Prior to today's primary I thought that if Romney fell below 40%

[Warren Stupidity]

in NH, a state he had 'locked up' months ago, that this would be a long drawn out loon-battle.

I think that is exactly what is going to happen.

[Mz Pip]

1. I hope so

Newt has nothinhg to lose by poisoning the pot. It will be interesting to see how well Romney does in SC.

[Warpy]

2. Romney will get shellacked in SC. Big winners will be Santorum, Perry and Paul

Remember, the preachers down there have a stranglehold on the public. It's why they keep sending trash like DeMint back into office.

[Mz Pip]

3. Romney could win

if those 3 lunatics split the vote. More people voted for someone else in NH than for Romney. I could see that happening all the way to the convention if Paul, Newt and Frothy stay in the race.

[Warpy]

8. That's what the Romney camp is hoping

but I think he's underestimating the amount of fulmination against Mormons that comes from the Southern Baptist pulpit.

With a three way split among the lunatics, he's got a chance. Just remember that Gingrich has turned Catholic and they don't like those either. I think it'll likely be Frothy Brown edging Paul edging Romney. Or Paul won't be a factor, at all, and Romney will be shellacked by Frothy Brown (and yes I know how that sounds).

[onenote]

7. As things currently stand, Romney will coast to victory in SC

He'll win by around 10 points even if he only gets 30 percent. Now, if Newt or Santorum were to throw in the towel, someone might come close to toppling Romney. But he's not going to be "shellacked".

[Selatius]

4. Romney's greatest weakness is his religion. He's a Mormon.

Few southern conservative Christians will bother to vote for the man on that point alone because they don't consider Mormonism a form of Christianity. It's a non-starter for them, and I don't know why Romney bothers with a bloc of voters who are so entrenched in their views except perhaps his own ego is blinding him.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Pretty weak showing.

Guy has a home on Lake Winnepasaukee and was a republican governor in a neighboring state. He's probably more in line with the traditional GOP candidate than any of the others (except Huntsman)...yet he couldn't get 40% of the vote. I'm not saying he won't ultimately grab the nomination, but this should have been the place where he sealed the deal...and he didn't. I don't think he's motivating the base at all and may well face a 3rd Party spoiler who will run as the true conservative. Sucks to be him.

[coalition_unwilling]

6. It's his karma for what he did to Seamus, his Irish Setter, back

in 1983.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html

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