Although there was some doubt that Mitt Romney could win both Arizona and Michigan, he was able to pull it off tonight in both primaries. He won Arizona and his home state of Michigan for the GOP nomination for president.
His chief rival in the past month has been Rick Santorum who many believed had taken Romney's place as the top contender, even in his home state.
Santorum was ahead by 4 points at the beginning of the week, but his overriding emotional statements on religion, women's contraceptive usage and his shocking reference on how he felt at reading a speech by the beloved President Kennedy and stating President Obama was a snob for wanting America's children to get college education was just too bizarre for voters. There was even talk that Democrats would to partake in a bit of mischief and vote for Santorum to put him up over Mitt Romney, giving Democrats an easy target in the November vote. Not surprising that the comments Santorum made about President Kennedy turned the page for Democrats and other Michigonians who could not vote for such a man so little esteem for a fallen president, because there didn't seem to be any evidence that Democrats voted for him at all.
It was a huge loss for Santorum after going so far to get to the point of beating Romney.
As Rick Santorum made his concession speech tonight, his daughter looked on sadly over his shoulder as though she was thinking his time has come. There will be little more than this in in Super Tuesday, it would be best to pack the bags now and go home.
Santorum killed his own goose.
No comments:
Post a Comment