Winning over Independent voters, like both Paul and Romney did in New Hampshire, is what's going to help us win in November. Not the "conservative Democrats" who voted for Santorum today in Michigan. Considering they'll all be voting for Obama regardless of the GOP nominee, they'll be hindering us instead.
Uh...conservative Dems are definitely voting for Obama?
I love trees. I love cars. God, those American cars...
Well, "conservative Democrats" are definitely voting for Obama. Conservative Democrats may or may not.
The best evidence we have so far about why there might be Democratic crossover voters in Michigan came from PPP last night, who said that of the Democrats who said they'd be voting for Santorum, 53% approved of Santorum, 40% did not. I'd also guess that the latter category will be less likely to show up today -- it's fun to tell an automated voice that you'll vote for someone you don't approve of, but it's a bit of a hassle in reality.
But presumably the exit polls will give us better data on this, right?
