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February 08, 2012 02:48 AM UTC

GOP Caucus Night Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: 99% reporting, a stunning upset for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Rick Santorum 26,372 40% ✔

Mitt Romney 22,875 35%

Newt Gingrich 8,394 13%

Ron Paul 7,713 12%

We’ll be talking about this for awhile, won’t we?

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      1. 47 million Americans on food stamps

        Massive government allocation of private capital (your future taxes needed to pay for his failed fascist bets)

        Those pesky Catholics pissed at Barry for shitting on their religious freedom …. What an un American move that’s inspired 37 million pesky Catholics.

        $16 or 17 billion in national debt owed to the social security trust, Japanese and Chinese.

        Obamacare …. Need we say more

        17%+ unemployment

        1. Welcome back you old cocksucker.  Good to see the spittle flying.  It tells me you haven’t learned jack since the last time you slunk away with your political ego shattered.  Who knew Dan Maes was going to be such a bust?

          You also forgot to add killed Bin Laden to you list.

              1. You’re sititng their screaming into your computer Libertad Shut Up, Libertad Shut Up, …..

                Does the simple fact that I challenge your fascist Obama policies really bring out that much hate in you?

                [insert photo of Tebow, Tebowing here]

            2. You can’t even get your totalitarian analogies correct.  What a stupid cocksucker but I’m glad you’re back for 2012.  It was getting old having Arapajoke as the only stooge posting for the insane radical right.

        2. “$16 or 17 billion in national debt” — but far more of it rung up by Bush

          “17%+ unemployment” — but created by the recession that started on Bush’s watch, and that has been replaced by almost two years now of slow but accelerating job growth

          I could go on, but nah.

      1. It’s all good because the people are looking at their paychecks and have seen the decline. They see their husbands, wives, children and neighbors out of work … These are the things that matter.

        They have one common denominator …. Failed Obama policies.

    2. Arapahoe joined most of the rest of the Denver-Boulder metro – along with the ski areas, Northwest Colorado, plus Conejos and Alamosa counties in going for Romney tonight.

      But it was all for naught, because Mesa, El Paso, Weld, and Larimer all went for Santorum, as did most of the rest of the state.  The map is quite purple with Santorum victories.  (And why is it that Santorum has been assigned a pink/purple color on several sites???)

  3. spank ’em Dobson still carries some weight or is it just a matter of Frothy willing to put in a week’s worth of time to spew his crap to the fervent TeaBaggers & bigots enough to get a “win”  

  4. Santorum   49.6%

    Gingrich   21.4%

    Romney     18.9%

    Paul      9.8%

    Perry    0.2%  (heh – 1 guy)

    These are some outlying counties though.

        1. I got calls from organizations on both sides. Including some calls from Dems using a very old list. All the Dems list should include a do not call as a check mark for me.

          I, like most other Dem politicians, had our names added to all sorts of far right Republican and other Republican lists. At least those phone numbers are going away or have gone away. Some very freaky calls and emails.

          But, it is nice to be remembered.

          1. Came from a group called “Fidelis”  (yes, I listened all the way until the “paid for”).

            This is a radical Catholic 501(c)(4) organization that seems to be walking a thin line between legitimacy and jeopardizing the tax-exempt status of its parent Church.  

    2. Four registered D’s in household, got the Santorum robocall to “protect marriage.”

      Maybe that was his secret–did they check ID’s and registration?! Maybe it was all the D’s who showed up to vote for Santorum!

  6. Rick is frothing his way to the top.

    You want a distinct choice?

    You do not get it with Barack and Mittens as they are both centrist, compromising, M-word religionists.

    But, Barack versus butt-hole Rick. Now that is a difference. Although both are C-word religionists.

  7. He needs to win Colorado and you figure they will jigger the numbers in Welfare City to favor the establishment candidate.  Mitt will have a miraculous surge at the end to win.

      2. And I don’t think anyone expected he would even come close in Colorado, so this is outperforming expectations even if he ultimately loses Colorado.

