March 13 Results

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Ahh, JJ, ever accurate on Santorum.

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Gonna be a dogfight tonight.

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Didn't they have Santorum at like 2.5 percent to win Ohio, when it was even?

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Romney up 7 vs Santorum in AL and 9 vs Gingrich in MS.

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Terrible numbers.

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Terrible as in, "using it to wipe".

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Definitely a buying opportunity if you've got the cash to spare.

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Very good news. Conservative, heavy evangelical.

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Santo at 30 with men? That's great news.

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where's the chat for tonight? Is it #atlasforums?

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Hey, when conservatives like me consider Drudge worthless, that should tell you something

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Congrats Phil. 10 states now for Santorum.

Santorum did what Huckabee couldn't, win Mississippi.

Oh, and if Gingrich wants to see Romney go down in flames- he needs to drop out, so that Santorum can rack up some huge wins.

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Well then. Santorum did what Huckabee did not, win MS.

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Yeah, but finishing third in both states is an embarrassment. Two, Newt got shutout.

You might call this a tactical defeat (in that Romney didn't win any states), but it's also a serious strategic defeat.

He spent money that he didn't need to spend in states that he lost (outspent Santorum + Gingrich combined).

I've been arguing this a long time now. If you can gain by spending nothing you are best off spending nothing. What he wants, for a strategic victory, are 2 Newt wins, if he can't win the states himself.

This is a big strategic and tactical victory for Santorum. He came from behind once again to defeat both of his rivals, and demonstrated that he's the only viable alternative to Mitt Romney.

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But still not enough to come away with even second place in either state. 

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And the narrative coming out is that he is still weak in the south. He's been shut out and is unlikely to win any southern state.   

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No, but Santorum wasn't running at Mitt.

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But he did what he had to do, which was defeat Newt and force him out of the race, and out of relevancy. Now every Newt supporter knows that unless they want to throw delegates to Romney, they have to get behind Santorum.

Santorum wasn't fighting Mitt - he was trying to KO Newt, which he did.

Mitt's best option here, was to spend nothing, spend all his time elsewhere, and drop cash to Gingrich to help him take both states. If you are winning because of divided opposition - your best bet is to keep the opposition from coming together.

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He could win the moon.

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Wow, Santorum doing well here.

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Wow, why is Santorum so strong here?

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Romney isn't going to top 40 percent here.

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Santorum up in Oahu.

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If Santorum splits Hawaii, that would be a nice cap to a great day for him.

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17 in, 31 Romney 28 Santorum 26 Paul 15 Grinch.

Romney's capped at 38 now, Grich voters are going to be relevant in Hawaii.

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Ha, every candidate could own an Island, if Paul can take the big Island.

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I'm declaring victory for ABR in Hawaii.

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Maybe Kauai is for the Grinch.

That way everyone can have an island.

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24, Santorum holding.

Romney capped at 35 now.

Looks like Romney's going to be held to single digits.