Santorum Lead Down to 2,000 in Ohio

Romney is catching up, as I predicted.  Will it be enough?  He now trails Rick Santorum by 2,000 in Ohio.  Neither candidate is getting a ringing endorsement.

Romney Closing in Ohio

Mitt Romney could save himself if he can rally to win Ohio.  Knowing the way the state is spread out and how the votes come in, if I had to guess I would say Romney wins.  It will at least be very tight.  He is 5,500 votes behind with 80% counted.

Santorum Wins North Dakota

Don't look now, but Democrats could win in a landslide.  If the GOP picks Santorum, as it is looking more and more like they will, the Democrats could score huge advantages in the House, the Senate and Obama could win easily.

Santorum Leads Romney 38-36% in Ohio

Now the count is up to 60%.  Still way too close to call, especially considering the importance of the state.  The loser's camp is not going to be happy.  The GOP seems to be split about right down the middle.

Neck and Neck in Ohio

Santorum leads Romney 39 to 36% in Ohio with 45% of the vote counted.  This will likely go late in the night, but the winner will have the favorite's role attached to them, especially since Romney only has 3 of the 10 states so far.

Republicans Have a Funny Way of Allocating Delegates

As of now, Mitt Romney has 266 delegates, more than half the amount awarded.  Yet, by all measures, Rick Santorum is even with him in national polls.  So not only does Santorum not get the same number of delegates as Romney, but Romney gets over 50%.  This winner-take-all stuff is a great disservice to Santorum and if I'm a Santorum backer, I'd be pissed.

Republican Oil Companies Trying to Sway Election, As Usual

It's pretty much a given that Republican-backed oil companies will do their darndest to influence presidential elections.  Like clockwork, if a Republican is in the White House, prices will come down before the election and conversely, if a Democrat is in power, prices will go up.


So they think that by having their people speculate the price of oil up that Obama will lose.  What they don't realize is that everyone knows their game by now and certainly aren't going to make changes in who they vote for based on what the price of oil does.  We know the price is going up and the economy is going to suffer.


We also know that it is the oil companies to blame for the bad economy, and not the president.  Now if the price of oil went down and we still had a bad economy, then the oil companies might have a case.  But it's not and thus they don't.