        Santorum’s second wind probably won’t last much longer than a week or two. Nobody has really been criticizing him (Romney only started in the last couple days), but he’ll wither like the others did. This is a little better than Gingrich’s “dead cat bounce” in South Carolina, but ultimately it probably won’t amount to much.

        After this I doubt Gingrich or Santorum get another turn to be not-Romney. And if there were literally any other white man left in the race, it would be his turn. (I think Rick Perry would get another shot right about now.) But since there’s nobody else left, and everyone else has been tried at least twice…

        I think it’s Ron Paul’s turn to surge. And I know most Republicans are vehemently against him and he’s only ever had a small cult following, but they’ve literally got nobody else. I’d bet Ron Paul will win either Arizona or Michigan (Maine is too soon, not enough time for the voters to turn against Santorum).

  9. The Google AP election results widget shows 17 counties reporting here in Colorado; 13 were outright wins for Santorum, 2 were ties between Santorum and Romney, 1 was a Romney win, 1 a Newt win.  This is not where Mitt wanted to be tonight.

    Worse, it’s beginning to look like this isn’t where the GOP wanted to be tonight.  The Missouri primary pulled in less than half the number of voters that the 2008 primary drew; it’s looking like the Minnesota caucus is similarly depressed in turnout.

  10. It doesn’t really work to argue none of the states mattered tonight. Even if they were just beauty contests (and they are much more than that), Santorum kicking Romney’s butt in all 3 throws major doubt on Romney.

  11. As in, . . . WTF ArapaGOP?

    We interrupt this post to bring you a brief message from our sponsor — WTF, Inc.

    When you don’t know what to say, but still feel the need to say something, try WTF!  And, now back to your regularly scheduled post . . .

    . . . as in, really dude, WTF?!?

  12. Seriously, we’re looking like Iowa or Nevada here — except worse, because Iowa and then Nevada should’ve been warning shots that the Colo R party will look like incompetent dipshits if they don’t staff up, and tech up, the vote-tallying process.

    1. I get the feeling the Colorado Republicans would need to start taking night classes and hiring some tutors in order to graduate to “incompetent dipshits.”  

      1. that’s good to know, but even with that number it’s only about 45k votes.  Dems had a better turnout for Obama / Clinton.  I’d like to hear from some conservatives as to why they think the numbers are so low in the caucuses and primaries so far.

          1. I got the wrong total for the 2008 GOP caucuses – they turned out 70,229 in 2008 and only 66k this year.

            That’s not a good sign for Republicans in the general election.  Also, Democratic voter enthusiasm has picked up 10% in the past few months; that alone erases the enthusiasm gap that we saw in 2010 and spells potential trouble for broader GOP hopes this year.

          2. Better showing than the others but still the trend seems that overall turnout on GOP prims/caucuses are down.  Neither Mittens or Frothy can put asses in the seats so the talk about some white-hatted savior @ a brokered convention is just gonna get louder.

        1. The Nat’l Lampoon icky dog scene was in South Fork (one of my former residences) near Wolf Creek.

          Glad Mittens didn’t take the dog to Colorado this time

          1. 193/199 precincts reporting in El Paso, Santorum with a 1,700 vote edge.

            Google AP map has now caught up with the state GOP site, has Santorum ahead 12,995 to 12,426 votes over Romney.

            Hearing that Arapahoe County is coming in with an 11% edge for Romney (way down from his 2008 haul in that county, but still, congrats to AGOP for keeping his county on his candidate’s side if true…).

        1. great, yours & your 2 friends votes didn’t get counted and now Mittens has lost.

          BTW, not even sure where you guys meet up in Boulder … like in someone’s Hummer or in a Tebow themed mancave? 😉

  17. Not only did every not-Romney get a chance on top, but everyone who stayed in past mid-January got TWO turns on top.

    Answer: Tim Pawlenty is not smart enough to feel stupid. But if he WERE…

  19. The state GOP site has just stopped reporting only full county data and is now reporting totals for 99% of all precincts in the state.

