02-08-2012, 03:44 PM
beagledave wrote:'
At the end of the day, Romney will win...grudgingly for many GOP folks.
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This is what the Democratic establishment was saying about Hillary Clinton at this point in the '08 primary contest. "Obama does not have the money or organization to win. He can't defeat the Clinton machine." It took until late April or so for people to finally concede that Clinton was running out of steam. So we'll have to see. Romney seemed quite rattled during his short speech last night, I don't think he saw that Colorado loss coming. He won big there in '08 and should have this time too.
And as you mentioned, the SuperPac spending IS a wild card because they can switch teams at any moment, as opposed to money that is dedicated to one campaign. We'll see if any money swings Santorum's way after last night, but the pro-Romney carpet bombing is sure to start up against him.
The more Romney gets out in front of people, the more he turns them off. Santorum clearly won the latest "likeability" contest. At that he's a lot better than Newt.