Via Buzzfeed:
The memo, to be distributed today, indicates that the Santorum campaign seems more concerned with arguing that Romney will not win a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention, rather than making the case for why he will. Indeed, the over-2,000-word memo only addresses the possibility of Santorum reaching a majority in its final paragraph, and only as a throw-away.
Polls are closing and numbers are starting to come in, in Michigan and we are officially off to the races. There is a lot at stake and with rumors of low voter turn out and democrats voting against Mitt Romney, this could be anyone’s game.
Check out the results coming in live here at Google Politics.
As Soup said earlier, Democrats may rue the day they voted for Santorum.
I love this definition Chrome extension; if you don’t know the meaning of a word, you click on it and a box pops up with the definition and a Wikipedia link.
In today’s Maureen Dowd column, she mentions that Rick Santorum’s name is etymologically derived from ‘sanctimonious,’ so I was curious as to what the extension would pull up. Sure enough, instead of talking about the man Santorum, it describes the phrase associated with Santorum. (notice it’s “santorum,” not “Santorum.” Lower case ‘s’ is key.)
Conversely, in the same paragraph, President Obama is mention, so I decided to see what definition flashes on my screen. Here, we get information on President Obama (with a capital “O”).
Do these things matter? I have no idea.
What would you do if you had billions? You’d play king-maker, too, right?
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, by far the biggest financial backer of Newt Gingrich’s presidential bid, is preparing to open his wallet again. But this time, the casino magnate appears to have more than one agenda.
In a bit of political chess, Mr. Adelson is ready to not only directly support the former House speaker in the Republican primary, but to use his cash to push Rick Santorum from his position atop the latest national polls, according to people who have discussed the matter with Mr. Adelson.
If Mr. Gingrich could afford to continue campaigning, one of those people said, he might be able to draw off conservative and evangelical voters from Mr. Santorum, improving the chances of Mitt Romney, who Mr. Adelson believes has a better chance to win November’s general election.
Seriously.
Mitt Romney wins the Iowa Caucus by 8 votes over Rick Santorum. Herman Cain (who dropped a couple weeks ago) and Buddy Roemer (who hasn’t been taken seriously by the GOP) combined to get 89 votes, and “No preference” garnered 135 votes.
For more coverage, check out Politico, Talking Points Memo and Buzzfeed
Still can’t get over the 8-vote differential. You can’t even field a baseball team with that number.
Santorum’s nephew, in an opinion piece for the Daily Caller, says he’ll vote for Ron Paul. Next Thanksgiving is going to be awkward.
(h/t imwithkanye)
