February 24, 2012

Poll Analysis: Rasmussen Michigan Poll

Rasmussen just released their latest Michigan poll. Here are the results for the month of February:

(2/23) (2/20) (2/12) (2/1)
Romney 40 34 32 38
Santorum 34 38 35 17
Paul 10 10 13 14
Gingrich 9 9 11 23

Here they are in graphic form:

The Republicans in Michigan must have liked Mitt Romney’s performance in the last debate for he has surged back into the lead in the Wolverine State. He jumped six points in the three days bracketing the debate, and Rick Santorum dropped four points. That is a full ten point swing in Mitt’s favor in just three days time.

Mitt’s current 40% is actually better than his score three weeks ago when he had a fifteen point lead over his closest competitor.

Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich continue to be also-rans in the state. This is a comedown for Gingrich who was in second place with 23% just three weeks ago. Now he is neck and neck with Ron Paul in the struggle for last place. Paul currently has the edge at 10%. Newt’s 9% doesn’t even crack double digits.

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99 Responses to “Poll Analysis: Rasmussen Michigan Poll”

  1. Boomer Says:

    It’s moments like this that make me almost miss Harold.

    Almost.

  2. Firecracker (Romney/West) Says:

    Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sarah Palin, and Fox News hardest hit! I simply cannot await for these gasbags to eat crow.

  3. Abe Says:

    MITT-mentum…………………………BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Matt "MWS" Says:

    I’m sure they’re breathing a little easier at Romney, Inc. this morning.

    He’s not getting the sweep in Feb. we all expected, but it looks like he’s likely to win what was shaping up to be his Waterloo. If he can win AZ and MI by large margins (like FL), he’s back to being inevitable. With small wins, he’s merely reclaimed the lead in a race where momentum hasn’t meant squat.

  5. Teemu Says:

    The ideological distribution is pretty conservative compared to 2008 and still nice lead

    Romney – Santorum
    36% very conservative (28 – 51)
    38% somewhat conservative (49 – 28)
    26% other (43 – 20 )

    2008 Michigan Republican primary exit poll political ideology distribution.

    Very Conservative(24%)
    Somewhat Conserv.(32%)
    Moderate(33%)
    Somewhat Liberal(9%)
    Very Liberal(3%)

    From the cross tabs
    Certain to vote: Romney leads 42 – 35
    Certain of who they are going to vote: Romney leads 45 – 36

  6. Mark in PA Says:

    I’m just glad the actual voting is only a couple days away.

    All the arguing and spinning of polls and momentum is really tiring.
    We’ll see how the actual votes go. I expect Rick to get more votes than polls say, but I think Mitt will still win by 5+ points.

  7. Matthew Kilburn Says:

    “36% very conservative”

    Thats still too high. Should be 30% at most.

  8. Florida Conservative Says:

    ROMNEYBOOM!!!!!!!!!!!

    Now let’s keep going and extend this lead!!!

    Double Digits by Sunday!!!!

  9. Not Your Severely Constipated Daddy Says:

    Boomer, no need to miss Harold, you can laugh at Killjoy and Jason if they aren’t too cowardly to come here today and take their licks.

  10. Not Your Severely Constipated Daddy Says:

    Oh my, I almost overlooked this gem, Paul is beating Gingrich. Now THAT really made my day.

  11. Katechon Says:

    You hear the sound of Killjoy selling his Santorum?!

    LLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

    Poor Nyboe.

  12. Katechon Says:

    Mitt had the lead amongst the definite voters, before the debate.

    Santorum bombing big and bad is just reinforcing that lead. Predictable.

  13. Tommy Says:

    Very Conservative = Religious Right
    Somewhat Conservative = Religious but not Fanatics
    Moderates = Less Relgious

  14. Boomer Says:

    9.

    True. But Harold and his incessant gun analogies was uniquely irritating. He was wrong about Florida and then ran and hid and he is going to be wrong about Michigan.

    My favorite thing about this race is that despite being hammered by Fox, Rush, Kristol, etc. and all the “knowledgable” conservative mouth holes like Harold and Catsuit, Romney is going to win.

  15. Killjoy Says:

    In light of the new Rasmussen poll it looks like Mitt has pulled into a slight lead in Michigan. The most important thing to note is that Newt got no bounce what so ever from the debate which is far more important moving forward, since a rebound of Newt would have ensured a Romney nomination, this close to super Tuesday.

    I will wait to see the final PPP poll to make a final prediction, but at this point it’s looking like Romney wins big in Arizona, and wins in a squeaker in Michigan.

