Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary (Romney 36%,Paul 23%, Huntsman 18%, Santorum 10%)

[kpete]

Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary
Based on exit polling, the TV networks declared Mitt Romney the winner of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire.

Ron Paul will finish a strong second and Jon Huntsman a more distant third.

Exit poll results: Romney 36%, Paul 23%, Huntsman 18%, Santorum 10%, Gingrich 10% and Perry 1%.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/10/romney_wins_new_hampshire_primary.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoliticalWire+%28Political+Wire%29
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45949751
http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/10/10099057-nbc-projects-romney-wins-nh-primary

[liberalmuse]

1. NH does have some sanity...

I mean, Huntsman at 18%? Well done! NH has less 'crazy' than most of the states. And Perry at 1%? LOL! I'd like to know the tiny percentage of Republicans who even bothered to show up, though.

[Gore1FL]

33. Compared to Iowa, maybe. n/t

[elleng]

2. 12% reporting now (on CurrentTV,)

so too early to Report %s for 2d + 3d place, imo.

[workinclasszero]

3. Gee what happened to Santorums Big Mo from the loonies in Iowa? /nt

[Odin2005]

4. Frothy only got 10%, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[geardaddy]

48. Ebb?

[workinclasszero]

9. oh my how embarassing for Ricky

I thought his dominionist army would push him to another win.

Poor Ricky...

[Odin2005]

14. New Englanders, even the conservative ones, don't like Fundy nutjobs

[Jack Rabbit]

20. That's one of the differences between conservative and right wing

It's irked me for years that morons like Jesse Helms, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh get away with calling themselves conservative.

Would you call Stalin a New Deal liberal?

[AnnieBW]

21. They like Libertarian nutjobs

[Odin2005]

23. Well, their state motto is "Live Free Or Die".

[DesertFlower]

5. not surprised.

[FarLeftFist]

6. Who would vote for Perry?!

[yellowcanine]

10. The 1% apparently. How appropriate.

[Jack Rabbit]

24. Some of the people you can fool all of the time?

??

[INdemo]

8. What? all of sudden exit polling means something??

Unless its national election and Democrats are winning...forgat about that rule...

[Blacksheep214]

11. Listening to Willard lie and hallucinate has me wishing

that Obama would just bitch slap the prick.

Mitt jusr said he wants a military so powerful nobody will challenge us.

He is quite insane and so are the ignorant supporters who really think Mitt as President can do anything.

Call the happy wagons!

[Brooklyns_Finest]

13. Yes

THis spectacle is certainly lulz worthy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. I had to turn the TV off

I was filled with a desire to bitch slap him. I mean really, opposing vulture capitalism is politics of envy? What has the guy actually built?

[jmowreader]

41. He also wants tax cuts, right?

I really wonder if Republicans understand how this military that's so powerful no one will challenge us gets paid for.

[Blacksheep214]

45. Paid for?

That would be the Bush Tax Plan.

We all know it's bullshit but I bet I could go on the street and get 100 people who think this is true.

That's the Republican platform. Bet on ignorance.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

12. Lol

Romney's speach right now is off the chain. He is really happy tonight. 2012 election will be seriously exciting this summer.

[Firebrand Gary]

15. Thank you Republican voters! Seriously, THANK YOU.

As these Republican voters rally around their establishment candidate, I cannot help but feel JOYUS that Romney is close to locking down the nomination.

The GOP greatest failure was electing George W. Bush over John McCain in the 2000 primaries and they are about to do it again. Instead of moving forward Jon Huntsman they are going to go with Romney. The beauty, the real beauty of this is the GOP will NOT nominate Romney and Huntsman back to back. They are going to fall to their own hatred.

Thanks GOP! You fucked yourselves! HAHAHAHAHA

[DonCoquixote]

16. No champagne popping

Look, this contest is not really done till Romney gets Florida, and even that can easily be a false victory, as many Tea Party people are already bristling at the fact the GOP is trying hard to hand Mitt the state on a platter.

Let me say this, the GOP candidate will nopt be settled until after Tampa convention, which will be a full blown Bloodbath, as the Tea Party, the Christian Right, and the OWS crowd have a battle royal to see who makes the most mess, with Jeb Bush waiting to be crowned.

I do not care if Mitt wins every primary vote, the party does not want him, and the fact that Ron Paul is still second place says that even the GOP is not happy with what they are being fed, although sadly, some of Ron Paul comes from faux leftists who think "hey, at least we can get a small army and all the dope we want."

