Last Thursday, I was at RPLAC when the numbers were coming in from Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota.
Here are the maps:
Colorado Caucus 2012
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| Orange = Romney/ Purple = Gingrich/ Green = Santorum |
| Santorum | 26,614 | 40.31% | ||
| Romney | 23,012 | 34.85% | ||
| Gingrich | 8,445 | 12.79% | ||
| Paul | 7,759 | 11.75% | ||
| Others | 71 | 0.11% |
Minnesota Caucus 2012
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| Green = Santorum/ Yellow = Paul |
| Santorum | 44.9% | 21,932 | |||||
| Paul | 27.1% | 13,228 | |||||
| Romney | 16.9% | 8,222 | |||||
| Gingrich | 10.8% | 5,272 |
Missouri (non-binding) Primary 2012
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| Green = Santorum |
| Rick Santorum | 138,957 | 55.17% | ||
| Mitt Romney | 63,826 | 25.34% | ||
| Ron Paul | 30,641 | 12.17 |
And finally, on Saturday when I was hanging among the Goths (Political and non), came the Maine Caucus.
Maine Caucus 2012
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| Orange = Romney/Gold = Paul/ Green = Santorum** |
Mitt Romney | 2,190 | 39.2% |
Ron Paul | 1,996 | 35.7% |
Rick Santorum | 989 | 17.7% |
Newt Gingrich | 349 | 6.2% |
Those are the data points, what does it all mean?
What It All Means
Before Senator Santorum's triple play, there was news on the wire about the Romney - Paul coalition to defeat Gingrich (not knowing Santorum would come from behind).
Then the coalition got to Maine. Maine GOP Chair Charles Webster declared Maine for Romney. Like the Red Sox and New England Patriots, Maine always backs New England players first. Just like the rest of New England (I say that as a New York Yankee fan).
A lot of Paul voters are crying "Foul," while waiting for a snowed in Washington County. If the coalition breaks in Maine (as it should), Gingrich or Santorum can overtake Romney.
Out of the three States that Santorum won, Gingrich did not participate in MO. But MO still has caucuses upcoming, so it is still up for grabs.
Santorum won because no one trusts Romney and because the Romney-Paul coalition stinks at the local levels. No one knows what Romney stands for and the CRP and RPLAC have already had problems with the Paul supporters. Past is precedence.
I will post delegate totals after Super Tuesday.
To be continued.....
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