Rick Santorum the True Winner in Michigan
Several things to take from yesterdays primaries in Michigan and Arizona. First there is the fact that the media keeps touting Romney's popular vote win in Michigan as a HUGE win, when the fact is Romney only won by 3% in his home state. You look at the margin of victory and take out one county Oakland which Romney won by more than 30,000 and the margin becomes less than 900. You look at the state as a whole and Santorum won more counties by far with 59 and Romney won less than 30. Another thing the media fails to mention is that it is likely that Rick will obtain at least 15 delegates from Michigan which is half of the 30 delegates the state possesses. Chances are Rick could win upto 18 or more since Rick won more districts than Romney and delegates are proportioned by congressional district. Rick has won at least 7 and leads in two others out of the 14. The Michigan Primary was still an embarrassment for Romney as he had to spend a fortune to win the popular vote there outspending Santorum 5 to 1, just to win by the skin of his teeth in his home state. I score this as a win for Rick because he will walk away with half of the states delegates which is far more important than the popular vote anyway.
The 2nd thing I noticed was that the media was quick to announce Mitt the winner in Arizona even though polls were still open there and not a single vote had been counted. I also noticed that because of early voting thousands of votes had been cast for candidates that were no longer in the race. I hope the party makes a move to end early voting on such a large scale.
Also Arizona broke party rules by allocating their delegates as winner take all before April 1st. According to party rules all primaries and caucuses that occur prior to April must be proportional. Arizona is one of 4 states that lost half of its delegates for breaking the party's set timeline; Michigan, Florida, and South Carolina are the others. So this could be challenged.
Also Arizona broke party rules by allocating their delegates as winner take all before April 1st. According to party rules all primaries and caucuses that occur prior to April must be proportional. Arizona is one of 4 states that lost half of its delegates for breaking the party's set timeline; Michigan, Florida, and South Carolina are the others. So this could be challenged.
The third thing I noticed was all the Republicans that got bent out of shape because Rick reached out to Democrats and Independents in Michigan which was an Open Primary meaning everyone could vote in it regardless of party affiliation. First off it was Romney's idea for it to be an Open Primary. And secondly hasn't anyone ever heard of Reagan Democrats those socially conservative blue collar folks that are predominant in the Rust belt? How do they think Reagan won two landslides? With gasp votes from Democrats. I guess Newt and Mitt supporters don't want to win Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota come November. The reality is they are scared because Rick with his Manufacturing Plan is connecting with voters in those states and they're not. In conclusion while the other campaign's are getting desparate Rick is gaining momentum and is staying the course to victory in next weeks Super Tuesday Primary.
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