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You cant look back at 08. You can clearly tell they dont want romney.
You're right, I don't know why I'm looking for empirical evidence to draw parallels with. Clearly this race is over. The non-binding caucus of MN and the beauty contest of MO said so. Let's all get behind Santorum, never mind how painfully low he is in the same national polls that Romney is overwhelmingly leading....
Yes he did lose tonight. But every candidate who won tonight (Santorum, arguably Paul) has lost even more. There's no spin, everything we said is entirely true.
The thing is though that Romney did not just take a bolt from the blue. He has been having a terrible week with his foot in his mouth and polls showing that people don't like him the more they know him. This night is more in the way of a trend than an anomaly. He may find his legs again, but there is Maine and then nothing until AZ and MI at the end of the month. All the press is going to be about how weak he is, can he recover etc, etc for the next few weeks straight.
The thing is though that Romney did not just take a bolt from the blue. He has been having a terrible week with his foot in his mouth and polls showing that people don't like him the more they know him. This night is more in the way of a trend than an anomaly. He may find his legs again, but there is Maine and then nothing until AZ and MI at the end of the month. All the press is going to be about how weak he is, can he recover etc, etc for the next few weeks straight.
Well again, while I do understand why some may not see the relevance of 2008, McCain made it through a similar situation pretty unscathed, and he had largely the same criticism thrown at his candidacy.
Well again, while I do understand why some may not see the relevance of 2008, McCain made it through a similar situation pretty unscathed, and he had largely the same criticism thrown at his candidacy.
No problem, tmsterp. Non-binding primaries are for also rans like Santorum to spend money on to win, while real contenders save their funds for the states that count.
He's going to lose Missouri and Minnesota, and its not even close. Colorado who knows, too early. Santorum is going to have a month before super tuesday to build himself up even more as the true conservative to defeat Romney.
Gingrich should endorse Santorum and leave the race. Romney may be the weakest front runner in history. I said he wouldnt win the nomination from the get go, and still dont believe he will.
He will win the nomination and has a fairly good chance of winning the Presidency in November.
He still got close to 46% of the vote. In a year when people were very upset with Republicans and not so much with Democrats; now they are upset with both.
And remember his running mate?
I am very, very concerned about the general election. But I don't think you can compare 2008 and 2012 (though I do think you can compare Romney and McCain).
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