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Illinois Mitt’s win in Illinois was bigger and more decisive than expected – 47% to Rick’s 35%. His delegate count is 554 (RCP, or 563 Politico). He’s still on track, despite Santorum’s less significant win in Louisiana, which was again courtesy in good part to Southern religious bias. I only caught snippets of his victory speech – Prager, as he often does, replayed and commented on it, and had high praise. Some excerpts: “Day by day, bureaucrat by bureaucrat, this president is crushing the American dream....I spent 25 years learning about the American Enterprise system by doing it – you can’t learn that as law professor at U. Chicago.” Krauthammer noted he’s already pivoting against Obama as part of a general election campaign. His opponents (GOP & Axelrod, the media, etc.) love to diminish this victory as others, by focusing on his 7-to-1 spending. He can’t help their lack of fundraising ability, which would weaken them in the general election. People vote with their wall...

5 More Primaries & Mitt’s on Track Mitt, Rick & Newt were basically separated by a few percentage points in Alabama & Mississippi, splitting the delegates almost equally. Newt was expected to have done better in his back yard, and Mitt did better than expected – “held his own” in the Evangelical South. But Mitt swept Hawaii, American Samoa & Puerto Rico. The delegate count,: Mitt 516, Rick 236, Newt 141, Ron 66. Mitt’s still on track to secure the nomination before the convention. Mitt appears several points ahead in the Illinois polls. Eye of Newt Newt had said Alabama & Mississippi were must-wins for him, but changed his tune after not winning, saying he’d stay in the race to the convention. He blamed his loss on Mitt’s robocalls & mailers – always someone else’s fault for him. That’s fine – he’ll never correct his faults. His wife said their only opponent is Obama. Newt congratulated Santorum – never has congratulated Mitt for his wins. He said “The...

Super Tuesday My last post got Romney’s number of Super Tuesday states right – 7 out of the 11, and was only wrong with N. Dakota. But he did get the one that I didn’t call – Ohio. And Ohio was a cliffhanger – not called until after 9:30pm Pacific Time. He’d also won Washington state over the weekend – his 5th in a row. Here are the full results. About 6:40 PST (9:40 EST) Ann Romney gave a long introduction of Mitt in Boston, thanking many specific people in the various states. Mitt said in his victory speech that “for those who only see jobs they can’t have, you haven’t failed – your president has failed you, and needs to go. ...8% unemployment is not the best this country can do, but only the best this president can do. ...Real change is finally on the way. But our campaign is about more than replacing a president – it’s about restoring the promise of America. ....There are hard, long days of work ahead – tomorrow we wake up and start again. But Nov. 6 we’ll stand united to...

In this post: recent (AZ, MI & WY) primaries, Super Tuesday & the big picture road ahead, strategic voting tactics, another case against Santorum, the last (20th) debate, Andrew Breitbart’s untimely death, and more inept “leadership” by Obama. Recent primary results: Arizona: Mitt 47%, Rick 38% Michigan: Mitt 41%, Rick 38% Wyoming: Mitt 39%, Rick 32% From the Romney campaign: “The exit polls again showed that Mitt's support is wide reaching by winning among men, women, Catholics, Republicans, and those families most impacted by the economy in both states. “The bottom line is that Mitt is continuing to build his delegate count and has now won 40% of all votes cast in the GOP contests. It is getting increasingly harder to see a path to the nomination for any of his rivals.” Regarding Michigan , Mitt came from 15 points behind a couple weeks before to win. And his win would have been even larger if not for the participation of some 10,000 Democrats (9% of those who voted) in ...