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If you felt a chill of fear in the air last night, it was likely emanating from the Mitt Romney campaign.

That’s because Rick Santorum pulled a surprise upset in yesterday’s political trifecta of Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, winning all 3 states to the shock and surprise of the entire GOP establishment!

Santorum first won Missouri with 55% of the vote, beating out 2nd place Romney who only received 25% of the state vote.  Then Santorum picked up Minnesota with 45% of the vote, followed by 2nd place Ron Paul at 36%.  Alleged front runner Mitt Romney came in a very distant 3rd place with only 16%.  Finally, Santorum made it a clean sweep, claiming Colorado with 40%, while Mitt Romney came in 2nd place with 35%.  Ironically, Romney won both Minnesota and Colorado during the 2008 Republican primary, but failed to repeat in 2012.

The surprise emergence of Rick Santorum at this stage in the election is a major setback for the Romney campaign.  At a time when Romney believed he would now be coasting toward the convention as the inevitable nominee, he was defeated in every single contest.  The message couldn’t be any more clear:  Romney is in trouble.  In fact, the Republican party is in trouble — as it can’t seem to coalesce around any one candidate.

Although Rick Santorum was a major winner last night, the big winner of the evening was Barack Obama.  A confused and divided Republican party is providing him a near certain first-class ticket to a 2nd term.

DJ

DJ is the creator and editor of OK WASSUP! He is also a Guest Writer/Blogger, Professional and Motivational Speaker, Producer, Music Consultant, and Media Contributor. New York, New York USA

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  1. Your post is spot on DJ. Romney didn't just lose. He lost BADLY and especially among So-Cons and ultra right Conservatives who want little-to-NOTHING to do with the guy…and it's NOT just the Mormon issue (though that issue does matter).But I want to take a moment to note the idiocy of most political pundits and the worthless narratives and polls that pundits like to hype on a daily basis:  Shortly after the results started coming in last night_and it became clear that Santorum was probably going to have a great night_pundits on CNN, in particular, began pontificating: "But…but…but…the polls." And "Wow. We didn't see that coming."The truth is, only the PPP polls yesterday morning indicated that Santorum was probably going to have a good night last night. I provided a link to that story yesterday:PPP: "Big Day For Santorum?"http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/02/b…It seems the echo chamber of cable news far too often serves only to parrot the so-called "analysis" and opinions of a few folks who, IMO, seldom have a clue as to what they're talking about. And the polls they tout tend to be, IMO, even LESS reliable.Now back to the Caucuses and Primary last night:  Once again, the story BEHIND the story is the LACK of enthusiam for the GOP candidates in general, and for Romney, in particular. Voter turnout was way down and, once again, NO amount of SPIN can hide that fact.The GOP *base* neither likes NOR trusts Romney. They don't consider him a "Conservative"_and for good reason: He's NOT a conservative; Romney knows it and the GOP establishment knows it. In short: Romney's in real trouble. The Repubs have a real mess on their hands…and DJ is correct…….the real winner last night: President Obama. 

  2. Nate Silvers: "G.O.P. Race Has Hallmarks of Prolonged Battle"Mr. Romney has had deep problems so far with the Republican base, going 1-for-4 in caucus states where turnout is dominated by highly conservative voters. Mr. Romney is 0-for-3 so far in the Midwest, a region that is often decisive in the general election. He had tepid support among major blocks of Republican voters like evangelicals and Tea Party supporters, those voters making under $50,000 per year, and those in rural areas. Instead, much of his support has come from the wealthy areas that Charles Murray calls Super ZIPs — few of which are in swing states in the general election.Meanwhile, polls show that a large number of Republicans have tepid enthusiasm for their field. And this has been reflected in the turnout so far, which is down about 10 percent from 2008 among Republican registrants and identifiers.These are not the hallmarks of a race with a dominant candidate. [….]NYTimes: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/

  3. HAHAHA I just heard the results this morning and can't stop laughing. Republicans are discombumulated or however you say it. This is better than watching Atlanta Housewives lol.I like the articles your posting Truth. It just shows how worried Repubs are. DJ is right, the big winner is Obama.

  4. "I like the articles your posting Truth. It just shows how worried Repubs are."Thanks BD!…and you're right. Despite all the attempts at *spin* clearly there are signs everywhere showing just how "worried" the Repubs are. The beauty of the internet is that you don't have to depend on cable news for jack. Thank Goodness!I get a much more accurate picture of what the REAL deal is doing my own digging for information 🙂 !

  5. Who says right-wingers don't have a sense of humor? Every now and then they do…lolNRO: "Mitt Romney Has Reason to Be Concerned"[…] Mitt Romney’s campaign will have lots of explanations for their man’s poor showing tonight. Yes, Colorado and Minnesota were caucus states — the turnout is skewed in such contests toward a more conservative <span><span>electorate</span></span>. Yes, Missouri’s primary was a “beauty contest” and didn’t award any delegates.But what Romney won’t be able to explain away is just how much more poorly he did tonight in those three states than in his 2008 showing — when he lost the <span><span>GOP</span></span> nomination for president.   ………………………..Romney would help himself and his party if he realized that he will have a much higher chance of winning the general election <span>if he reaches out to conservatives and convinces them to be enthusiastic</span>. It’s one thing to win the vote of every anti-Obama voter in the country, but on his current trajectory Romney will fail to convince many of them to make that extra effort to get their friends and neighbors to the polls. That could ultimately mean the difference between victory and defeat — and for now Romney seems oblivious to that fact. […]Read: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290479/mitt-…Wait. What?! He needs to "reach out to conservatives <span>and convinces them to be enthusiastic</span>"..?! As in: "HEY YOU GUYS, COME ON. GET EXCITED ABOUT ME." Seriously?! Lol. Yeah okay then.  

