Oklahoma and Tennessee Go to Santorum, Newt Wins Georgia
Posted by Gateway Guest Blogger on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 9:09 PM
Posted By Gateways Niece
The results are mostly in…
Romney and Santorum win three states each–
Story By Laura Meckler
Mitt Romney won a trio of easy victories in Virginia, Vermont and Massachusetts Tuesday as he looked to take a commanding lead in the Republican presidential race. Rick Santorum took Tennessee and Oklahoma, and Newt Gingrich notched a home-field win in Georgia, as both men worked to revitalize their campaigns.
Together, 10 states scattered across the country hosted Super Tuesday contests, the biggest day yet in the fight for the right to challenge President Barack Obama this fall. There were signs of primary fatigue among Republicans, who feared the drawn-out contest was hurting the GOP’s chances in November.
Ohio, a critical state in the general election, was the spotlight race, with Mr. Romney running close to former Mr. Rick Santorum, who saw his Ohio lead erode. The former Pennsylvania senator was hoping a win there would infuse his campaign with new momentum.
No matter the results, the Romney campaign said it was prepared for a long race measured by delegates won. “This is a process of gathering enough delegates to become the nominee, and I think we’re on the track to have that happen,” Mr. Romney said Tuesday in Belmont, Mass., where he cast his own ballot…
Attention had also been focused on Tennessee, where Mr. Santorum led polls. Mr. Romney’s supporters had hoped a win there would show support in the South, a region where he has struggled.
Mr. Santorum, who has emphasized social issues and blue-collar economics as he works to attract conservatives unhappy with Mr. Romney, also won in Oklahoma.
All the primary states finished voting by 8 p.m. Eastern. North Dakota, Idaho and Alaska were holding caucuses, with results expected late Tuesday night or early Wednesday….
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Published May 23, 2012 at 11:51 pm - 59 Comments
FurryGuy commented:
Waiting for the inevitable blather from Ron Paul demanding either Santorum or Gingrich (or both) leave the race in favor of himself and Romney.
Absolutely hilarious he couldn’t even come close to a win in the two-man race in Virgina. So far he’s the only one who has NOT won a single state. He needs to follow his own advice and quit being a Ross Perot stalking horse candidate.
Mad Hatter commented:
Santorum just won North Dakota.
Mad Hatter commented:
65% reporting in Ohio and Santorum is up by 14,000 votes.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/ohio-primary-super-tuesday
J. Mayfield commented:
You wrote: “Ohio, a critical state in the general election, was the spotlight race, with Mr. Romney running close to former Mr. Rick Santorum”
Former Mr.??
What happened to him??
FurryGuy commented:
Blame the hack writers and editors at the WSJ for their biases trumping copy editing and proof reading. Their desire for RINO Romney to be the GOP candidate is so palpable you can almost smell it.
So the WSJ leaves out a couple of key words, it doesn’t detract from their propagandizing and proselytizing amongst the unwashed masses of Republicans and conservatives. They just know how superior Liberalism is.
Bill Mitchell commented:
My only question is:
WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE VOTING FOR SANTORUM?
He has NO executive experience.
He has a LIBERAL voting record.
I mean my God. Oh yeah, he is getting the non-college, under $30k a year vote. In other words, the uneducated idiots are voting for him.
FurryGuy commented:
Complaining about Santorum having a liberal record is not exactly a contrast for Romney. Mitt is an UBER-Lib only outdone by Barry.
Bill Mitchell commented:
Please please someone explain to me how Rick Santorum is even remotely qualified to be the nation’s chief executive? Obama would crush him.
Mad Hatter commented:
Romney is up big in Idaho, that’s 32 delegates.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/idaho-caucuses-super-tuesday
FurryGuy commented:
Reagan wasn’t supposed to win against Carter or Mondale, Bush wasn’t supposed to win against Gore or Kerry.
Trying to explain something your ideological bias is incapable of processing would be futile in the extreme.
Bill Mitchell commented:
Lol, watching Intrade tonight on OHIO is hilarious. back and forth back and forth.
Bill Mitchell commented:
Santorums lead down to 6000 and it seems like most of the votes still to come in should be heavily Romney.
Mad Hatter commented:
The big suburban counties are getting more votes counted, and that’s cut Santorum’s lead down to just over 6,000 votes with 81% reporting.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/ohio-primary-super-tuesday
Bill Mitchell commented:
Santorum down to 2000 lead. Romney could win this comfortably. I hope so. This thing needs to be over.
Bill Mitchell commented:
I think with 17% still coming in from the big cities, Romney is going to pull this off.
Luddite commented:
Romney wins in Mormon Idaho and liberal Massachusetts and Vermont and also Virginia where the establishment changed the rules. Pretty much sums up those who Romney appeals to.
The Democrats are pulling for Romney.
Bill Mitchell commented:
@FurryGuy commented:
Please tell me you aren’t comparing Reagan with Santorum?
Bill Mitchell commented:
I hate to say it but CNN’s election coverage blows FoxNews’ away.
Mad Hatter commented:
Regardless who wins tonight, I think there’s a good chance we’re looking at a recount in Ohio.
Bill Mitchell commented:
I mean cleveland has more than 50% out and Romney has HUGE lead there.
FurryGuy commented:
What if I am comparing Reagan to Santorum? Nothing you have hyperventilated about Santorum rises above rank opinion, comparable to the contents of full diapers.
Many people had supposedly sound reasons to denigrate Reagan during the 1976 and 1980 campaigns, just as many regurgitate factually challenged opinion about Santorum in 2012.
