Official Michigan and Arizona Results thread

[Wisconsin+17]

Yeah, it will be interesting. This isn't a very dominant win for Mittens, that's for sure.

He did well enough to win, but I don't think he draws much momentum, if anything from MI.

[retromike22]

Romney's audience:

"Obama does (blank)"
"Boo!"
"I'll do the opposite"
"Yay!"

[cinyc]

Yeah, it will be interesting. This isn't a very dominant win for Mittens, that's for sure.

He did well enough to win, but I don't think he draws much momentum, if anything from MI.

A win is a win, especially when reported as such.  The margin really doesn't matter - nor does the fact that it looks like Santorum will win more delegates, if the AP tallies hold.

[Wisconsin+17]

Yuma, Santorum did well, but not well enough. Could be the first county sweep for Mitt, depending on Santa Cruz and Cochise.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Obama?  Raising taxes?  Does Mitt even pick up a newspaper?

[Alcon]

haha, Yuma County is 98% in.  38-32 Romney; closer than I'd have thought.  That was a waste of mental energy.

Nothing from Santa Cruz, though.  If Yuma was that close, and the white voters in Santa Cruz are similar to Yuma's (no idea), it will vote Santorum.

Cohise County is a weird place, but it doesn't seem much like Yuma or Santa Cruz to me, and has a fairly small Hispanic population.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Phyrric victory.

[Franzl]

Obama?  Raising taxes?  Does Mitt even pick up a newspaper?

Mitt certainly knows it's bull, but he doesn't care. That's what his audience wants to hear.

[yourelection]

Not a bad speech by Romney. Good jabs at Obama, short and to the point. That should give him some plus-points as well.

[Eraserhead]

Well, I think Romney has finally locked down the nomination.

Hopefully we'll get one last Gingrich surge on Super Tuesday though. Tonight's results are great news for him. He'll definitely hold onto Georgia now and he might grab a couple of other states too.

[Alcon]

Looks like Cochise is tracking pretty similar to Yuma, 39-33 Romney with 73% in.  Santa Clara is probably Santorum then, unless the exit polls were wrong.  Even the Republicans might be majority Hispanic there.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Because he held serve in states he was expected to win? I don't see it.

As for Gingrich - tonight was a horrible night for him.

[J. J.]

I can't tell for sure, but I think Romney got a majority of the delegates.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

considering the libertarian tradition there, it's odd Paul is doing so poorly in AZ.

[Torie]

Obama?  Raising taxes?  Does Mitt even pick up a newspaper?

Mitt certainly knows it's bull, but he doesn't care. That's what his audience wants to hear.

Obama has wanted to raise taxes on the "rich," and on investment income even for the non-rich, and such. Of course, to avoid BK to implement Obama's vision, as opposed to a more modest GOP one, taxes will need to be raised more than otherwise, and it will be a tax increase on the middle class in any event - it is just a matter of degree depending on the vision. Well granted, nobody knows what Obama's vision is really on dealing with the entitlement bear. It is as if for him, such a bear is about as real as Big Foot. Ignore the specter of the bear at your own risk, because it may just be that it is not only real, but an irritable Grizzly.

[yourelection]

So I've added my thoughts on the primaries to the blog (http://www.yourelection.net/2012/02/michigan-and-arizona-primary-2012/) and it's now time to call it a night.

[cinyc]

This is the Oakland County precinct winner map so far, from the county's elections website.  Romney is in peach, Santorum yellow, and Paul red. 



The town with the red in the middle of the county is Pontiac.  Santorum also did well in Southfield and other areas near 8 Mile.

[Wisconsin+17]

Good night!

[LastVoter]

Can anybody link the story about how MI primary became open to help Mittens?

[Likely Voter]

tonight is a great night for android-americans. Robots are people too

[I'm JewCon in name only.]

[tpfkaw]

Can anybody link the story about how MI primary became open to help Mittens?

Looks like it hurt him: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=149870.0

[LastVoter]

Can anybody link the story about how MI primary became open to help Mittens?

Looks like it hurt him: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=149870.0

Yea that's why I want to find the link to the story where Rick Snyder made the primary open to help Mittens.

[greenforest32]

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

From everything I've heard from people who were on the fence yesterday, it was the robo call that pushed them to Romney today.  I haven't talked to a single person who liked Santorum's push for Democrats to vote for him.  I think that robo call cost him the election tonight.  So, I say my prediction was sound based on polling... it was that robo call that pushed everybody to Romney late yesterday and today.