Romney Wins Florida

The count got closer as the night went on, but Mitt Romney still scored a double-digit win in Florida.


With 98% of the vote counted, Romney has 46% to 32% for Gingrich, 13% for Rick Santorum and 7% for Ron Paul.  Romney has yet to get the majority of the votes in any state.

Stock Market Has Best Month Since 1997

The stock market in the United States enjoyed an incredible December with the best performance since 1997.  Which by the way also featured a Democrat in the White House.


We can now permanently do away with the "Republicans are good for business" myth.  With Herbert Hoover's epic stock market crash of 1929, I'm beginning to wonder if they were ever truly good for business or if it was always a lie.

Romney Clubs Gingrich in Florida

With 50% of the vote counted in Florida, Mitt Romney leads Newt Gingrich 48 to 31% with Rick Santorum getting the other 17%.


If Romney gets the nomination, 98% of Americans in the General Election for President will be voting for a Pro Choice candidate (independents usually get 1-2% of the vote).

Romney Holds Big Lead in Florida

One day before the important winner-take-all Florida primary, former Massachusetts governor and rich guy Mitt Romney leads the former Speaker of the House from eons ago, Newt Gingrich in all polls.


Looks like the GOP is going with Romney, the Pro Choice candidate.

Gingrich Shocks Romney in South Carolina

Can't believe the Republicans are choosing Gingrich over Romney.  They had a great candidate and are now running away from him.  Guess they're OK with Obama winning re-election.

Jan 21, 2012 (100% of precincts reporting)

Newt Gingrich	243,153	40.4%
Mitt Romney	167,279	27.8%
Rick Santorum	102,055	17%
Ron Paul	77,993	13%
Other	10,686	1.8%

Media Calls in Iowa Were Wrong

Not so fast, my friend.

Apparently, all of the late votes in Iowa went to Rick Santorum, and all the media calls giving it to Mitt Romney were false.  Santorum, it turns out, was the winner by 34 votes in that state.

Meanwhile, Texas governor Rick Perry, the flavor of the month not too many flavors ago, has dropped out of the race.  He pretty much had to do this because he has to run for re-election in Texas and had he stayed in much longer, he would have been embarrassed and it would have been hard to explain that away to his home state.

Delegate Allocation for Republican Presidential Hopefuls

After two states:

Mitt Romney (20)
Rick Santorum (12)
Ron Paul (3)
Jon Huntsman (2)