Froth Slosh B'Gosh

A Surge Of Santorum

Little Ricky wins all three! 

 Rick Santorum seized an important opportunity Tuesday to become the chief conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, as he made a clean sweep of three Republican presidential nomination contests in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota.

And has no delegates to show for the effort.  Seriously, what's the point of holding a primary election or a caucus if the results are irrelevent or non-binding? 

Newt Neutered?

Mittens wins big, and yet the majority of Florida Republicans would prefer someone else, but who?  I'm a bit surprised that Santorum cracked 10% there. 

As of now, Willard has 71 delegates, Newt 23, Little Ricky 13, and Racist Ron 3, with 1141 total needed for nomination. 

Other than the "horse race angle" I don't see how anyone can consider the nomination to be "sewn up."

Florida Primary Time

I guess the only real question is if the result will knock Santorum out of the race.  Newt says he's in for the long haul, and I cannot see Paul with his rabid fan base dropping out either.  But in the end, even if Willard does win big today, does it really matter, except in the horse race narrative that the media adopts?  Asuuming Mittins wins big, he'll still have something short of 50 delegates.   I plan on being asleep by 8:30pm, so I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning.

Santorum Leaks Out A Win In Iowa!

Or perhaps not.

And just something to keep in mind...the Iowa GOP managed to LOSE the tallies for eight precincts,meaning we'll never know who really won the Republican Iowa caucus, and yet this is the party, the party that apparently cannot count and misplaces irreplaceable data, that insists you show a photo ID to exercise a right in order to combat a problem that doesn't exist.   Now, consider this from the same story in the DesMoines Register:

The precinct chair and precinct secretary were both to sign the results verified by witnesses on caucus night. But results for some precincts came in on pieces of paper other than the official forms. Many more had only one signature, or the wrong signature (say, from a county chair). Another 18 documents had no signatures at all.

All were accepted, party officials said.

“Some are technically perfect in every way, and some are in a gray area, but we erred on the side of inclusion”

So let us recap...if its Republican votes we're counting, we err on the side of inclusion, and count the votes that do not comply with the rules, but if its a potential voter with no photo ID, we err on the side of exclusion because even though we have no proof that the voter is ineligible, he MIGHT be ineligible (and those without ID's are more likely to belong to a demographic that tends to support Democrats anyway).  Isn't the burden of proof supposed to be on the one making the positive claim?

Hilariously Delusional

The teabaggers are a parody of a political movement.

Dugan, 66, state co-ordinator for the South Carolina Patriots and organiser of the convention, said he had duct tape over his mouth until the convention was over and then he would be campaigning for Gingrich. He also likes Santorum.

"To me, the best thing would be to hear that Rick Santorum would be on the Gingrich-Santorum ticket. That would change the dynamic overnight. Romney would be out of the picture. And they would go on to win the nomination and the election," Dugan said.

The only thing that would make a Democrat happier than a Gingrich-Santorum ticket would be a Santorum-Gingrich ticket.

We Spread Santorum Last Night!

Spent an enjoyable evening at The Sharp Edge with our local Drinking Liberally group, sharing food, beverages and conversation with Shelagh, Tony, Tony's son, Paul, Mary, Bonnie and Austin.  Paul was following the returns in New Hampshire via his phone, and when he announced Santorum was doing poorly, the Santorum jokes started making the rounds.  Apparently though, not everyone is aware of Lil' Ricky's "Google problem."

As I was headed for the restroom, I overheard one of the waitresses asking a waiter what we were all laughing about.  He said, "Oh, you've never seen that?  Here, let me show you!"  He pulled out his cellphone, entered "Santorum" and showed the result. "OH MY GOD THATS DISGUSTING!!!" she exclaimed, while giggling furiously.  "Its also hilarious!" she added.

Santorum spread!

Santorum Comes Just Behind Romney

Sometimes, they write themselves.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has narrowly won the first vote by US Republican party supporters in the process to choose a presidential candidate for this year's election.

He finished just eight votes ahead of former senator Rick Santorum in the Midwest state of Iowa.

Ron Paul came third, while Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann settled into a second tier of candidates.

I imagine that Little Ricky must be very happy to come from pretty much nowhere to just behind Mittens, and Willard might be a tad upset to finish just 8 votes ahead of a guy who is an internet joke. But as Lsqrd mentioned in an earlier thread, does "who wins in Iowa" really matter anymore?

"The Dangers of Contraception"

Why does anyone take this loon seriously?

“One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country,” the former Pennsylvania senator explained. “It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”