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

18. The bottom line, however, is they hate Obama MORE. That is clear from the exit polls that the ONLY

reason why Mittens is winning anything is that they are convinced that he is the most formidable against the president.

[gateley]

19. Yes. That's what's the real issue. Whoever becomes Rep nominee will get the votes -- they'll

do whatever it takes to beat Obama.

[yellowcanine]

26. By the time Newt's super pac gets done with Romney he won't be polling so well against Obama though.

The job killer stuff will hurt Romney with conservative Democrats and true Independents

[tavalon]

46. If by formidable, they mean the most perfect example of a 1%er,

then yes, Mittens is one formidable Ken doll.

That said, he who runs against Obama loses. Period. And they know it. We know it, Everybody knows it.

I want him to get the nomination and then I want to push the class consciousness that this post OWS nation needs to get. And get completely. He's perfect that way. I wonder if he knows how many houses he owns?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. From your writing to God's ears. I hope that you are right!

[Doc Holliday]

54. Which is why it's all good

for our side.

Teabaggers and other staunch individualists (heh-heh) hate to be told what to do, much less how to think. Try explaining to a Teabagger that, if he wants Obama gone, he's just gonna have to hold his nose and vote for _________________.

Because whoever the Tea Party candidate is will not be the nominee. Sorry, but there it is. The GOP machine simply won't let that happen.

[quakerboy]

28. They may not want him, but they are gonna get him.

Money. Its all about the money. These are republicans after all.

Its been a big shell game. Romney cant seem to raise his poll numbers. So money has made certain that the vote is divided up enough that he still wins. Money keeps Perry in, in case someone else is polling to beat Romney, they can dilute that vote.

[MADem]

31. I think some of your points are salient. I don't see Jeb as a savior, though. WAY too much baggage.

Also, he's not "tanned, rested and ready." He's looking wonkish and unhealthy, and he's in the business of selling his "education miracle" to other suckers, er, governors. Sorry to say, I am less than impressed with what passes for education in Florida as a whole. You get what you (don't) pay for, I guess.



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/education/27bush.html

[Galraedia]

35. I wish Ron Paul would hurry up and lose already.

His cult followers are f**king annoying.

[Mr Dixon]

44. ROFL

Agreed

[Norrin Radd]

50. Double agreed.

[Doc Holliday]

55. Make it a triple

There's a local radio host down here that calls them Paulistinians. Not far off.

(Although that label brings to mind a bunch of wild-eyed motherfuckers shooting AKs into the air and hollering, "Allah u akbar!&quot

As someone said upthread, these guys are a bunch of faux leftists who think we'll get a smaller MIC and legal weed.

[TigerToMany]

58. Make that quadruple

I don't see how any reasonable, intelligent human being can support Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is possibly even more right-wing than Santorum, it's just that Paul is more deceptive, while Santorum wears his ignorance on his sleeve.

On the other hand, I hope that Santorum actually wins the nomination because he is such a weak candidate even among the Republicans that it would be that much easier just for Obama to win. Not that Obama would be in danger of losing anyways, but we all know with the right-wingers tendencies to steal elections, that they will be trying dirty tricks if Romney got the nomination.

[onenote]

37. Time will tell, but I think you couldn't be more wrong

The party (at least the part that matters -- the part with the money) wants Romney more than it wants any of the other choices. And thus Romney it shall be. I'll be quick to publicly admit I was wrong if it comes out differently but I'm not all that concerned about having to make that admission.

[Grassy Knoll]

17. Romney Uses Tele-Prompter In Victory Speech

News Flash: Shit You Don't Mention On Faux Noise

[alp227]

22. Free republic responses and a map; things will get interesting during the southern primaries.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2831271/posts

http://nhpr.org/live-map-primary-2012-results

of course the usual Romney-bashing, and they take in account how NH allowed independents to vote in this primary. Will Romney pull a southern strategy, since Texas governor Perry is more likely to win or get a significant amount of votes in southern states.

[still_one]

25. Wow, romney was over 50% a few weeks ago, that is a big drop /nt

[onenote]

36. Link? I think you're mistaken

I don't recall any polls with Romney over 50% in NH. In fact, if you check out the several dozen NH primary polls reported on Real Clear Politics (dating back to last spring), Romney has generally been polling in the 35-40 percent range, give or take a couple of points. I think there is one poll in that entire time that put him as high as 45 percent -- none higher.

