Comments on: Rick Rolls Romney

By: cd

cd — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:03:32 +0000

This is the Religious Right part of the GOP base showing up to stick it to the money-centric Party establishment.

Sick Rantorum is the last Not Romney standing. I don’t think there are illusions that he’s Presidential material. The Republican primaries seem to have become about anything other than their Presidential nomination. This is a Party one or two elections from abyssmal collapse.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:07 +0000

Lucrece,
As an atheist Minnesotan, it’s not quite that scary. We have a couple of activist atheist groups and a very active LGBT group. Right now, trends in Minnesota is that the GOP/Republicans are in trouble. They over reached in the last legislative session, their party is in debt and disarray and the momentum feels like it is going back to the liberal side here. While that’s hard to quantify, I’m optimistic. However we do need to be vigilent.

By: Lucrece

Lucrece — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:42 +0000

I really feel bad for the gay, atheist, and religious minority people who live in those states. It paints a pretty scary picture of just what kind of folks you’ll find there.

By: Michael Miecielica

Michael Miecielica — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:45 +0000

the thing is Mitt Romney didn’t spend any resources on Missouri, because they also have a Caucus down the line that is similar to Iowa/Minnesota/Colorado, i.e that one matters. Basically nobody but Rick Santorum spent any time there. It doesn’t really tells us much, other than Mitt is weak in the midwest and Rick is strong. (which is already a given)

Mitt also didn’t make much of effort in either of the other two states (no field office, no visits etc).

The events of last night show the limits of Mitt’s natural baseline without effort, and the limits of “presumptive nominee.” Not the limits of Mitt’s money and organizational strength.

By: Mark F.

Mark F. — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:39 +0000

“The reason is because those three states are strongly fundamentalist Christian.”

The GOP base is but not the general population.

By: Tony P

Tony P — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:37 +0000

The reason is because those three states are strongly fundamentalist Christian.

The preachers have made certain of that.