Midknight Review -- new and revised: Tuesday Primaries: Romney Wins Big in Arizona and by 4 pts in Michigan. He won the Catholic vote in both states.

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Michigan: Romney up 42 to 38 over Santorum with 81% of precincts counted
Michigan is a county by county election process - two delegates per county. Delegates are not awarded on the basis of the general and popular vote. Santorum will pick up a surprising number of delegates out of Michigan.

Arizona was called for Romney within one minute of the closings of its voting booths. . . Romney 48% to 25% winner takes all -- with 70% of precincts reporting.

A total of 59 delegate votes will be awarded as a result of the Arizona and Michigan primaries.

With all the talk of Santorum and the Democrat vote in Michigan, just under 10% the primary vote will be "Democrat" and only half that total is voting for Santorum.

53% of Michigan Republicans oppose the auto bailouts.

Michigan as a state, has not voted "Republican" in the presidential election since 1988.

Exit polling: developing.

4.56 pst Just some commentary:
Coverage has not started yet, but, I was thinking, if this alliance between Santorum and the Socialist Democrats does not work, what then? I think, I hope, this business works against the man. I do not believe Democrats voting for Santorum are Reagan Blue Collar voters within the Democrat party - those people "crossed over" about the same time I did, back in the days of Reagan. All modern day Democrats are big government types, all of them. Some of them are Marxist as is the case with the leadership of the national Democrat party and these are the ones I rail against day after day. Democrats voting for Santorum, today, are not who he thinks they are. If his instincts prove to be "bad" in Michigan, what of his national strategy.

Already, Santorum want this election season to be about the revival of conservative/religious social values, the very things that no one has been thinking about over the past three years. While Obama has campaign strategies for the other GOP representatives, most of the strategies are well known and not impactive (comparatively speaking), for that very reason.

But with Santorum, we will be arguing about "new" issues. With "newness" comes heightened voters interest with the greater benefit going to the Democrat, in view of the lack of enthusiasm now being felt. I think this is just the dumbest of campaign strategies. I will support him, regardless, but I will be very angry should we lose the election because of Santorum.

My young adult children often take on tasks that look impossible. As a father, I keep my big mouth shut as to what I think they can do. An, wouldn't you know it, more often than not, they get it done when I was secretly convinced they couldn't. Maybe Santorum will pull it off. If he does, hero status awaits him . . . . . . . . . . and an apology from me.

Exit polling

Michigan - so far a 40/40 split between Romney and Tricky Ricky.

57% of folks in Michigan prefer a man with business experience; 30% prefer government experience.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

2 comments:

AnonymousFebruary 29, 2012 at 2:56 AM
WIsh you wouldn't post your picture. You're one friggin scary looking redneck.
John SmithsonFebruary 29, 2012 at 1:00 PM
I think my oldest daughter would agree, seriously. I do it just to make the point that an idiot looking Okie can actually write script - whether you agree or not.