[still_one]

59. I have no link, thought I heard it somewhere. I suspect you are correct. /nt

[tpsbmam]

29. Bachmann was still in the running....and she got (drum roll)

a big fat 0%! Yep, that's zero percent!

I'll leave it to others to decipher what that says about her relationship with God -- this nonbeliever will just get myself into trouble here, as evidenced to me by the two sentences I deleted before posting.

[tavalon]

47. God doesn't like her gay husband?

I dunno. That's all I got. Well, that, and the woman is batshit crazy.

[YOHABLO]

30. Any Surprises??

Like we didn't know he would win in NH .. and he will be GOPs candidate. Why all the pretense? I find 23% for Paul very scary. These people don't know what a maniac this guy is. Well on to South Carolina for some more of the circus of the clowns. I heard Nikki Haley will be naked riding a horse bare back.

[Clear Blue Sky]

32. Good. Obama will beat Romney like a drum.

[Javaman]

34. Is huntsman a stalking horse? nt

[Saving Hawaii]

38. Donald Trump Sues Mittens for Trademark Infringement

He should anyways. Rmoney totally jacked his slogan.

[cascadiance]

49. Hah, I was just thinking about this before looking at this thread too...

[Berlin Expat]

40. Seeing as how I'm going for

a "triangulation" strategy, this is excellent news.

The hardcore GOP base (evangelicals, Teahadis) will NEVER vote for Romney in significant enough numbers for him to beat Obama. For those who don't believe it, mosey on over to FR one fine day.....they are, and will remain, fanatically anti-Romney, even at the cost of losing to President Obama this fall.

What's better is that Ron Paul is pulling second! The GOP base hates him even more than Romney, and he's setting himself up as the "anti-Romney".

This ensures a GOP civil war; hardly a propitious state of affairs for a party to find itself going into a general election cycle.

I'm pulling for Romney to win in South Carolina and Florida.....if he can pull it off, it all but guarantees President Obama's re-election this year.

[McCamy Taylor]

42. The press can easily spin this as a "loss" for Romney. Paul's 20% is what he always gets everywhere.

So he does not count. Lump the others together and they beat Romney.

So, the winner is "Anyone But Romney". That means we can expect another huge influx if Super Pac money before South Carolina.

You know who this winner really is? The folks selling 30 second TV spots. Romney is going to go broke is he tries to self finance his own campaign. He had better start selling favors quick.

[onenote]

51. Is anyone seeing the press spinning this as a "loss" for Romney?

All I'm seeing is how he crushed the opposition and is the presumptive nominee short of some surprising turn of events. And that sounds about right to me. I don't see anything derailing Romney.

[Doc Holliday]

56. "presumptive nominee"

Exactly right. Just like Bush in 2000, although it's coming sooner. The sunny, oblivious smile that says, "Look, I've got the job; let's cut the bullshit and make it official."

Looks like the media got the memo....and the meme. "Presumptive GOP nominee" sums it up nicely.

[onenote]

57. What evidence is there at this point that anyone can stop him?

It would be a made up story to say that Romney ISN'T the front runner or presumptive nominee or whatever you want to call it. Gingrich is done. Santorum looks like a one-trick pony. Paul is a niche candidate. Huntsman is a no trick pony.

If you can spin a story that suggests how Romney is in any sort of trouble, especially with his repub challengers all backing off attacking his Bain Capital experience, I'd love to hear it. It would be great if the repubs got to a convention in disarray, but there are lots of things that would be great that are not likely to happen and I wouldn't expect the press to be reporting it as if they were.

[Hubert Flottz]

43. Bozo Romney takes the cake in New Hampshire...

Those voters should be fired. And Mitt should sue his brain for non support. The only thing Mitt needs are some clown shoes.

[Suji to Seoul]

52. Lord Mittens Willard of Magic Underpants Land needed to win in his backyard.

Texas Psycho put up good numbers. . .keep them divided.
And Frothy's anal lubey goodness seems to be getting wiped down the drain.
As is Mr. Million Wives and the Texas Hair Hat's overwhelming 1%.

SC should be fun to watch. Just enough wing nuts to make Frothy happy. . .just enough bigots to give Paul another good showing. . .just enough rubes to give Neutron Newt a boost.

Lord Mittens Willard of Magic Underpants Land will probably fail in most states in the west or south.

BROKEN CONVENTION, I am predicting.