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The Iowa Republican Party officially declares Rick Santorum the winner of the Iowa caucuses late Friday.
Initial returns gave Mitt Romney a eight-vote margin of victory over Santorum, giving the former Massachusetts governor a major momentum boost heading into the New Hampshire primary.
However, a recount later gave Santorum a 34-vote advantage over Romney in Iowa.
This is not going to add much meaning to the nomination process.
Romneys performance in Iowa was better than expected----so losing by 34 votes is hardly a detriment to his effort.
Santorums performance in Iowa will be his high water showing. The only way I can see him becoming more of a threat is if Newt cashes in the chips and a lot of his supporters throw their support to Santorum as the conservative voice in a Romney, Paul, and Santorum struggle. If that scenario plays out, somebody else will probably enter the race.
With votes from eight precincts still missing, I am not sure how they can declare a winner. However, it doesn't have much impact anyway. I do think Iowa needs to be investigated because they mucked this up so badly and it is a relatively simple caucus.
Anything is "fair" in political election campaigns. That's been the rule for a long time. Romney knew he hadn't won in Iowa but used the confusion to his advantage. Deceptively.
With votes from eight precincts still missing, I am not sure how they can declare a winner. However, it doesn't have much impact anyway. I do think Iowa needs to be investigated because they mucked this up so badly and it is a relatively simple caucus.
I don't know how anybody can take the Iowa Caucuses seriously after this debacle...
this isn't new, it was released a couple days ago, and has been discussed over and over here and there are still 8 percints unaccounted for. This caucus voting is becoming a huge joke.
This is not going to add much meaning to the nomination process.
Romneys performance in Iowa was better than expected----so losing by 34 votes is hardly a detriment to his effort.
Santorums performance in Iowa will be his high water showing. The only way I can see him becoming more of a threat is if Newt cashes in the chips and a lot of his supporters throw their support to Santorum as the conservative voice in a Romney, Paul, and Santorum struggle. If that scenario plays out, somebody else will probably enter the race.
good post. but it will be too late for someone else to jump in I am afraid. BTW, it would be awfully hard for Newt to throw his support to Santorum or visa versa.
Anything is "fair" in political election campaigns. That's been the rule for a long time. Romney knew he hadn't won in Iowa but used the confusion to his advantage. Deceptively.
That is so crazy, you didn't even believe it when you said it. Romney didn't call the race or count the votes. He really didn't make much at all out of this one way or another it was such a mess. With eight precincts missing you don't know that he didn't win either. Nobody knows who won. I do know somebody cheated, just not sure for who.
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