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The Spectacle Blog
Today Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware hold their Republican primaries. Mitt Romney was poised to do well even when Rick Santorum was still actively campaigning, with Pennsylvania the only obviously competitive state. Without Santorum, Romney is well positioned for a clean sweep.
But it will still be interesting to see how big the remaining anti-Romney vote is. Newt Gingrich is trying to win Delaware, where even some Romney supporters claim the former speaker has some chance. In the absence of reliable polling data, it is hard to know whether this is a pipe dream. But Christine O’Donnell upset Mike Castle in the First State in 2010. Steve Forbes also briefly revived his flagging 1996 presidential campaign in Delaware. Forbes, the only candidate to campaign in the state that year, won unexpectedly and gave himself a boost going into the Arizona primary.
Santorum was a two-term senator from Pennsylvania, where he will still be on the ballot. The polls were starting to move against him even while he was still in the race, but states sometimes reward native sons. I noted this weekend that Howard Dean won Vermont in 2004 after suspending his campaign.
Ron Paul won 20 out of 24 delegates in Minnesota. He had finished second in the popular vote in the state’s caucus. There are reports of six other caucus states where Republicans are bracing for a possible delegate coup by the Paul forces, who remain active and relatively well funded.
I”m not predicting any huge upsets tonight, but we could learn how little or much work Romney still has to do to win over his party.
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Vern Crisler| 4.24.12 @ 10:32AM
No, the Republicans have bought into the inevitability argument for Romney, and have thrown their principles overboard, to the extent they ever had any.
Conservative Bob| 4.24.12 @ 1:01PM
Vern at this point one has to decide can the country survive 4 more yours of the One.
I have decided it can not.
I would much rather have someone much more conservative as the GOP standard bearer, but for a number of reasons that isn't going to happen.
If I and those like me do not vote against O then he gets another 4 years, and in my view the country is lost forever. Stopping his reelection does not save the country but only lets us have a bit more time to work toward saving it.
If O gets 4 more years there will be at least a 5-4 communist/statist majority on the court.
If O gets 4 more we may or may not get the house and senate to block him, he has governed with a stop me if you can approach to this point how much more aggressive will he be not having to face election again.
We must begin working now for the next presidential election, funding and organizing a conservative to be in a position to quickly consolidate the conservative vote and be in a position to take on GOP establishment, and ultimately take control of the party.
Failing that we must be ready to take our votes and our money into a conservative party.
The time to have that fight is not now, as I am certain the USA as a constitutional republic will not exist after a second term of Obama. It may not exist after a Romney administration but at least there we have a chance.
Pete| 4.24.12 @ 3:13PM
This is the same old rehashed argument the GOP has been using since Reagan. At least with Obama, we have the conservatives in Congress having our back. Will that be true when Romney works with RINOS and Democrats ti advance the march of Big Government?
spike59| 4.25.12 @ 6:05AM
At least with Obama, we have the conservatives in Congress having our back.
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and a fat lot of good THAT did; the Obamessiah won virtually EVERY battle since inauguration day. if he wins re-election, he'll likely help take the House back
Occam's Tool| 4.24.12 @ 10:33AM
Beating Obama matters. Mitt, for all his faults, is not a traitor.
Al Adab| 4.24.12 @ 11:43AM
Sadly though O/T, he is another loser.
Occam's Tool| 4.24.12 @ 5:38PM
Yes, I voted for Rick. But Loser >Traitor.
spike59| 4.25.12 @ 6:02AM
he will be unless the Santorum, Perry, Bachmann, and Gingrich supporters get over the fact that their candidate got whipped, put on the 'big boy' pants, and get behind the only credible opposition there will be to ObaMao in November
Clint| 4.25.12 @ 7:36AM
Bibi Wears The Dress In Your Family, Spicey.
Romney Is McCain Redux.