  16. SteveT Says:

    New Rasmussen AZ -

    Romney 42

    Santorum 29

  17. Sir David Says:

    Nice trend.

    Keep it up Mitt! Hit the Sunday Talk shows. Keep on the throttle!

  18. Teemu Says:

    “36% very conservative”
    Thats still too high. Should be 30% at most.

    Yeah probably, using the 2008 distribution (24% very conservative, 32% conservative, 44 other) gives Romney 41, Santorum 30

  19. Dave Says:

    Momentum generally keeps going. As the move to Romney continues, look for Santorum’s base to limit their turnout…..hope the same thing is true of the Dems who want to sidetrack Mitt. If they get dispirited, a double digit win is in the cards.

  20. Not Your Severely Constipated Daddy Says:

    14 “Catsuit”. Oh that made me laugh. I pictured an angry intellectual effete professor at an obscure Canadian college wearing a catsuit to lecture and ranting about Mormons and Obamneycare while his students stare agape at him in wonderment at his break with reality.

  21. Matthew Kilburn Says:

    “Momentum generally keeps going”

    LOL! Did you sleep through the first two months of the race?

  22. DSkinner Says:

    I am surprised that Santorum’s support went to Romney, not to Gingrich. I think Romney will end up winning by about 8-10 points. Possibly more if Gingrich manages to eat into some of Santorum’s support.

  23. Not Your Severely Constipated Daddy Says:

    Boomer, maybe we could come up with a new theory as to why ABRs are so angry, they all swallowed large, indigestible hair balls. That would be sure to make my cranky too.

  24. Boomer Says:

    15.

    >>I will wait to see the final PPP poll to make a final prediction

    Can’t you make your prediction now? I won’t be able to sleep without knowing how you think this race will turn out.

  25. Tennessean for Mitt Says:

    Killjoy I will agree with your assessment about Newt. I am surprised he hasn’t gotten some small bounce in this poll. However, I think there will be some bounce here in the South. I heard several on local talk radio playing up how will Newt did in the debate but less talk of Santorum in general.

  26. aspire Says:

    If Romney’s leading by 6% in a Rasmussen poll, he’s probably actually 8-10% ahead. I don’t see Santorum pulling this out. Romney’s going to have 3 consecutive wins going into Super Tuesday.

  27. Nostradamus Says:

    2.

    Amem brother.

    25.

    Who is Lamar supporting?

    Give em severe hell Mitt!

  28. Tommy Says:

    Washington Caucus is before Super Tuesday

  29. Killjoy Says:

    #26 no, Romney will lose Washington going to Super Tuesday

  30. marK Says:

    Remember this gem?:

    Right Wingnut Says:
    February 23rd, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    The debate will have zero impact on Michigan. Was Santorum fabulous? No. Neither was Romney. Sure, he got a few good shots in, but he did nothing to alleviate concerns that conservatives have had over the past 6 years.

    I’m calling Michigan for Santorum. I would ask those who feel the need to ridicule my prediction to bookmark this post.

    Well, here’s the link if any of you care to keep track of it.

  31. Watchinitall Says:

    Weirdly unfolding patterns. It looks to me like Romney could still have a very rough March. I just don’t think the South is going to capitulate to him. Maybe I’m wrong.

  32. Florida Conservative Says:

    29

    Yes he will, he will have all the momentum and Santorum will be fading, Mitt is also endorsed by the most popular Republican in the state, Dino Rossi, and he will be holding a HUGE rally in Washington State on March 1st.

  33. Killjoy Says:

    looking at several different polls this morning that were done after the debate, it looks to me like Santorum and Gingrich’s support remained basically stable, but the undecideds in Arizona and Michigan (especially in Arizona) are breaking 2 to 1 for Mitt. This is bad news short term for Santorum in Arizona and Michigan, but good news long term, since Newt does not appear to be re-surging. As long as Santorum can keep Michigan close the media narative will be on his side. I don’t expect the undecideds elsewhere to be affected.

  34. Matthew E. Miller Says:

    Why do people keep on re-adjusting the numbers based on the ’08 electorate’s composition and pretending this means something? Outside of NH, where the strength of Paul and Huntsman seriously skewed things, every single state has had a higher composition of very conservative voters than in ’08. Either the GOP has gotten more conservative or this is not a batch of candidates that inspires moderates to come out. Likely both. It’s fine to say that some poll’s electorate is too conservative, relative to the increases we’ve seen in other races, but just noting the ’08 numbers and claiming the poll is wrong doesn’t really work.

