2012 Florida Republican Primary: Romney 41%, Gingrich 19%, Santorum 15%

[Sporin]

I'm not surprised Romney is doing well in FL, half the people there used to live in New England. (half kidding).

I am surprised that Newt of all people is pressing him in SC (and perhaps in FL eventually). Having been a voting adult during Newt's previous tenure in DC I can't imagine anyone thinking he should be POTUS... but that's freedom for ya'!

Lot of excuses from the Ron Paul supporters in this thread.

A distant 3rd in SC.
RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary

A distant 4th in FL.
RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - Florida Republican Presidential Primary

Primaries are about gaining sequentially, about carrying momentum forward into the next primary. This isn't the election where states X and Y can be ignored because state Z will vote overwhelmingly for you. Do poorly in a few early primaries and you never even get to the later states.

Spin it any way you want but poor showings in both and you get no momentum, and he basically disappears from potential voters.

['Zona Stona]

Originally Posted by Sporin

I'm not surprised Romney is doing well in FL, half the people there used to live in New England. (half kidding).

I am surprised that Newt of all people is pressing him in SC (and perhaps in FL eventually). Having been a voting adult during Newt's previous tenure in DC I can't imagine anyone thinking he should be POTUS... but that's freedom for ya'!

Lot of excuses from the Ron Paul supporters in this thread.

A distant 3rd in SC.
RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary

A distant 4th in FL.
RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - Florida Republican Presidential Primary

Primaries are about gaining sequentially, about carrying momentum forward into the next primary. This isn't the election where states X and Y can be ignored because state Z will vote overwhelmingly for you. Do poorly in a few early primaries and you never even get to the later states.

Spin it any way you want but poor showings in both and you get no momentum, and he basically disappears from potential voters.

Spin it any way you want to is good advice, and I'm happy to see you taking it in your own post. Momentum hasn't really got anything to do with primaries, DELEGATES are the only thing that matters. The Paul campaign isn't even trying to do anything in Florida, it's a winner-take-all state, and has only 1/2 of it's normal complement of delegates anyway. SC is a little disappointing, but not really surprising considering the demographics.

Only Romney and Paul are on the ballots in all 50 states, so anything that the other candidates do won't matter. Ron Paul will be in this all the way to the convention, regardless.

[twinArmageddons]

More support for the moderate, it seems. Oh well, looks like either way, we'll be having 4 more years of the same foul smelling excrement.