ST Alpha - "Personally, I don't think there's much doubt about who the Republican nominee will be, but I think tonight's results still weaken Romney overall. " (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 154

In response to "it's not about the candidates, it's about the math." by znufrii

Personally, I don't think there's much doubt about who the Republican nominee will be, but I think tonight's results still weaken Romney overall.

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Mar 6 '12, 20:34

It shows that he's not sufficiently reaching the Midwest voters who have been hit hardest by the economic crisis and unemployment, and who are most likely to swing back to voting Republican.

It also means that he has to keep campaigning against Santorum, Gingrich and Paul, and not against Obama.

Responses:

not if he ends up winning Ohio... -- nm - znufrii Mar 6, 20:38 12
- It will still be a marginal victory, like Michigan was. And no one's dropping out due to tonight's results. -- nm - Roger More Mar 6, 20:41 11
  - but it gives him control of the narrative momentum, as Ohio was the state most everyone was paying attention to. -- nm - znufrii Mar 6, 20:43 9
    - The narrative is that he lost too many states. Again. - David Mar 6, 20:47 4
      - I don't get how going 7 for 11 today (assuming current results hold and Alaska isn't problematic) leads to the narrative he lost too many states? -- nm - znufrii Mar 6, 20:51 3
        
        Because he lost two he should have won, is a coin flip in another, and two of the others needed 15k votes or less. - David Mar 6, 20:55 2
        
        yeah, I can't say I see that narrative taking hold, really. - znufrii Mar 6, 21:04 1
        
        It will. -- nm - David Mar 6, 21:14
    - not to mention he seems likely to win an outright majority of the delegates at stake in all contests today. -- nm - znufrii Mar 6, 20:44 2
      - Just so I'm clear, my post was about how tonight affects Romney's chances in the Presidential election, not the primaries. - Roger More Mar 6, 20:47 1
        
        ah, gotcha. -- nm - znufrii Mar 6, 20:52
    - If Newt drops out a few days ago, Santorum takes Ohio easy. Thanks Newt for cock blocking Santorum. -- nm - Bacon, NOT Engaged Mar 6, 20:44
  - Though Ron Paul should -- nm - Bacon, NOT Engaged Mar 6, 20:42

Post a message top

Personally, I don't think there's much doubt about who the Republican nominee will be, but I think tonight's results still weaken Romney overall.

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.