HagridOfTheDeep
Junior Chimp
Posts: 8,736
Political Matrix
E: -6.19, S: -4.35
|
 |
« on: December 13, 2013, 04:22:26 PM » |
|
Mr. Morden is right though, IceSpear. The 2012 Republican primaries turned into a bloodbath, but we're forgetting how close Romney was to running the contests. For weeks it looked like he won Iowa. He did win New Hampshire. Polls after that showed him very competitive in South Carolina. The double-whammy of the Iowa state GOP giving Santorum the win and Rick Perry endorsing Gingrich really shifted things in South Carolina. Of course the debate helped do that too, but Romney just as easily could have swept the first four states... and the momentum from those symbolic wins coil have prevented the Santorum rebound too.
So my point is, if Romney could come so close to preventing a bloodbath, Christie, who I think is the better politician, could also surprise us. He has a shot in Iowa for the same reasons Romney did. New Hanpshire is his. South Carolina is a strange beast... Who knows what could happen?
|
