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[Invisible_Insane]

'cause Santorum is surging from behind. (Definitely.)

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BREAKING:
Colorado GOP calls Caucuses for Rick Santorum.
Santorum Wins Non-Binding Missouri Primary with 55% of vote, Romney second with 25%.
AP Calls Minnesota for Rick Santorum.

 

[Chumly]

Reposting for OT forum... lol@missouri


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When Republicans in Missouri head to the polls, they are voting in what is called a nonbinding primary. That means no matter who wins the popular vote, it will not determine who wins the state's 52 delegates -- three of whom are unpledged Republican National Committee delegates.

On March 17, Missouri Republicans will caucus in counties to elect congressional district and state convention delegates. Then on April 21, they will select 24 of the state's 52 delegates and award them to presidential candidates. And then on June 2, the Missouri GOP will meet in a statewide convention to choose the remaining delegates.

Republicans run on a platform of wasting taxpayers money which is why they are holding this primary.

 

[Miletius]

Santorum is absolutely dominating in Missouri. According to 538

Mr. Romney held leads early on in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, but has since lost them as more votes have been counted. In fact, Mr. Romney leads in just one Missouri county right now, Boone County, where only two precincts have reported results.

Non binding primary LOL aside, Mitt is having real trouble appealing to Midwestern voters.

 

[benjipwns]

Will repost as well:

Missouri moved up along with everyone else, but when they tried to move back behind the March firewall to avoid being penalized it got blocked by the State Senate. So they left the primary on the ballot and just made it non-binding.

 

[Black Republican]

Santorum is absolutely dominating in Missouri. According to 538



Non binding primary LOL aside, Mitt is having real trouble appealing to Midwestern voters.

Missouri Primary

80.7% precincts reportingCandidate Votes Pct. Del.
Santorum 113,013 55.0% —
Romney 52,163 25.4% —
Paul 24,859 12.1%

dat spread
http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results/2012/gop-primary/mo

 

[CF_Fighter]

CNN continues with great headlines on their webpage

Missouri: Show Me Santorum

 

[Chumly]

Santorum is absolutely dominating in Missouri. According to 538



Non binding primary LOL aside, Mitt is having real trouble appealing to Midwestern voters.

I thought he would coast "somewhat" easily to the GE but the midwest and south is going to give him a run for his money.

 

[RustyNails]

Romney desperately trying to squeeze out Santorum in Colorado.

 

[Miletius]

I still think Romney has this in the bag but if there is a Santorum surge it will keep us and the news media entertained for a couple of weeks.

Meanwhile, RomneyPAC will be busy destroying the sterling reputation of one Rick Santorum.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

Santorum has to be a pain in Romney's ass right now.

 

[Sye d'Burns]

Santorum has to be a pain in Romney's ass right now.

If anyone should be concerned, I would think it would be Gingrich. Romney's superPAC is more than capable of handling Santorum. They'll just run 30 second ads with nothing more than an image Google results on one Santorum and call it a day.

 

[RustyNails]

Santorum has to be a pain in Romney's ass right now.

lol

 

[Black Republican]

"dog days" santorum?

 

[Officerrob]

Santorum seems off. His Iowa speech was much better

 

[QuickSilverD]

What is happening with Colorado, why so slow in updating?

 

[Rentahamster]

Santorum?? Meh.

 

[Dude Abides]

I want a president who doesn't know more than me and isn't smarter than me. I want Rick Santorum!

 

[Brinbe]

He's so terrible

 

[MThanded]

Santorum has to be a pain in Romney's ass right now.

damn lol

 

[Miletius]

What is happening with Colorado, why so slow in updating?

Well, their polls close later (I think it's 8 MST) where the other 2 were on Central time. Missouri closed at 7 CST too, so they've been dark for a while.

CNN updated about 20 minutes ago with the results of 2 of the more populous counties, which of course went for Romney. So it's really going to be a battle to see if Romney can hold the kind of margins he needs in the more populous counties to overshadow the less populous rural counties.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

this race could go the distance

 

[KingGondo]

I want a president who doesn't know more than me and isn't smarter than me. I want Rick Santorum!

You're overestimating most voters.

These are voters dim enough to think Rick Santorum actually does know better.

 

[Kusagari]

So, I stopped bothering to check stuff the past couple days because Romney seemed a lock. Where the fuck did Santorum get momentum from again?

 

[Something Wicked]

Meh, Newt was the only one that could beat Mitt for the nomination. Thus, these primaries' results of tonight will hurt Newt much more than Mitt.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Missouri votes for Santorum (thus far): 132k
Missouri delegates: 0

Nevada votes for Romney: 16,486
Nevada delegates: 14

And yet Nevada was hailed as a "big" win. Seems pretty clear republican voters are rejecting Romney

 

[Invisible_Insane]

So, I stopped bothering to check stuff the past couple days because Romney seemed a lock. Where the fuck did Santorum get momentum from again?

