The Spectacle Blog
Good Lord, a raging epidemic of Romneyitis has broken out here, eh?
Look, Jim: i did not make a “complaint” about Mitt’s money advantage, I merely pointed out that Romney is winning by methods which, when viewed in perspective, make his campaign’s claims to overwhelming superiority look much less impressive than they appear at first glance. He wins Michigan, his home state, by 3 points and wins Ohio by 1 point and, on the basis of such narrow victories purchased at such a high price, Mitt’s a world-beater? Give me a freaking break.
If Romney’s nomination is as “inevitable” as his advocates wish us to believe, why the panicky demands for Rick Santorum to quit now, and the urgent pleas for conservatives to rally now to the Romney banner? Does it not occur to you that maybe Team Mitt saw that Louisiana shift to Santorum — his 3-to-1 margin over Newt Gingrich helping produce a 22-point win over Romney — as a significant development? Could it be that those Romney surrogates who are most loudly shouting “inevitable” now are much less confident than they would like us to believe?
Let’s wait and see what happens a week from Tuesday. The Santorum supporters I’ve talked to don’t seem inclined to quit now, and these “Rally ‘Round the Romney” cries might inspire them to fight twice as hard. They’ve got a volunteer phone-from-home program that has helped Santorum out-perform the polls, and even out-perform his staff’s own expectactions.
One top Santorum aide told me last week that they actually thought Romney would win Mississippi, but there was a late surge for Santorum no one had predicted. Was it those phone-from-home volunteers who did the trick? I don’t know, and I don’t know if Santorum can pull off another miracle or two next week. However, it’s not a possibility I can dismiss, either.
Three weeks ago, one of Mitt’s top strategists said it would take “an act of God” for Romney to lose the nomination. So if Mitt loses …
Well, I don’t know. Let’s wait and see.
View all comments (10) | Leave a comment
Related Blog Posts
More Blog Posts by Robert Stacy McCain
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/03/26/et-tu-jim-antle
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
The Underground Conservative | 3.26.12 @ 4:03PM
Good Lord: Etch-A-Sketch vs. President Downgrade. And people wonder why I may vote for Gary Johnson in November?
SpiralArchitect| 3.26.12 @ 4:59PM
Nope. I never questioned why you would vote for G Johnson.
Al Adab| 3.26.12 @ 4:45PM
All because Romney won a GOP primary in a state, IL, which will never deliver an electoral vote to any GOP nominee. I'm sorry that the republicans in IL are disenfranchised by being so outnumbered by the dead in Cook County, but such is IL.
To select our nominee because they might be "competitive" in blue states is an exercise in futility. It does not matter if the GOP loses any state by 2% or by 15% in November. The states in play are the ones on which we must concentrate.There is a huge disconnect between the Primary process and the general election. States like NY, NJ, CA and so one will not deliver electoral votes in November, why should they decide the nominee?
mjs_pa| 3.26.12 @ 4:49PM
The more I'm told to quit....the harder I fight. This is the spirit that separates Americans from any other. It also separates patriots from the Washington establishment. Santorum said "bull shit" to lies yesterday. I say "TO HELL" to all who would shove obama-lite down my throats.
If the establishment thinks they can win in the fall with 60 or 70% of the party, they are crazy!
Anommynous| 3.26.12 @ 4:54PM
If Rick Santorum were no longer a threat, why does Drudge continue to dedicate his headlines to taking him down?
Maybe, at the end of it, Mitt will manage to scrape together a narrow majority of delegates with a plurality of votes (and a hand-delivered victory in Virginia, where he could not keep the mighty Ron Paul below 40% in a head-to-head matchup).
It's a very expensive plurality, indeed. Why can't the inevitable candidate manage a majority when outspending his opponents by such margins?
SpiralArchitect| 3.26.12 @ 5:00PM
This conversation, via blog posts, seems more suited for a few emails. :/
corvair| 3.26.12 @ 5:40PM
I guess the Dems voting for Santorum in Michigan and Ohio, and the uncounted precincts in Iowa didn't make any difference in the results.
Windy City Commentary| 3.26.12 @ 6:31PM
Romney had to outspend his opponents by huge margins in order to win Florida, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. If he didn't carpet bomb Gingrich and Santorum in those States, he would not have won them, and Santorum would be on his way to the nomination.
When Mitt's money can pick the Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it, he has been able to sway enough uninformed Republican voters to vote for him and make him the winner.
Clint| 3.26.12 @ 7:49PM
Follow The Money Trail.
Romney's Crony Donors:
Goldman Sachs $535,680
JPMorgan Chase & Co $375,650
Morgan Stanley $323,800
Credit Suisse Group $299,160
Citigroup Inc $282,765
Bank of America $277,850
Kirkland & Ellis $222,702
Barclays $221,650
PricewaterhouseCoopers $191,500
HIG Capital $188,500
Blackstone Group $178,800
Wells Fargo $163,200
UBS AG $156,550
Bain Capital $154,000
EMC Corp $128,300
Citadel Investment Group $122,125
Elliott Management $121,000
Bain & Co $113,300
Sullivan & Cromwell $107,150
The Villages $97,500
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To An Open Convention.
aware| 3.26.12 @ 7:56PM
I'm shocked to find bankers buying politicians. You'd think having control of the Central Bank and Treasury would have satisfied them.