Derek Leaberry| 4.24.12 @ 11:24AM
It would be glorious to see a huge anti-Romney vote. Romney nor the rest of the Republican elite deserve anything but derision and contempt. And this goes for Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan and the other newly minted members of that elite. The house in which the Republican elite meets should be burned to ashes.
spike59| 4.25.12 @ 6:08AM
It would be glorious to see a huge anti-Romney vote.
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morons like you would, i'm sure, be satisfied with 4 more years of destruction of our nation under ObaMao just to make a juvenile point. do the entire world 3 little favors-DON'T vote, DON'T reproduce, and start smoking 5 packs of cigs a day, drink 2 quarts of moonshine every day, and play with power tools
Bill| 4.24.12 @ 11:31AM
Veep Talk:
1. Kelly Ayotte: The women votes
2. Chris Christie: Straight talkers, no apology
3. Pat Toomey: Anti-tax crusader
4. Rob Portman: Budget Guru
5. Mitch Daniel: fiscal hawk executive
6. Jeb Bush: Sunshine Bush dynasty
7. Marco Rubio: The Latino votes (?)
8. Paul Ryan: Genious
And the VP nominee is ...................you decide!
Drek| 4.24.12 @ 11:52AM
Christie would drive away voters, not pull them in. Conservatives would see his selection as a de facto declaration of war against them by the party leadership. His positions, from open flamers on NJ's Supreme Court to pro-abort, pro-gun control, pro-islamic mosque at 9/11. He's unacceptable.
Not to mention he's so damn fat he's a national embarrassment.
Daniel, another guy social conservatives now deem suspect, and rightly so. Not to mention Daniels just went to bat for Lugar, the openly pro-obama Senator from Indiana.
Bill| 4.24.12 @ 1:35PM
Drek, Gov. Christie is at war with the big labors and the Obama administration over social and fiscal policies, such as balancing the budget, cutting spending, reforming the public sector, and the gay marriage bill. He is the "Ronald Reagan" in the east coast. He is a CRUSADER.
Gov. Daniel signed the "Right-To-Work" bill despite of the big labor threats.
My favorite is Sen. Ayotte. She is only 42, a Catholic with Irish decent, a former "tough" AG, who will help unify the women votes in the GOP tent. She's a "drop-dead Lady in Red."
Drek| 4.24.12 @ 1:53PM
Christie is waging war against the teacher unions, and apparently no other.
Outside of his youtube moments, and outside of his budget battles, what has he about him that's conservative?
The guy has now spent years dodging Mark Levin.
Christie isn't all that.........
Bill| 4.24.12 @ 2:16PM
Christie should be the VP:
1. His fiscal reform
2. Vetoed the gay marriage bill
3. articulate charismatic staunch conservative
4. his favorable ratings 56% in a Blue state
5. will carry NJ for GOP. You bet!
By the way. Romney never showed up in the Mark Levine show. I love Mark Levine, though.
Drek| 4.24.12 @ 3:10PM
He hasn't a prayer of carrying NJ for the GOP!
That's a bridge too far...........
Pete| 4.24.12 @ 3:15PM
Bill are you really Ann Coulter?
Derek Leaberry| 4.24.12 @ 1:10PM
Christie just nominated a homosexual to the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He's part of the problem.
Bill| 4.24.12 @ 1:30PM
DL, Gov. Christie also VETOED the gay marriage bill. He's a good Catholic. You bet!
Pete| 4.24.12 @ 3:14PM
Who Cares. A conservative will get the Palin treatment, especially a female conservative.
Won't Vote For RMoney| 4.24.12 @ 5:30PM
Bring back Arlen Specter. Specter & Romney are two peas from the same pod.
Al Adab| 4.24.12 @ 11:42AM
Wonderful. More GOP primaries in states which will not cast electoral votes for the GOP candidate. It sure makes sense to have states like these choosing the nominee.
Drek| 4.24.12 @ 12:00PM
I already voted for Gingrich in PA.
Al Adab| 4.24.12 @ 4:07PM
Drek:
My sincere thanks for trying.