  35. Killjoy Says:

    #32 you obviously haven’t seen Romney unfavorables in Washington :) I think Castro has higher favorables in Washington than Romney.

  36. Florida Conservative Says:

    35

    Good point

    34

    Also a good point

  37. Tennessean for Mitt Says:

    27. I am not sure who Lamar is supporting. The current governor has endorsed Romney as well as another former Republican governor but I’m not sure how much good it will do. Most of Tennessee went for Huckabee last time so I expect Santorum to be strong this time. However, the county I live in which is pretty much the suburbs of Nashville I believe did go for Romney in ’08. Romney is already running some radio and t.v. here.

  38. Killjoy Says:

    #34 I agree completely. Anyone who looks at 2008 for information about this race is making a huge mistake. The only really good information that came from 2008 was Romney’s strong support from fellow Mormons who turn out in higher #’s than their percentage of voting population for him which makes a difference in the handfull of states with high Mormon populations (Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Utah)

  39. Dr K Says:

    35, Mr Kiljoy, isn’t there some consolation to be had in the fact that the WA primary is actually a caucus (in which RS has historically done better), and not a primary (read: FL, NV, MI, AZ)? In other words, is the outcome of a caucus-based contest going to matter as much as concurrent wins in two primary states before Super Tuesday?

  40. Right Wingnut Says:

    30,

    I stand by that. Even if Mitt wins Michigan, it won’t be cecause of the debate. Furthermore, PPP tweeted that their Wisconsin polling is showing no bump for Mitt, post-debate. This is ONE poll. The other post-debate poll is showing no bump. Let’s wait for confirmation before getting too excited.

  41. Micah Says:

    Never want to get too confident because these ABRs are like a bad rash that keeps coming back over… And over…again.

  42. Right Wingnut Says:

    PublicPolicyPolling ? @ppppolls Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
    Santorum up big on first night of our Wisconsin poll, suggests debate at least didn’t hurt him nationally

  43. Killjoy Says:

    #39 the three state sweep of Santorums were caucus’s too.

  44. Right Wingnut Says:

    PublicPolicyPolling ? @ppppolls Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
    Romney’s favorability at 27/63 in WA due to big drops with Dems, indys, AND GOP over last 6 months:

  45. Teemu Says:

    #32 you obviously haven’t seen Romney unfavorables in Washington I think Castro has higher favorables in Washington than Romney.

    Caucus is a caucus.

    Of people who are member of any denomination in the state:

    Washington 9.2% LDS

    Colorado 5.4% LDS

    Also by quick look, Washington evangelicals seem to be more of the less hardcore denominations than Colorado evangelicals. In Washington Santorum doesn’t have Tom Tancredo or Jane Norton endorsements, nor is James Dobson and Focus on the Family, who are located in CO, as much of a factor.

    In 2008, even several days after suspending campaign and endorsing McCain, Romney still got 16% of the caucus vote, which is pretty good. Sorry to kill your joy.

  46. Killjoy Says:

    I am 100% certain of a Santorum win in Washington. Romney has a better chance of taking Georgia than Washington in my opinion

  47. Dr K Says:

    43, yes, the sweep did consist of three state caucuses, but they were not preceded by primary wins as consequential as MI and AZ might be for Romney. In addition, there aren’t three states involved here, only one (WA). Shouldn’t this scenario prove mitigating for Romney even if he should stumble for the moment (i.e., before Super Tuesday) in WA?

  48. Dave Says:

    The Arizona Republic, the largest Newspaper in Arizona has endorsed Mitt. Look for a large margin.

    BTW, Momentum generally keeps going, absent something of significance to disrupt it. They vote on Tuesday. Look for a larger margin than 6 points for Romney.

  49. Katechon Says:

    46- really? How long are you?

  50. Killjoy Says:

    You would have a point if one of the two wasn’t a Mormon heavy state, and the other Romney’s home state. But those factors with affect the media narrative

  51. Killjoy Says:

    with = will

  52. Jeff Fuller Says:

    Don’t recall this Gallup national matchup getting FPP. Anyone that can do that? It came out yesterday, but it’s showing GOP candidates strong against Obama.

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/152918/Romney-Santorum-Closely-Matched-Against-Obama-Nationally.aspx

    GE
    Romney 50%
    Obama 46%

    Obama 49%
    Santorum 48%

    Funny that the headline from Gallup says that it’s essentially an equivalent match-up. lol

  53. Killjoy Says:

    I have been buying up Washington and Ohio for quite awhile actually, mid 40′s to 50, easy money

  54. Nostradamus Says:

    In all deference to the great state of Washington. Their Caucus results ain’t all that sgnificant sandwhiched in between the two big shows.

