Why did Santorum win in Big MO? n/t

[RKP5637]

[Thrill]

1. Midwest connects?

. He won Iowa too.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Didn't have to split the anti-Romney vote with Newt

[baldguy]

3. Because Bible-belt fundamentalists don't want to vote for Rmoney the pagan.

[demosincebirth]

14. You are probably right, just replace (pagan)with Morman.

[baldguy]

15. They think Mormons are pagans.

They think Catholics are pagans too.

[quakerboy]

18. I tend to agree

Fundies tend to dislike Mormons and catholics, often calling them cults.

But how does that help sanatorium over rmoney. One is Mormon, the other catholic.

[charlyvi]

16. And they don't use the Google. n/t

[DCBob]

4. conservatives and evangelicals plus..

RW talk radio has been pushing him lately and they are finally realizing Gingrich is radioactive.

[JI7]

5. Newt was not on the ballot

[RKP5637]

9. Yep, that's the big factor. Thanks!

[aaaaaa5a]

6. Easy...

5 reasons.

1) Two person race (Ron Paul is a side-show, Gingrich is no on the ballot to split non-Romney vote)

2) Closed Primary (No moderates to help Romney)

3) No Romney Attack adds ( Romney was down big in IA and FL. He rebounded to win both only because he had more money than anyone else. This type of campaign was not run in MO, and so the original vote pattern stood in place.)

3) Romney has won in 3 places (NH-Home State, FL-Moderate State, NV-Mormon State) He has been no stronger than anyone else in all other contests. From an objective standpoint there is no evidence that he runs well in any state where he has not had a significant home field advantage. (Remember even in NV, where he won 50% of the vote, about 25% of everyone who voted was Mormon.)

4) To be honest, I'm still unclear as to what really counts and what doesn't. Intensity is really low

5) I think Mitt Romney took a lot of what was suppose to happen tonight for granted. It looks like even Colorado will be closer than expected.

[RKP5637]

8. Thanks!

[renie408]

7. Because Republicans have a fey sense of humor?? n/t

[book_worm]

10. He took the state seriously and Mittens didn't...

Mittens is not showing a lot of strength in the midwest.

[charlyvi]

11. The Base hates Mitt.

Santorum is the only viable non-Mitt left.

[Showrunner]

12. Not that hard to figure...

2008...Mike Chuckleberry eeks out a win in Opted and then crushes in Missouri. Samtorum is the 2012 Christian-right Chuckleberry. It could end there...but, add to that the fact that Mitt the Magnanimous will never newer allowed to secure the nomination...and it's more than understandable how & why this happened.
http://thoughtsatthreeam.blogspot.com

[RC]

13. Missouri's Primary Election Begins

This year's primary does not actually count towards deciding Missouri's Republican delegates. Missouri switched to a caucus that will be held in March. The caucus will determine Missouri's official candidate choice.
http://www.komu.com/news/missouri-s-primary-election-begins/

It costs the State of Missouri millions anyway.

[customerserviceguy]

17. I'm still wondering

why he didn't beat Noot in South Carolina. I figured that SC was the place where the anti-Mitt would go from being Santorum to Gingrich, but it seems to be that SC (and FL, to an extent) were anomolies. It seems rational that Santorum would be far more acceptable to anti-Mitt voters than Gingrich, but I guess Noot held his own for a couple of contests.

Maybe Gingrich looked too weak and desperate before and after Florida to impress anybody that he was anything but a loser.

[DevonRex]

19. Drive thru MO and count the anti-abortion billboards.

Bonus points for the homemade signs people stick on their land along the interstates. Double bonus points for fetus pictures in any of the signs. Triple bonus for signs within 1 mile of a super duper XXX porn store.

Everyone I know personally in MO is liberal. But they have to put up with a very vocal evangelical population.

[RKP5637]

22. Wow! I've never driven around MO much, been in the Kansas City area, but that's about all. n/t

[Obama3_16]

20. because this primary is meaningless therfore only idiots voted?

sounds like a good explanation to me.

[RKP5637]

21. It's strange, isn't it ... I was wondering why they even had this one ... seemed

illogical to me.

[Broken_Hero]

23. From what I can tell

its a few things, because many in my part of MO(SW MO) think Mitt is too liberal, that Mormon's are heathens(or polygamists). I was shocked that the state voted so heavily for Santorum though, I figured a lot would go for Ron Paul. In my county I see a ton of RP signs.

[RKP5637]

24. That's what I had figured too, that Ron Paul would do well.