Watching Romney continue to win primaries in states the GOP nominee will never carry in November is the ul;timate exercise in futility. Where can we find those 100 electoral votes we need?
FeFe| 4.24.12 @ 12:48PM
"But it will still be interesting to see" your parsing press release of the world as GOP-E ant farm.
Jane| 4.24.12 @ 2:11PM
I was VERY disappointed when Huntsman dropped out of the race. He is the sexiest presidential candidate I have ever seen. But there are rumors on the net he might jump the leaking GOP ship and start a third party. Jon will get my vote and I will invite him over when my husband is out of town and have a PAJAMA party with him...goo goo & ga ga. Love, Jane
Bill| 4.24.12 @ 2:30PM
VP list (short)
1. Kelly Ayotte: Women votes
2. Bob McDonald: Evangelic votes and the South
3. Pat Toomey: Swing state PA
4. Rob Portman: The Rust-Belt votes
5. Marco Rubio: Latino votes
And the VP nominee is.......You decide.
Derek Leaberry| 4.24.12 @ 4:12PM
1. Few women in America will change their votes on account of Miss Kelly Ayotte. Just as many conservatives will sit out due to the fact that she doesn't take her husband's surname. She won't even help Romney win New Hampshire.
2. McDonnell is not particularly southern nor evangelical in demeanor. He's perfect for the formless creature that is northern Virginia. However, he might put Romney over the top in Virginia.
3. Toomey's a one-termer lucky enough to have run in 2010. Romney will likely fall short anyway in Pennsylvania due to the massive Philadelphia vote.
4. Portmann was lucky to run in 2010 as well. His absolute free-trade views are at odds with the views of Ohio's independents. He might marginally help Romney in Ohio, a state Romney must win.
5. Rubio will help in Florida and nowhere else. Hispanics in other parts of the US are not going to vote for a Cuban-American just because he's Hispanic.
The pick will likely be Portmann.
Won't Vote For RMoney| 4.24.12 @ 5:38PM
6. Arlen Specter would be a perfect fit for RMoney.
Clint| 4.24.12 @ 7:44PM
They Dance Lovely Together.
Mittens Leads And Arlen Wears High Heals.
spike59| 4.25.12 @ 6:10AM
it's over, Cwint...the Tinfoil Hat Tinhorn has lost-AGAIN-he's shuffling off to a well-deserved stay at an assisted living facility...now just GO AWAY and leave important matters to the adults
Clint| 4.25.12 @ 7:39AM
Why Don't You Try & Make Me, Israel Firster Traitor Bastard Coward,
Spicey.
Hmmmmmmmmm, Cupcake ?
Oldefarte| 4.24.12 @ 9:26PM
Arlen is a political prostitute, just like Father Ron!!!!!
Clint| 4.25.12 @ 7:45AM
You're A RINO-CINO Israel Firster Smear Bund Propaganda Liar, Fart Man.
Arlo Sphincter Was One Of Your Israel Firster Traitor Bastards And A RINO-CINO Poster Boy, Like Your Ruling Elites' RINO-CINO Fop Frontman, Mittens Romney.
We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.
These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.
Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....
spike59| 4.25.12 @ 5:59AM
DrRonEarmark, the Tinfoil Hat Tinhorn, is just as irrelevant now as he's ever been-he's been, in terms of aspirations to the Oval Office, a 'dead man walking' since WAY before 2008...the body just hasn't fallen down yet, being propped up by the delusional devotion of a thousand conspiracy theorists and StormFront loyalists sitting in their mommy's basement, pecking away with Cheetos dust-covered fingers at their laptops
Clint| 4.25.12 @ 7:50AM
The Israel Firster Smear Bund RINO-CINO's Thinks They Can Play Us Religious Conservatives For Their "Useful Dupes".
Romney on Abortion - 2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4
Listen Carefully To This Son Of A Bitch,The RINO-CINO Frontman, Mittens Romney.