Bill Mitchell commented:
@FurryGuy
Please list for all of us Rick Santorum’s executive experience that qualifies him to be POTUS? Now list Reagan’s? You are just being silly.
FurryGuy commented:
We certainly have one of their cheerleaders here, doing the full monty.
FurryGuy commented:
You mistake me for someone that gives a tinker’s dam about your opinion. Let me disabuse you of that. At the least other Romney boosters have the intellectual honesty to freely admit their biases.
My apparent defense of Santorum is not support by any stretch. Willfully spewing opinion as fact is what I am objecting to. I’m not surprised your ideological bias can’t process the difference.
Mad Hatter commented:
The big suburban areas are now coming in, and Romney is up by 5,500 with 87% reporting.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012/ohio-primary-super-tuesday
Santorum was up by 14,000 with 65% reporting. Man, this has really changed.
WillofLa commented:
To begin with there are no other requirements to be President other than those in the Constitution. You don’t have to have run any business, you don’t have to have been in the military, you don’t have had to had any prequalified experience like being a lawyer when you are running for President. You have to be no less than 35, a natural born citizen, and I can’t remember the rest, one or two other things. Especially the lawyer part even though our forefathers weren’t all lawyers, they were men who had good experience in living life and were successful at it. I think if a man had good common sense that he would have more of a chance at making good decisions at running the President. Like if some Democrats came in and asked your permission to pass a law that gave them power to garner large corporations campaign contributions, but not for Republican’s, which side would you be on, the side that was in favor for such a law, or against such a law? Common sense would tell you that it would be wrong for only “Democrats” to get contributions, and not Republican’s??
See, that’s about the kinds of decisions you’d be making. There’s not much to remember of everything about this nation because you’d have to have a good senior advisor. Then you wouldn’t have to remember detailed things other than to be a good listener. Do you think some of these people like Joe Biden knows much about how to deal with foreign dignitaries? No, especially Biden, the dumb red neck who peddles influence, but is the poorest Senator…..ever! That says something about Biden’s leanings. And when he derts bisdfren for their job??
WillofLa commented:
Dang!! I have no idea what that last sentence was supposed to be. I think that’s “sleep typing”. Ever do that? Where you start to doze off and you keep typing, and you look back and none of it makes any sense? Ha, ha, ha,! This is funny. Oh well you understand what I’m talking about.
Contessa61 commented:
Go Mitt. Please don’t let the social right put Obama back in the white house for 4 more years.
bg commented:
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Woot for the Newt!!
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1RedBeard commented:
Romney wins 6 contests, Santorum takes 3, and Gingrich wins 1.
Not a walk-away victory for Romney, but still a commanding performance.
The question we all need to ask is which one of the remaining candidates has the best chance of beating the execrable Barack Obama. It’s way too late to worry about getting our perfect conservative into the race; that ship sailed months ago.
Whoever wins this primary season has my full support. Nothing is as crucial as crushing Obama.
Gary commented:
Red Beard
+1
Why doesn’t the headline of this story mention that Romney won the majority of the states, or at the least have an update that he won Ohio.
For Romney, it’s been “he absolutely has to win this one” in state after state, which he has.
And the funniest thing in this whole primary is that in their efforts to beat Romney, Gingrich and Santorum are handing it to Romney because neither one will get out of the race.
BTW, where is the story on the absurdly long victory speech by Gingrich last night after winning less than half the vote in his home state and losing all the other 9 states? Also, his paltry vote count in other states has been more than the difference between Romney and Santorum. So those votes would have put Santorum over the top. If Newt were intellectually honest, he’d drop out and endorse Santorum. Then we’d see what Conservatives really want. But then there’s Newt’s ego, which has always been the problem.
Gary commented:
Further on the point.
There really is no true Conservative. As Conservatives, we are values people. While these values are pretty much the same around the nation, they are not identical city to city or even state to state. So we see more flaws in one candidate than we do in others. For example, deeply religious people may have trouble with Newt’s philandering and subsequent divorces. Strict constructionists may have trouble with Santorum’s earmarks. And of course there is a lot about Romney to criticize for the social Conservative. Then again, there’s a lot to like (family man, no divorces, tithes to the church, etc).
The point is, if this technology had been around in 1980, a lot of people would be on here saying “I just don’t trust this Reagan. He’s from Hollywood and used to be a Democrat…”
So we can’t know what kind of president any of these three will be until they win the nomination and have their 4 or 8 years at the helm.
So let’s not get too down about the “true Conservative”. It could be that the circumstances also make the man, not just his politics to date.
1RedBeard commented:
Well said, Gary.
The last time I voted more FOR someone than AGAINST the other guy was in 1984. Reagan was a particular favorite of mine. Yet even so, I found some things about Reagan that I didn’t like.
There has never been a perfect president (although George Washington comes the closest to perfection), because there has never been a perfect mortal man.
The primaries will play out, but we need to be focusing all our energy on dislodging the Quisling Barack Obama and sending him packing.
peggy jane commented:
live from idaho we had a great caucus that I attended and had a great time, but truth is we live in Mormon ville and every ward sent their army to vote. Many voters were disinfranchised because many people work shifts, to old to go out into night and fight traffic, and crowds. My guy lost but we has a lively caucus. Sorry for those who didn’t get to vote.
Dwayne the canoe guy commented:
Even though Santorum ‘won’ Oklahoma, Oklahoma is a state that splits up the Republican delegates based on percentage of votes, so every one got delegates from the Sooner State (well, at least the top three)