Santorum Wins Tennessee

A lopsided win for Santorum here with 44% to 28% for Romney.  


The GOP is in a quandary here--Romney is the candidate that gives them the best chance to beat Obama, but they aren't exactly endorsing him.

Romney and Santorum tied in Ohio

38-38 with 14% reporting.  This is a state that Romney has to win to keep the "front-runner" label.

Tennessee GOP Primary

Rick Santorum is the surprising leader in Tennessee as voters continue to reject Mitt Romney.


Just 7% counted so far, but that's enough to give us an indication of how the vote is going to go.  Santorum with 44% to 29% for Romney, and Gingrich is closer to Romney than Romney is to Santorum with 18%.

Gingrich Has Won Georgia

In a blow to front-runner Mitt Romney and challenger Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich has won his home state of Georgia, something he pretty much had to do to stay in the race.  But that causes more headaches for the top two. 


Gingrich received 47% of the vote in Georgia and more importantly, Santorum finished ahead of Romney with 24% to 23%.  GOP voters still struggling with Romney's support of abortion and Obama's health care plan.  


Romney has won his state of Massachusetts as well as Virginia and Vermont.  


Six states are still up for grabs.

Can Romney Close the Deal?

Republican voters in ten states will decide their choice for the GOP nominee tomorrow, the so-called "Super Tuesday".  Generally, Super Tuesday has gone a long way towards deciding the nominee; hence the reason states try to schedule their primaries on that day.


This year, it isn't expected to decide the race and may complicate it.  Front-runner Mitt Romney has had trouble winning over conservatives, whose support is vital to strong turnout on Election Day.  Romney has been struggling in Southern states, especially.  Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, is just hoping for a win.  He has all but said if he doesn't win his home state of Georgia, his campaign is in trouble.


There are 437 delegates at stake Tuesday, a significant portion of the 2,286 total.  Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Idaho, Vermont, North Dakota and Alaska are the 10 states where all the attention will be.

Positive Economic Data Fueling Stock Market Rally

As the stock market rises to levels not seen in 4-5 years, good economic news continues to fuel the rally.


Today, initial job claims fell to 351,000, lower than expected, incomes of the average American rose .3% last month, the auto industry is reporting its best sales since 2008 and same-store sales at retailers grew 4.7%.


If that doesn't apply to you, better change 1)  your resume, 2) your job, 3) your car and 4) your manager.

Romney Wins Wyoming

What's good to see is the trend towards Romney, exposing all the hullaballoo over President Obama's health care plan to be the farce that it was.

The architect of most of the measures behind Obama's health care plan, Mitt Romney, has now won three states in a row in the GOP primaries for president. The Wyoming caucuses concluded last night and Romney won 39% of the vote to 33% for Rick Santorum, 20% for Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich registered with 8% support.

Romney will win an estimated 10 delegates from the state to nine for Santorum, six for Paul and one for Gingrich.