Romney is a loser tonight even if he wins.

[BlueStater]

He's been campaigning in Iowa non-stop for five years and he just BARELYS defeats a guy like Santorum? Not a very good reflection on him as a candidate.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. Exactly!

I started this thread earlier:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002113201

[James48]

2. Romney hasn't beat him yet-

It's not who casts the votes that count. It's who counts the votes.

[craigmatic]

3. Silver already called it. there are at least 200 more votes to be counted from Romney counties.

[deacon]

4. It's a major major major embarrassment no matter what any pundit says. n/t

[bigwillq]

5. Iowa isn't really going to decide this race.

And "just barely" still counts, although I do agree it's a pretty poor showing in a state he's campaigned in for 5 years.

[SixthSense]

6. if you want to be technical about it

Romney is a loser every night

[book_worm]

7. this is a win for Romney the way winning NH in '68 was for LBJ

[Samantha]

8. What about this? He knocked out of contention the two that he wanted to see go

Gingrich and Perry. He's left running against Santorum and Ron Paul, neither of whom can catch him over the long haul. I think that is why he is so happy. What will come out now is all of the Santorum weirdness and the Ron Paul seediness which most of the normal voting public will reject.

On the other hand, he is going to get up tomorrow morning knowing Gingrich is going to come after him with the goal of bloodying the political waters -- he is that furious over those ads. Nothing is more ugly to watch than Republicans devouring each other.

Rumor has it that tonight Bachmann will be asked tonight by her inner circle to drop out of the race. If that happens, Romney will have cornered the conservative voters, since Santorum presents no real threat in this race. Not bad for a night's work, and good for the Democrats.

Sam