Watching the election returns last night, you would have thought that Romney swept Michigan and Arizona. But, in reality, Michigan was split evenly between Romney and Santorum.
The Romney camp is calling this a win for the native Michigander, because he won the popular vote edging out Santorum by 30,000 votes. But, even though Santorum finished a close second in votes – he won 7 of the state’s congressional districts which each awarded 2 delegates. The final two statewide delegates that traditionally go to the winner were split between the two.
In Arizona, however, Romney took all 29 delegates since it is a winner take all state. But Romney’s Super PAC spent $610,000 on negative ads. One thing is clear, Romney wins where he spends. I guess you can buy votes.
Romney still has a disconnect with the voters, especially among conservatives. Charles Krauthammer summed it up like this, “Romney may be a good president, but he is not a good candidate.” One example of this was blarringly obvious this weekend, when he was at Daytona Speedway. Asked who his favorite driver was, he couldn’t name one, but he commented that he knew a lot of owners.
Do we really want another president who is out of touch with the common folk?
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