  6. And now from the more civilized, sane and intelligent wing of Conservative Repub world:Rod Dreher: "Santorum Shocks Romney"Shocked the rest of us too, I imagine, with this three victories last night. It was an utterly humiliating evening for Mitt Romney, who surely thought he was going to coast to the nomination after his powerful Florida victory. It’s still hard to see how he loses this thing, but you would have said the same thing about Goliath. Santorum was always a far superior conservative alternative to Romney, at least on paper, but he didn’t connect in those early debates. He seems to have found his voice, and, with Newt having imploded in Florida, it may be that the anti-Romney GOP folks coalesce around Santorum. Who knows? This primary race is one for the history books.We can say definitively, I believe, that Republicans really dislike Mitt Romney. A lot.If Romney gets the nomination, he will be a very weak candidate who will struggle to motivate his own base. Like Santorum or not — me, I’m with him on social issues, but can’t stand his foreign policy — conservatives will have no worries about President Santorum going wobbly in office on the things they care about. They’ll be fired up to turn out for him in November. Until last night, I would have pegged Romney as by far the most electable in the GOP field. Now I’m not at all sure. Obviously he has more appeal to the independent swing voters than Santorum does. But who gets excited about the prospect of voting for Romney? If Romney is the next president, he’s going to get no respect from Congressional Republicans, who will know how weak he is, even with his own base.There’s a sneaky little part of me that’s saying this morning, “Make him spend it all, Rick!” […]Read: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/201

  7. Last night was not a good night for my candidate, I concur. However this race is far from over. I wish everyone, particulary fellow Republicans, would stop with the knee jerk overreactions. Mitt Romney will be our nominee, of this I am certain. It's high time we got behind him instead of tearing him down at every turn.

  8. Back to right-wing silly world:Commenter @ The American Spectator/The American Spectacle blog:Obama's attack on the Catholic Church, and all other relgious institutions, helped Santorum because the voters in the caucuses are the active religious conservatives, and Obama's regulation focused the attention on the free exercise of religion. This favored Santorum because he is the most overtly religious social conservative.Rick's wins is good for the primary. It draws a sharp distinction between Rick and Obama and will force Romney to be more conservative. […]Read: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/02/08/thank-hi…Funny. I've read this same nonsense expressed by more than a few rabid right-wingers today.In fact, while getting ready for work this morning I caught about 15 minutes of Joe Scarborough (a repub but not a rabid right-winger), and he was blathering on trying to make the same silly claim: Santorum is benefiting from a soc-con base that's been fired up by recent left-wing actions that seeks to infringe upon the Liberties of all Americans. Romney might be forced to go further and further to the right. Yada..yada..yada. Here's the problem with that thinking: For a *base* that's supposedly now all "fired-up" in support of Santorum, the numbers DO NOT LIE. Yes, Santorum is viewed by a lot of right-wingers as being "authentically conservative." And Romney isn't considered "authentically" anything.And Yes, Santurom cleaned Romney's clock last night. BUT (and here's where reality kicks in) voter turnout was WAY DOWN and it's been way down since the beginning of the caucuses and primaries, the ONLY exception being South Carolina…and they voted overwhelmingly for Newt.  At best Santorum may indeed be benfiting from a more ENTHUSED group of So-Con, right-wing voters(?) But they certainly AREN'T voting in large numbers even if they have added to their list yet another reason to Hate the President. Meanwhile, Romney's still on track to win the GOP nomination. But he's a weak "front-runner" who is well on his way to becoming an even WEAKER "front-runner" by the whole GOP nominating process.  

  9. Hi Beth! Nice to see you posting again.I commend you for remaining loyal to your guy. Your guy and My guy will square off in November and may the best Man win 🙂 ! 

  10. Uh-Oh. If Mitt is beginning to lose one of his most ardent supporters, Matt Lewis, then he really is looking weaker by the day. Matt Lewis: "Romney won't be able to count on conservative media intelligentsia to bring down Santorum"[…] Former Sen. Rick Santorum's impressive victories Tuesday night don't just highlight Santorum's appeal to conservative midwestern voters; they also demonstrate Mitt Romney's perilously weak status as a GOP frontrunner.Santorum has now won more states than anybody else. Counting Iowa, Santorum has won four; Romney three (New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada); and Gingrich has won one (South Carolina). In all three states that held contests Tuesday night, Romney performed worse than he did four years ago. (For example, he won Minnesota with 41% of the vote in 2008; in 2012, he garnered just 17%.)The timing of Santorum's surge may serve him well. The next two weeks feature no debates, and just one contest, in Maine. So, there are few opportunities for Santorum's momentum to dissipate soon. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) also kicks off Thursday – the largest gathering of conservative activists in America – and one can imagine the buzz at the conference will be all about Santorum.Mitt Romney might have been the candidate to defeat Barack Obama on the economy, but with the unemployment rate falling – and the government appearing to overreach on "values" issues – voters may sense that Rick Santorum is better-positioned to draw a sharper contrast with Obama. He may be the right man at the right time. [….]Matt Lewis is senior contributor to the Daily CallerRead: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifameric…H/T: The Dish

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