreme Court? Although I’d prefer Ted Olsen, sometimes you have to go with the most electable candidate. ;) And Giuliani wouldn’t be so bad as Attorney General?
Will Clinton name who must be named to get the black vote? How does She calculate that? And would you sell life insurance to a VP, short-term, pre-election, that wasn’t Her first choice? I think I’d pass on that one.
Romney? Romney?
Didn't he grow up in Michigan while his father was Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969?
If a Favorite Son with that pedigree can't win the State he grew up in, who can?
Spin spin spin....making me dizzy!
VICTORY IN MICHIGAN!!!
As soon as the polls closed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the news media called the state for Romney. While the final vote count and delegate count is yet to be determined, exit polling shows a 5% margin and Romney winning in all categories of exit polling.
While there may not be enough time between now and Saturday to overcome McCain’s 10% lead in South Carolina, is certainly can’t hurt. Besides, we’ve learned from New Hampshire that polling isn’t always as accurate as people think so you never know what might happen here in 4 days.
To put the race in perspective, let’s look at the trends:
The Medal Count (this shows who competes across the spectrum):
Romney - 2 Gold, 2 Silver
Huckabee - 1 Gold, 2 Bronze
McCain - 1 Gold, 1 Silver
Thompson - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Hunter - 1 Bronze
Giuliani -
Paul -
Significance of Michigan victory:
* Largest state so far - Romney’s margin of victory could be more votes than the total number of votes either Huckabee or McCain earned in their respective wins.
* Significantly more total votes cast in Michigan than Iowa and New Hampshire combined
* Most delegates so far (tied with Iowa)
* Michigan is a swing state and the GOP needs it in November
* Michigan voted with economic issues as their top priority
* Most significant victory in terms of demographics so far (see below)
* Beat John McCain where he won in 2000 by a huge margin
* Beat Mike Huckabee among evangelicals!!
* Largest plurality for winner (Romney’s 39% in MI vs. McCain’s 37% in NH vs. Huckabee’s 34% in IA)
Demographics of Michigan different than other states:
Iowa - Huckabee won with one-dimensional appeal to Evangelical voter
New Hampshire - McCain won with one-dimensional appeal to independents and liberal
Michigan - Romney won across a broad spectrum of conservative voters, following his pattern of second-place finishes where he had similar broad conservative appeal.
By the end of the night, the delegate count could look something like this:
Romney - 48
Huckabee - 23
McCain - 18
Thompson - 6
Paul - 2
Giuliani - 1
If you go state by state, Romney is the only candidate who has doubled the vote count of each other candidate at least once. Conversely, no one has beaten Romney by more than 9%. In Iowa, Romney doubled McCain, Paul, and Giuliani, in New Hampshire he doubled Huckabee, Thompson, Paul, and Giuliani, and in Michigan he has again doubled Huckabee, Thompson, Giuliani, and Paul.
Romney needed Michigan, and he got it! And in the process, he sent message as being the overwhelming choice of conservatives.
http://www.scforromney.com/?p=267
Spin spin spin....making me dizzy!
It is a no-brainer, isn't it?
Romney will win the Mormon state of Utah and the state he grew up in when his father was a popular Governor and Huckabee will win in states where the evangelicals dominate the demographics.
The real test for all candidates will come in the great majority of states where identity politics will play no part.
The Clinton’s strategy is to divide and conquer. The will play the Race card against Obama to win the nomination. Obama will get the Black vote and Hilary will get the White vote. Unless Obama can get enough of the white vote he will loose!
Don’t bother to reply to those people who look for ‘purity’ or burn.
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