    Give em severe hell Mitt!

  55. Katechon Says:

    Well good luck Nyboe. I’ve uploaded fresh cash and I’m buying Romney to win Ohio.

  56. Killjoy Says:

    #54 it’s all about the media narrative and momentum. A win in Washington for Santorum will swing the media narrative back to … Santorum is coming back! which will be like gold heading into Super Tuesday where Santorum was already going to do well. The most important thing about all these polls today is that Gingrich didn’t get a bump out of the debate, which would of been the kiss of death for the ABR’s heading into Super Tuesday.

  57. Killjoy Says:

    you too Katechon :)

  58. Fig Newton Says:

    30. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, I hope Rightwingnut also bought Kleenex stock when he shorted Romney in Mi on Intrade.

    Gal on ms-nbc/ms-pms that follows Obama let the cat out of the bag yesterday saying they’d be overjoyed to face Santo Gingrich, they fear they’d lose to Romney. She then backtracked and said they thought they’d win but in a tough fight.

    As Romney rolls on there will be some amazing realignments on the right and left. Romney takes the bulk of Obama’s vaunted highly educated/professional voters and sews up suburbs and a high women’s vote.

    How Rush and any of the Contards van say Romney is the weakest general candidate is laughable on it’s face.

    Any way you slice it Rush needs to get his blow from a better source, they are obviously cutting his with drain cleaner.

  59. Killjoy Says:

    how low you willing to push the Ohio price Katechon? I might be willing to sell you all you want :)

  60. Janette Says:

    Can’t decide if my favorite part is that Romney is winning … or that Newt is in DEAD LAST. Fun.

  61. Arizona Says:

    Rasmussen just released Arizona too!

    Romney 42%
    Santorum 29%
    Gingrich 16%
    Paul 8%

    Go Mitt

  62. Killjoy Says:

    #60 depends on whether you care about the short term or the long. Newt dead last = dropping out soon … which = Santorum massive wins

  63. Right Wingnut Says:

    I hope Gingrich supporters are smart enough to understand that a vote for Newt is a vote for Mitt.

    Suppose the 2012 Republican Primary for president were held today and you only had a choice between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. For whom would you vote?

    Rick Santorum 46%
    Mitt Romney 44%

  64. Right Wingnut Says:

    58, I don’t gamble.

  65. Fig Newton Says:

    50. And Michigan and Az both have heavy Catholic and evangelical population too.

    More heads I win, tails you lose logic.

    When Santo loses Mi and Az badly on Tuesday the spin will swing more off kilter, more ABRs will start making their peace with a Romney nom. Remember Hitler holed up in the bunker till the Russians were basically above him. Just because Santo Gingrich might talk/act tough, when they lose decisively Tuesday big stain on their futures. How does Santo even justify moving forward on a message that was killed at the debate and with the cherry picked state of Michigan rejecting his tailor made message?

    Dead enders willalways go on to the end when they are dead,I just don’t think Santo or Newt inspire anywhere near the level of passion to replicate a Huck style carry on for months and months. IMHO

  66. Katechon Says:

    I’ll get back to you in 3 hours! Seriously, I’d like to buy 400 shares or so.

  67. Teemu Says:

    You would have a point if one of the two wasn’t a Mormon heavy state, and the other Romney’s home state. But those factors with affect the media narrative

    Just like media pointed out and emphasized that Christian Right candidate has huge advantage in Iowa, a good Christian Right candidate takes it easily, like Huckabee or GWB, even Christian Right candidate who has no business to run for presidency, like Pat Robertson, got 25% of the votes, like Santorum got 25%. Just like they emphasized that caucuses can be won by pretty non-mainstream candidates like Pat Robertson or Pat Buchanan, that’s what caucuses do.

    The way media made Romney’s backyard victory in NH in significant, that must be the reason why he easily crushed everybody in head-to-head matches in the PPP South Carolina.

    Just like media emphasized that Gingrich was the only southern candidate, and from South Carolina’s neighbor, Georgia, and his victory meant nothing.

    Media has hyped those Arizona polls showing close fight, I wouldn’t put too much hope in media emphasizing those things that you wish.

  68. Killjoy Says:

    #63 I am a Newt supporter, and I will be voting for Santorum just exactly that reason :P

  69. jaaron Says:

    Killjoy: WA has 300,000 Mormons.

