Exit Polls point to a Romney Victory: Romney 35%, McCain 29%, Huckabee 15%, Paul 10%, Ghouliani 4 %.

[MadBadger]

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Hard Mittmentum
01.15.08 -- 6:51PMBy Josh Marshall
NRO's Jim Geraghty posts what are supposed to be the first exit polls out of Michigan. Romney 35%, McCain 29%, Huck 15%, Paul 10%, Giuliani 4%.

We've independently heard the same numbers; but we were not able to confirm them.

(ed.note: Actually, when Eric Kleefeld told me about these numbers about an hour ago he at first accidentally transposed the numbers and had McCain up over Mitt, which was heartbreaking. But he quickly corrected his error.)

At a certain point, you start to wonder whether Rudy should be allowed in any more Republican debates.

[bluestateguy]

1. Please delete this. The polls are still open.

nt

[MadBadger]

3. No

They are exit polls.

[NJSecularist]

4. Why?

It gives us something to talk about for an hour. It's the most solid info we've got from Michigan all day.

[MadBadger]

7. Its not like this will influence our votes.

[NJSecularist]

10. Or will they?

;)

[MadBadger]

13. Hopefully it will! Maybe less DUers will vote for ROmney and vote Uncommitted!

[muntrv]

2. The longer Romney stays, the longer the repubs sling mud at each other.

[bunnies]

So... Ron Paul beats Rudy again?? too funny. nt

[ShaneGR]

5. Gonna be great if Guliani wins Florida

Complete chaos in the Republican camp.

[Occam Bandage]

6. Nice.

[Mz Pip]

8. Good point!

Kick Rudy out. He's going nowhere. :rofl: That would be sweet.

Does he have any delegates? 1? 2?

If Rudy cant do better than 4% in a northern state then he really does need to get off the stage!

Mz Pip
:dem:

[jackson_dem]

17. Giuliani has zero and is last in the delegate count

Romney 24
Huckabee 18
McCain 10
Thompson 6
Paul 2
Hunter 1
Giulani 0

[featherman]

9. Great News...hope the actual vote count confirms tonight

[Happyhippychick]

11. Yay! Mitt for Michigan + Giuliani for Florida = clusterfuck for the Repukes!

[jefferson_dem]

12. If true...DU, Kos, all those freaks at National Review Online and Hugh Hewitt will be happy

Strange bedfellows...

[AlCzervik]

16. i don't think the "Kos says vote for Romney" thing worked out, i heard an exit

poll that said only 7% of those voting today were democrats.

[AlCzervik]

14. i heard Hugh Hewitt crowing about this, he is positive Romney will win, i guess

he's figuring everyone actually tells pollsters who they voted for.

[David Zephyr]

15. I'm with the Daily Kos: A Romeny victory stretches out the GOP race & that's good.

McCain is the one to worry about.

[gateley]

18. Rachel Maddow said that McCain is "still hated by the powers that be" in the

Republican party -- so "they'll never let him get the nomination".

Not sure what that means, but thought I'd pass it along.

[Mz Pip]

20. I can't stand him either.

I don't get why he's popular with the voters. He's a Bush kiss up.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Warren Stupidity]

19. Good.

Romney needs to stay in to negate McCain. Ghouli is toast if he fails in Florida. The Reknucklians are going to nominate themselves a corrupt fundaloon wackjob theofascist or gang up to deny that fucktard the nomination and splinter their party. Perhaps Paul can run a third party effort as well, pulling the dope smoking Reknucklians out of the party too.

[WI_DEM]

21. If so that would be great, don't need to have McCain streamrolling to nomination.

[sallyseven]

22. Romney is from Michigan

and he is going to win this one. Daddy was gov for several years. I wish he would have stayed in Michigan and not decided to live in Ma. He makes me sick.

[MadBadger]

23. Makes me sick too, but I dont want McCain to run away with this. He is their best shot.