Santorum Clinches the Trifecta Tuesday Night
On Tuesday night voters in 3 states made their voices heard. In Missouri a Primary was held with no delegates at stake and in Minnesota and Colorado caucuses were held to select their candidate of choice 76 delegates at stake combined. The result shocked many in the media and in the Romney camp as Senator Rick Santorum swept the 3 contests in convincing fashion; a 30 point shelacking in Missouri, a 19 point beatdown in Minnesota 29 points over Romney who finished 3rd there, and a 5 point win in Colorado a state Rick had been trailing in according to recent polls by as many as 14 and 10 points. he has been rising in the polls but has been largely ignored by the media and the party establishment. Now they have no choice but to take notice.
What Tuesday did was burst Romney's bubble of inevitability, it threw a wrench in what was supposed to a Romney sweep in February, and it ended the notion of a two man race between Mitt and Newt. Of course the media is trying to spin this as unimportant, that it won't effect the nomination process, and that no delegates were at stake. The Romney camp adopted the same tone and rhetoric diminishing the vote from last night. I hate to break it to Mitt Romney but diminishing the voters in 3 key swing states by saying their vote was meaningless isn't gonna endear them to your cause come November.
While Mitt had a bad night, Newt had a worse night. He posted a no show in Missouri, finished fourth with 11% in Minnesota, and third with 14% in Colorado the latter two states he had been polling well in until recently his numbers plummeted. What is worse for Newt is that for weeks he has been insisting that Rick drop out to consolidate the vote, now Rick has delivered 3 huge defeats to Romney bringing his wins to 4 to Newts 1. Newt is hurting for cash and seeing his numbers fade while Rick is surging. Maybe Newt should take his own advice.
With a caucus in Maine this Saturday and primaries in Michigan and Arizona plus Super Tuesday on the horizon look for the Santorum Surge to Continue.
Santorum 2012
What Tuesday did was burst Romney's bubble of inevitability, it threw a wrench in what was supposed to a Romney sweep in February, and it ended the notion of a two man race between Mitt and Newt. Of course the media is trying to spin this as unimportant, that it won't effect the nomination process, and that no delegates were at stake. The Romney camp adopted the same tone and rhetoric diminishing the vote from last night. I hate to break it to Mitt Romney but diminishing the voters in 3 key swing states by saying their vote was meaningless isn't gonna endear them to your cause come November.
While Mitt had a bad night, Newt had a worse night. He posted a no show in Missouri, finished fourth with 11% in Minnesota, and third with 14% in Colorado the latter two states he had been polling well in until recently his numbers plummeted. What is worse for Newt is that for weeks he has been insisting that Rick drop out to consolidate the vote, now Rick has delivered 3 huge defeats to Romney bringing his wins to 4 to Newts 1. Newt is hurting for cash and seeing his numbers fade while Rick is surging. Maybe Newt should take his own advice.
With a caucus in Maine this Saturday and primaries in Michigan and Arizona plus Super Tuesday on the horizon look for the Santorum Surge to Continue.
Santorum 2012
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