No surprise that Romney won N.H. He owns a home there and it is his territory. Let’s see what happens in SC.
Romney-the-RINO is no conservative whatsoever; he’s more a Democrat than a Republican.
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... to be appointed ambassador to North Korea.
Top 3 “Reasons” Mittens “Won” in NH:
1. He “bought” it
2. “Open” Primary
3. MASSHole “Carpet-Baggers”!
However, there is good news. Sure, Mitt is kind of a RINO and thinks a state can run health care better than the private industry.
Still, he seems like a decent and honorable person, no dirt there; has a real track record of success in private and public life, won't go off script (a mixed blessing; but should Newt win, we would all be holding our breath for the campaign killing slip of the tongue), has the best organization skills of the entire group by far (and don't underestimate that in either the campaign and the Presidency); generally believes in conservative ideals (O.K, sometimes believes in conservative ideals!), will clearly be best for turning the country around economically, and, to me, maybe most important, will have a number of Supreme Court nominations at his disposal.
No one thought Hillary's supporters would ever get behind Obama after that hard fought primary season; but they did - big time. No one thinks we will get behind Mitt should he win, but they will be wrong. We will. Still better with Mitt than Obama. We can never forget that.
I am not a Mitt supporter, but should he win the nomination, I will send money and support him. We simply can't have another 4 years with Obama in our White House.
The media is soooo into Romney winning the nomination.
Despite outspending Santorum 20-1, they basically tied in Iowa.
Despite being the local favorite, 60% DID NOT vote for him in tiny New Hampshire.
Yet he’s been annointed as the “frontrunner”.
Sadly, if the good people of SC and Florida don’t rally behind the best candidate, we’ll be saddled with Romney.
IMHO, Perry isn’t getting out of the gate and should have quit after Iowa.
I like Santorum a lot but have a hard time seeing him go toe-to-toe with Obama.
And finally, many here would pay big bucks to watch an Obama-Newt debate. So lets rally behind Newt and make it happen.
Well, I will go fishing instead of voting for Myth Romney.
If there is a reasonable Constitution Party candidate or even the libertarian, I’d vote for that person.
I certainly won’t bundle like I have in the past. Myth will have to spend his own money.
I got back to CT at 4 a.m. from Manchester, NH. I should write an article and post it, but I’m not sure what to say .. here are a few points
1. It is an established fact that Romney is well-liked in eastern NH (2 counties), cities and ‘burbs. Santorum and Gingrich focused there (why?) and made no in-roads. Romney won many spots with over 50% of the vote.
2. Romney is despised in northern & western rural NH ... the other 8 counties which make up the other 50% of the vote. McCain killed him there in ‘08 and he did poorly yesterday. Newt and Santorum largely ignored much of this area due to logistics. Paul and Huntsman did very well, winning many towns. Romney managed to get over 30% in some maybe half of towns. Newt and Santorum did poorly due to a lack of presence ... lack of activity.
3. examples ... Jaffrey. 2nd largest town in Cheshire County (west). I showed up at 4pm at the polling station. ronPaul peeple running all over. 2 obambi campaigners ... 1 dedicated romneyite ... a Huntsman couple. I was the first to show for NEWT. Not even a sign planted in the ground. Nobody ever showed up for Santorum. (And that is the way it was every day during the past 4 weeks.)
Headed toward Peterborough (larger town, largest in western half of Hillsborough Cnty.) Again ... no sign of NEWT or RS. Somebody stuck a mitt sign in ground at 7 am and never came back. 2 Huntsman guys who described themselves as conservative GOP activists had been there all day.
ONE CONCLUSION: Much of the teaparty has faded away. Some was usurped by the romney organization. The rest joined ronPaul ... so there was not much left to start a Reaganite populist grassroots movement.
Huntsman got 2nd in Peterborough, 27%.
Mitt beat Paul in Jaffrey 34% to 29%.
The grassroots populists have divorced the GOP. So the Reagan wing cannot beat the GOP establishment under these circumstances. Reaganites need the grassroots to beat the establishment. ronpaul has sucked all the energy away.
No surprise that NG and RS limped in with 9.5% each. YOU CANNOT WIN A CAMPAIGN IF NOBODY IS CAMPAIGNING FOR YOU!