Washington GOP caucus **results thread**

[Lincoln Republican]

CNN:
8% in
Romney: 31%
Paul: 27%
Santorum: 24%
Gingrich: 14%

[Lincoln Republican]

Congratulations Politico Winfield!

Fixed.

Thank you very much, and might I say..........Congratulations Politico

as Winfield and Politico give each other a cyber high five.  

This is a great night for Washington, this is a great night for America, and this is a great night for democracy, not to mention a great night for Mitt.

[Lincoln Republican]

Gah, I hope the race doesn't get dull as dirt from here on with Romney winning everything.

Would that would be so, however, that is not to going to happen.  Romney will win, but he will absolutely not win everything from here on in, unfortunately.

[Lincoln Republican]

Reports from Vantage, Washington, of about 5,000 pieces of paper reading "Ron Paul" floating down the Columbia River.

Of course.  Everytime someone loses to Romney there's always thousands of votes for another candidate floating down a river, eaten by a dog, or transported telepathically into outer space.

[Lincoln Republican]

I'm not so sure why people are so surprised.

So, tonight is a victory for sanity if that means anything at all. It means that our essential analysis of the situation is correct, and should prevail on super tuesday. OH will determine the nomination.

A win in OH for Santorum over Romney means that he should get the nomination. A win by Romney means that he should get the nomination, as he'll have enough support with IL + OH, despite losing in MI with the delegate split.

Uh, no.  If Santorum wins Ohio that does not mean he wins the nomination.  Regardless of whether it's Romney or Santorum, Ohio will very likely be close, and the delegates awarded will, consequently, be close.  This is a game of delegate numbers.  

Romney is in much better position than Santorum is in for the long haul.