    I have been calling up friends and family for weeks. Lived in WA my whole life.

    You are going to lose a lot of money come March 3rd. No one is talking about santorum out here. In fact I have yet to meet a santorum supporter who is going to caucus for him.

  70. bob Says:

    http;//legalinsurrection.com/2012/02/did-romney-really-lie-about-forcing-catholics-to-violate-their-consciences/

    DID ROMNEY REALLY LIE ABOUT FORCING CATHOLICS TO VIOLATE THEIR CONSCIENCES?

  71. Teemu Says:

    Arizona Rasmussen cross tabs

    Evangelicals: Santorum +12

    Protestants: Romney +16
    Catholics: Romney +20

    Spin that into “it’s the Mormons!!!11111″

    Maybe media will have interesting analysis of how Santorum can’t get even the Catholic vote

  72. Franko Says:

    We need a FPP on the Rasmussen Arizona poll: Romney 42%, Santorum 29%.”

  73. bob Says:

    #70:

    SORRY:

    http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/02/did-romney-really-lie-about-forcing-catholics-to-violate-their-consciences/

  74. Killjoy Says:

    #69 then I encourage you to go bet on Washington on Intrade

  75. Massachusetts Conservative (can we all shut up about "bigots" please?) Says:

    16

    NICE!

  76. Dave in AZ Says:

    Killjoy – Per our conversation from yesterday so far it looks like I am correct that the majority of voters believe Romney was the clear winner of the debate.

  77. Dave in AZ Says:

    This is how I see the race going after watching the debate and looking at the delegates left. I believe if Romney and Paul together can come up with the majority of the delegates depending on how many Paul receives he will either give him a good speech slot at the convention, a place on his cabinet, or make Rand his VP and Romney will win the Nomination. If Santorum and Gingrich get the majority of the delegates whoever has more will be the nominee with the other being the VP or at least with a cabinet position. I don’t believe anyone will get out of the race anymore. The only exception would be if Romney runs away with it and even though I lean towards Romney I don’t see this happening. No one else is going to get the nomination other than these 3 men. They have the delegates they will make the decisions and compromises beforehand. So the question is which team will be able to bring in the most delegates?

  78. Dave Says:

    Romney is about to speak at the Detroit Economic Club on C-Span. Great crowd!

  79. Doug NYC GOP Says:

    #30 – Good one MarK!!! LOL

  80. uncdave Says:

    Final MI prediction:

    Romney 44
    Santy 31
    Paul 14
    Newt 11

  81. BD1 Says:

    Obama, Romney Nearly Tied in Pennsylvania, Santorum Trails by 6 Points. Rasmussen Reports:

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/pennsylvania/election_2012_pennsylvania_president

  82. Massachusetts Conservative (can we all shut up about "bigots" please?) Says:

    30

    LOL!

  83. criggs Says:

    40. And I think there’s a good reason why that poll didn’t show a bump for Romney: I DON’T THINK WE HAVE ANY POST-DEBATE POLLING YET.

    Here’s my thinking: Most people, sad to say, didn’t watch the debate. This means that their first exposure to it was in the Thursday night newscasts. This means that the full effect of the debate, whatever it be, will not be seen by pollsters until their surveying today. This also means that we’re not going to hear about the results of that surveying, for the most part (other than tweets from PPP perhaps), until mostly tomorrow, unless an eager beaver releases results late tonight.

    In short, I believe this Rasmussen poll doesn’t really tell us much about the reaction to the debate.

    However it does tell us something very interesting: Its PSRs overlap/match, or “touch” as Teemu puts it, all polling back to ARG’s on 2/15-16, a total of eight matching polls. Those eight polls together give Romney a CPSR of 36%, while Santorum’s CPSR for the same bunch of surveys is 34-37.7%. Clearly we’re looking at a dead heat, I believe. However the PREVIOUS CPSRs for Romney and Santorum, based on three surveys (WZZM, Rasmussen (2/13) and MRG) taken between the 10th and the 14th, were 28-28.9% and 37.5-38.4% respectively.

    In other words, it would seem that Santorum remained stable between the previous polling universe and the current polling universe. At the same time however, between the 14th and the 23rd (the survey date of today’s Rosetta and Rasmussen releases) Romney has moved up by a statistically significant amount. This data indicates that Romney’s upward movement was NOT as a result of Wednesday’s debate but in fact began even earlier.

    This raises the intriguing possiblity, assuming Romney won the debate, as many believe, that Romney may see even more growth in Michigan polls in the coming days.

