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Can Santorum pull off one of the great political miracles?

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Is Obama the big winner in all of this?

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Are people more interested in Rush's fate than selecting the GOP nominee?

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The Romney officials said that Romney only needs to win 48 percent of the remaining delegates, while he has won 53 percent so far, and that Santorum would have to win 65 percent of the delegates outstanding, but has won only 22 percent to this point.

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It saddens me to note that there's not a single offering from our stable of resident Right wing pundits and GOP sympathisers on this thread to date.

I wonder why that might be .....embarrassment? despair? pessimism? resignation? a sense of hopelessness? something else?

The only optimism I see at that end of the political spectrum is in the Frothy Mix camp. I can't help suspecting that is due to Frothy Mix surviving this long and reaching the position of prominence he has as much as anything else. No one really expected his candidacy to be still viable at this stage did they?

Is that in itself a comment on the (absence of) quality in the field?

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It saddens me to note that there's not a single offering from our stable of resident Right wing pundits and GOP sympathisers on this thread to date.

I wonder why that might be .....embarrassment? despair? pessimism? resignation? a sense of hopelessness? something else?

The only optimism I see at that end of the political spectrum is in the Frothy Mix camp. I can't help suspecting that is due to Frothy Mix surviving this long and reaching the position of prominence he has as much as anything else. No one really expected his candidacy to be still viable at this stage did they?

Is that in itself a comment on the (absence of) quality in the field?

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Super Tuesday has come and gone and we seem little the wiser.

How do people feel about the outcome?
Sorry I haven't looked at the results yet so I don't know what the outcome is.
Has anything changed?
nope
Will the Rep race be open all the way to the Convention?
it looks possible at this point
Will the faithful ever warm to Mitt?
which faithful would that be?
Can Santorum pull off one of the great political miracles?
If you mean can he get elected? god I hope not.
Is Obama the big winner in all of this?
good chance
Are people more interested in Rush's fate than selecting the GOP nominee?
I doubt that
I'd love to hear people's reactions to Super Tuesday and its aftermath

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It saddens me to note that there's not a single offering from our stable of resident Right wing pundits and GOP sympathisers on this thread to date.

I wonder why that might be .....embarrassment? despair? pessimism? resignation? a sense of hopelessness? something else?

Well I can't speak for anyone else on the right, but I hadn't commented on it until now because this is the first time I saw it. But go ahead and assume it's because they are.....embarrassment? despair? pessimism? resignation? a sense of hopelessness? something else?

The only optimism I see at that end of the political spectrum is in the Frothy Mix camp. I can't help suspecting that is due to Frothy Mix surviving this long and reaching the position of prominence he has as much as anything else. No one really expected his candidacy to be still viable at this stage did they?

Is that in itself a comment on the (absence of) quality in the field?
Do you think the use of "frothy mix" makes you sound more intelligent or less? Do you honestly think that will make people take you more seriously?

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Super Tuesday has come and gone and we seem little the wiser.

How do people feel about the outcome?
Happy Its over, its hung, BORING
Has anything changed? nope they are ensuring obamas second term, as expected!

Will the Rep race be open all the way to the Convention?
Of course

Will the faithful ever warm to Mitt?
Nope

Can Santorum pull off one of the great political miracles?
If he does, the whole world is in deeep shit, and not the frothy kind

Is Obama the big winner in all of this?
Absolutely

Are people more interested in Rush's fate than selecting the GOP nominee?
With as many lies as have been told and pushed as agendas, its just another chapter in the war on women. Their Biggest Mistake of the last two years.

I'd love to hear people's reactions to Super Tuesday and its aftermath.
What a fucking stoopid rigmarole.What a waste of money. Altho, That is a constant issue for me, (the amount of time and money spent making sure the rich get someone in their pockets, the average Joe and Joesephine isnt important) but that means the same for Canadian politics, and UK politics, not just the repubs.
If Mitt doesnt get it, even with all the BS, I will be very surprised

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Do you think the use of "frothy mix" makes you sound more intelligent or less? Do you honestly think that will make people take you more seriously?

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Are people more interested in Rush's fate than selecting the GOP nominee?

Super Tuesday revealed a considerable lack of enthusiasm with the entire Republican field of candidates. Voter turnout was down considerably from 2008 across many of the primary states, despite the closeness of the race. There were approximately 225,000 fewer voters casting ballots in the Virginia primary, 140,000 fewer voters in the Massachusetts primary, 60,000 fewer voters in the Oklahoma primary, 50,000 fewer voters casting ballots in the Georgia primary, and 3,000 fewer voters in the Tennessee primary. Only the Vermont and Ohio primaries showed increases in turnout.