Romney Didn't Win, Folks...

[BlooInBloo]

(a) He paid ~$400 per vote. That's 8 times more than the 2nd place guy.

(b) He was the only top tier candidate there - he was essentially running unopposed.

(c) Paying those kinds of prices, and having no opposition, HE STILL COULDN'T GET EVEN 1/3 OF THE VOTE.


It's a loss.

[JeffR]

1. In a nutshell

Neat little summary.

[Coexist]

2. actually, each of the R candidates is beatable, so I hope they DO

spend all their money fighting out this primary.

[high density]

3. I flipped through the talking head shows this morning

Everybody was talking breathlessly about it, as if it actually meant something... Are we really supposed to care about this BS?

[madrchsod]

4. it`s iowa-who cares?

[Sal Minella]

5. I live in Iowa, and I don't even care.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Bullshit--he won. By a healthy margin. He'll use this to his advantage.

A win is a win. No one is going to remember who came in second or third of the second-tier candidates.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I Want To Face The Easiest Republican To Beat

Out of Guliani, Thompson, or Romney who is it...

I'd prefer to face Rudy...

[TwilightGardener]

8. Thompson--just as phony as Romney, but no qualifications.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Have you seen the latest TPM post about just HOW phony Thompson is?

It's a keeper!

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/016496.php

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Could You Imagine If He Took His Red Pick Up Shtick To Los Angeles, Miami, Or New York City

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[BlooInBloo]

12. Heh! He wouldn't, obviously, but it's a funny thought nonetheless.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. And Then He Gets Out In His Jeans, Dingo Boots, And Plaid Shirt

They'll think they are doing a sequel to Midnight Cowboy





Who will be his conflicted pimp?

[Yael]

10. "get" or "buy"?

Exactly how meaningless is a straw 'vote' where people pay $35 a pop to cast their opinion? Romney bought up a mountain of these tickets to give away and still didn't come up with 1/3.

[stirlingsliver]

13. Yawn.

Who gives a fuck who won?

ANY of the Democrats running for President is better than ANY of the rethugpukelikans running.

And ANY Democrat running will be able to beat ANY rethugpukelikan running.

Wake me up afte the rethugpukelikans have decided who is going to lose.

[Me.]

15. Actually

I'd read Romney spent over 5 mil on his Iowa effort. For that he got 4,516 votes. Which means it cost him over $1100. per vote.