Peristalsis.

 

[Dude Abides]

You're overestimating most voters.

These are voters dim enough to think Rick Santorum actually does know better.

I know. I was just making fun of his rhetoric here.

What is this seditious bishop's letter he's talking about?

 

[speculawyer]

CNN continues with great headlines on their webpage

Missouri: Show Me Santorum

Romney desperately trying to squeeze out Santorum in Colorado.

if there is a Santorum surge it will keep us and the news media entertained for a couple of weeks.

Santorum has to be a pain in Romney's ass right now.

And the topper . . .

The 2012 Primaries (CO, MN, MO[non-binding]): You'd better get a plug,

 

[RustyNails]

So, I stopped bothering to check stuff the past couple days because Romney seemed a lock. Where the fuck did Santorum get momentum from again?

Santorum always surges from behind

 

[teh_pwn]

So, I stopped bothering to check stuff the past couple days because Romney seemed a lock. Where the fuck did Santorum get momentum from again?

From behind.

 

[WillyFive]

So, I stopped bothering to check stuff the past couple days because Romney seemed a lock. Where the fuck did Santorum get momentum from again?

All the candidates are spending insane amounts of money destroying each other, making each other essentially unelectable. As long as this continues, primary winners will continue to flux, since voters won't be able to make up their minds.

 

[Brinbe]

President Paul? So deluded.

DELEGATES, YEAAAH

 

[speculawyer]

All the candidates are spending insane amounts of money destroying each other, making each other essentially unelectable. As long as this continues, primary winners will continue to flux, since voters won't be able to make up their minds.

No, they are really not. Only Mitt has a lot of money.

 

[WillyFive]

No, they are really not. Only Mitt has a lot of money.

Well, to be fair, most of the stuff against Mitt comes from himself.

 

[RustyNails]

10:45 p.m. ET - @DanaBashCNN: Endorsements? Not so much. Tim pawlenty didn't deliver minn for romney. nikki haley didn't deliver sc for romney #cnnelections

Pawlenty am cry

 

[Invisible_Insane]

I feel like the "big money election" meme is being somewhat quashed by the successes of Santorum.

 

[Synth_floyd]

It looks like this primary may go the distance and have to be settled at the convention.

 

[ProfessorMoran]

Santorum has to be a pain in Romney's ass right now.

Santorum is a pain in Gingrich's ass, as long as Santorum is there the conservative votes are split, Gingrich would much rather have that all to himself because he can't sustain his campaign with Santorum taking votes from him and putting him in a distant second/third, the money will dry up quickly.

Meh, Newt was the only one that could beat Mitt for the nomination. Thus, these primaries' results of tonight will hurt Newt much more than Mitt.

A couple more primaries like the ones tonight and Newt is going to be done.

 

[thekad]

MSNBC not even showing Paul's speech :lol

I feel like the "big money election" meme is being somewhat quashed by the successes of Santorum.

Romney didn't throw money in this states.

 

[RustyNails]

Colorado 26% reporting:

Santorum 42%
Romney 31%
Newt 15%
Ron Paul 12%

 

[SouthernDragon]

Wow.

 

[Black Republican]

Colorado 26% reporting:

Santorum 42%
Romney 31%
Newt 15%
Ron Paul 12%

if thats holds, wow

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Well, to be fair, most of the stuff against Mitt comes from himself.

its so true

he should just drop the pretense and run with 'lol poor people' as his campaign slogan

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

So how many delegates has Santorum and Romney won total?

 

[dvolovets]

This is completely crazy. Nobody wants to elect any of these guys...

 

[Officerrob]

Caucuses in the year 2012 just seems archaic.

 

[RustyNails]

Public Policy Polling (D) pollster Tom Jensen tweeted that if former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) conintues to perform as he has in Missouri and Minnesota, he might be able to win in Colorado too, a state which was expected to be strongly in the Romney column. "Santorum REALLY out performing his poll numbers in MO and MN," Jensen tweeted. "He could win CO too if the same happens there."

 

[Officerrob]

Is Romney holding this speech in a closet? Geeze....

 

[cartoon_soldier]

I feel like the "big money election" meme is being somewhat quashed by the successes of Santorum.

These states were not really fought for by Romney, except maybe Colorado.

 

[speculawyer]

Well, to be fair, most of the stuff against Mitt comes from himself.

That is true . . . maybe Mitt is trying level the playing field by giving them some help with his own words.