    Santorum 26,354 40.24%
Romney   22,855 34.90%
Gingrich  8,390 12.81%
Paul      7,708 11.77%
Others       57  0.09%
Perry        52  0.08%
Huntsman     46  0.07%
Bachman      27  0.04%
Total    65,489   100%

    1. Just finished watching a movie and tuned in to MSNBC to see Santorum winning by five points here in Colorado with 99% reporting.  At least Romney came in second here and lost, I think, by a not too different margin in Missouri, unlike the trouncing he took in Minnesota.

      ArapG’s head must be exploding and clearly Colorado caucus going Rs haven’t learned much from their experience in 2010 when winning  the Senate race and Governor’s race would have been a piece of cake for them with Colorado friendly, somewhere in the neighborhood of moderate candidates for those offices.

      Do I think this means there will be a huge upset and Santorum will win the nomination?  Not exactly.  What I think it means is that from here on out, no matter what crazy thing happens, it’s only a matter of which loser the GOP will pick.  All this taking turns at being the not Romney and gang trashing him has left them with nothing but losers, Romney very much included.

      Please don’t do anything rash, ArapG.  

      1. 55-25 (and 12 for Paul) in Missouri,

        45-17 (with 27 for Paul) in Minnesota.

        And he was expected to win here by 10 according to polls – so much for those in a caucus race.

        Romney’s got to be hurting now.  He’s got the most delegates for now (I think), but he’s also only won 3 contests to Santorum’s 4.  If Santorum doesn’t implode between now and the Super Tuesday primaries, he could be poised to be come The One And Only Not-Romney.  Santorum’s problems right now are: (1) money, (2) having to face a shit-storm from Romney, and (3) Rick Santorum.

        1. Guess late last night I was a sloppy reader.  The fact that he also came in second in Missouri distracted me from the fact that, percentage wise, it was a bigger defeat than in Minnesota where he came in third. Oops. I’m sure ArapG will appreciate having that pointed out.

        2. I made a similar mistake and thought the Dem caucus was last night. Nearly showed up at our high school, wimped out at the last minute and stayed home only to find out this morning that it isn’t until Tuesday, March 6th.  

  25. I called this way last year when Weird Uncle Rickie started working on his gay look with the sweater vest (not that any self respecting gay would wear one like that). In all the POLS polls I was often one of the few, the strange, and the shunned by voting for the guy who sees dogs as sex objects.

    Vindication for the laughter.  

  26. caucus/primary system, hard core caucus goers often hand victories to candidates who go on to lose primaries, where it really counts, but even so. I believe the daily said Romney won with 60% or so last time.

    An interesting fact being pointed out is that turn out is down for Rs and that, even where Romney is winning, he’s getting fewer votes than he did before.

    Another interesting development….what was all that about an enthusiasm gap so much in favor of Rs? While many Dems and indies who voted Obama last time are disappointed in aspects of Obama’s first term, there are no polls showing that most have the antipathy for him so many Rs have for Romney.  The rest of their choices are even less competitive. Does anyone seriously believe Santorum or Gingrich, much less Paul, could carry the nation?

    Could there be a real live brokered convention with some rescuer descending deus ex machina style? I doubt that anything so retro could occur but it would sure spice things up. And retro seems to be the GOP theme these days. Although I think pols like Gingrich and Santorum forget that back to the 50s would also mean back to much, much higher top tax rates but that’s another issue.

      1. enthusiasm polls. Many Dems may be less than thrilled with Obama’s first term but pretty pumped about the need for and probability of beating any of the possible GOP loser candidates.  

    2. Jeb Bush.  Or else he will sit back and let the GOTP implode this time around in order to be positioned as unblemished fave in 2016.  He gives me cold shakin dread, like his brother only smarter.

            1. The whole dramatic, brokered convention,  deus ex machina part. And, really, don’t you think 3 Bushes with just one non-Bush between each would be bit much for the American way?

              1. that you could strip the entire GOP down to their spandex thongs, stuff fireworks into every available orifice, and drop them all from helicopters over Rio during Carnival, and it would all be a wasted spectacle on the party of it’s-his-turn.

                I don’t think there’s enough GOPers that are capable of having even a slightly jiggy convention, brokered or no . . . “another [whoever], wow!  Let’s see who’s on Leno . . . “

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