    In any event, because Romney appears to moving up while Santorum is stable, at the moment I’d give a slight edge to Romney now in Michigan. Here’s my current CPSR picture, with trends added in based on the three surveys taken between the 10th and the 14th:

    MICHIGAN Composite 2/15-23 Final
    1. Romney 36 +7.1-8
    2. Santorum 34-37.7
    3. Paul 11-14
    3. Gingrich 6-11
    5. Undecided 7.1-10

    I also wanted to raise a demur (can one do that?) about Killjoy’s 56 comment about the lack of a Gingrich bump from his debate performance. Consistent with when I believe most folks got to hear about the Wednesday debate, I do not believe we can yet say whether Gingrich got a debate bump or not; wait until we have some survey results from today. Until we have those, it’s premature to make any judgement over the extent to which his debate performance may have helped him.

  84. greg Says:

    is super Tuesday newts last real chance?. IF he loses GA super tuesday night Iam guessing thats not good?

  85. Killjoy Says:

    #83 good job criggs, I always appreciate your analysis

  86. Killjoy Says:

    criggs do you tweet this kind of stuff? and if so can I get your tweeter name?

  87. SixMom Says:

    Really surprised to see Gingrich stay the same.

  88. SixMom Says:

    #30 Bookmark duly noted :)

  89. Dave Says:

    Within 90 minutes of announcing the Romney speech, The Detroit Economic Club sold out….so it changed venue to Ford Field, currently configured as a football stadium. Romney got standing ovations.

    He was talking about tax and spending cuts, combined with sacrifice….and, of course, the failures of the Obama Administration. Tuesday will be interesting.

  90. haner Says:

    New Ras poll suggests Romney can win PA against Obama. This is huge. If Romney wins PA and FL, Obama goes home.

    “Mitt Romney runs neck-and-neck with President Obama in the key electoral state of Pennsylvania, but Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator from the Keystone State, trails the incumbent by six points. Most voters in the state disapprove of the job the president is doing.

    “New Rasmussen Reports data shows that if Romney is the Republican presidential nominee, Obama leads 45% to 44%.”

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/pennsylvania/election_2012_pennsylvania_president

  91. michael Says:

    what this thing with Karl Rove talking about democrats crossing over to vote for non mitt…is he trying to give cover for mitt if he loses or is he trying to help secure a broker convention…and no Santurom can never be the nominee.

  92. haner Says:

    91

    He’s trying to get Republicans off their butts and to the polls on Tuesday, instead of thinking “this one is in the bag.” Too many people thought that in Colorado with the snow.

  93. michael Says:

    hmmm. thanks for the thought…bit befuddle with his comments of late

  94. bumskyred Says:

    If Romney wins that would be the second BACK to BACK win we have seen – both from Romney

    Florida to NV
    and now
    Maine to AZ/MI

    Gingrich REALLY looks like the outlier in this whole race..

  95. criggs Says:

    85 and 86, Killjoy. Thanks for the compliment, Killjoy.

    I AM on Twitter, but I hadn’t thought of tweeting this stuff. That would be a neat idea. What do you all think would be an appropriate hash tag? I’d be looking for one that helps people notice me, read me and retweet me. Suggestions encouraged; thanks!

  96. Firecracker (Romney / West / Christie / Huckabee / Rand Paul) Says:

    Slightly off topic:

    Is anyone aware that the Wyoming Caucuses are going on right now? Individual counties are voting on different days. Right now Romney is leading with 41% of the vote, while Santorum is second with 31% of the vote.

    There are six counties left to vote. Two of them should heavily favor Romney, while the remaining four favor Santorum. However, the two Romney counties have about the twice the population as the four remaining Santorum counties combined. Romney is heavily winning the Western half of the state, while Santorum is winning the eastern half.

    I predict Romney could win Wyoming with about 45% of the vote. The last caucus day is February 29th.

    The question is — will a Romney victory in WY be reported by the Faux News Media? Or will they just brush it aside after Romney has blowout wins in MI and AZ? WY would be the cherry on top before WA’s Saturday Caucus.

  97. krissmith777 Says:

    Four words:

    THE LORD IS GOOD!

  98. haner Says:

    Mrs. Santorum: It’s God’s Will

  99. Philip Says:

    Romney wants to buy this elections, but he doesnt have grassroot support. I see Santorum signs at every place i go, Romney doesnt have real support. Do we want to have a candidate who doesnt have real support or do we want someone who represents true republican values. Santorum 2012!

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