Why did Romney lose AL and MS?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Pick your excuse.

[Tidewater_Wave]

They just aren't his type of Republicans. This happened to Obama and McCain in 2008.

[Wisconsin+17]

Not enough Cheezy grits.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Religion may have played a role here.

[Stranger in a strange land]

What you mean Cheesy Grits didn't put him over the top? SHOCKING!

[5280]

Option #1, clearly the people in the south are too socially conservative.  Not that it matters, Romney will win regardless, and they will have no choice but to back him as the nominee.

[Wisconsin+17]

McCain won MS, Romney did not.

Santorum needs one more state to exceed Romney's total vs McCain at 11.

Santorum is running a stronger campaign now than Romney ran against Mccain.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I hope you guys know that this poll is meant to be ironic.

[J. J.]

Pretty conservative states.

MO, however, might give delegates to Santorum, and that isn't overly conservative.

[Indy Texas]

Option #1, clearly the people in the south are too socially conservative.  Not that it matters, Romney will win regardless, and they will have no choice but to back him as the nominee.

Or they could do what their parents/grandparents did in the Dixiecrat days and go George Wallace on his ass and split their party's vote.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

McCain won MS, Romney did not.

Santorum needs one more state to exceed Romney's total vs McCain at 11.

Santorum is running a stronger campaign now than Romney ran against Mccain.

McCain was running against no one but Paul in MS. The primary was over.

[Sasquatch]

Strange things were happening to him.

[Torie]

The upper middle class is "too" Evangelical.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Pretty conservative states.

MO, however, might give delegates to Santorum, and that isn't overly conservative.

The Republicans in MO are pretty conservative.

[Politico]

The fact that Romney almost won Mississippi and Alabama is something else. It would be like Santorum or Gingrich almost winning Massachusetts and Vermont. If you had told me two weeks ago it would be this close, I would have taken it.

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The fact that Romney almost won Mississippi and Alabama is something else. It would be like Santorum or Gingrich almost winning Massachusetts and Vermont. If you had told me two weeks ago it would be this close, I would have taken it.

Romney doing worse than expected and getting 3rd place in those two states while Santorum doing better than expected and getting first place are not the biggest embarassment of the night for Romney. Romney barely leading in Hawaii is.

[Adam Griffin]

The fact that Romney almost won Mississippi and Alabama is something else. It would be like Santorum or Gingrich almost winning Massachusetts and Vermont. If you had told me two weeks ago it would be this close, I would have taken it.

Romney doing worse than expected and getting 3rd place in those two states while Santorum doing better than expected and getting first place are not the biggest embarassment of the night for Romney. Romney barely leading in Hawaii is.

A large amount of Honolulu County was still being counted; just came in. He's 20 points ahead of Santorum right now (45-25).

[minionofmidas]

Incompetence.

[© tweed]

lactose intolerance

[anvi]

I'm kind of surprised he didn't do better in Mississippi, what with his promise during the campaign there to defund Planned Parenthood, and all...

Seriously, is the guy who ran for Massachusetts governor and the guy running for president now really the same person?  Really?  I mean, really?

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Negative Nancyism

[All Along The Watchtower]

The fact that Romneybot can't win even the upper-class country club vote in MS and AL is laughable.

[RogueBeaver]

Because he took the foot off the gas and should have spent his time in MS instead of AL. Keep it to the floor until 1144 is reached- period. Plus turnout was far too low where he needed it, even if the county targets themselves were reached.

[tpfkaw]

NOTA.  Operation Backdoor.

[Tidewater_Wave]

Negative Nancyism

No it's not negative nancyism. He isn't from the south and that hurts the same as if a southern candidate ran in the north. We also must add into account that he's not as conservative as Santorum which will continue to cost Romney in redder states such as AL and MS. Santorum has long been a champion for conservatism especially on social issues and that paid off last night. It wasn't negative nancyism.