{"id":6719,"date":"2012-01-11T00:02:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T08:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6719"},"modified":"2012-01-11T00:23:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T08:23:54","slug":"who-lost-in-new-hampshire-you-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/who-lost-in-new-hampshire-you-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Lost in New Hampshire? You did!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The first thing I learned about the New Hampshire primary results is that there is a madman living in Dixville Notch.\u00a0 Shortly after midnight they announced the first vote for Ron Paul.\u00a0 For the rest of the day there was little suspense, as the results came in as expected.\u00a0 What is the sure thing is that, anytime a Republican wins anything, you lose.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/11NHPrimary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"11NHPrimary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/11NHPrimary_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"11NHPrimary\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Mitt Romney swept to victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, turning back a ferocious assault from his Republican rivals who are working to slow his march to the Republican presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>As the polls closed here, Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, was projected as the winner, becoming the first Republican candidate since 1976 to win the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. Representative Ron Paul of Texas and former Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. of Utah were battling for second, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, were trailing their Republican rivals, but already looking ahead to the next battle at the South Carolina primary on Jan. 21\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/11\/us\/politics\/mitt-romney-wins-in-new-hampshire-republican-primary.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here are the latest results. (95% reporting)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; direction: ltr;\">\n<table style=\"width: auto; border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>New Hampshire<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Goose Stepper<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Votes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Percent<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Delegates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Romney<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">95,669<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">40%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Paul<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">55,455<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">23%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Huntsman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">40,903<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">17%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Gingrich<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">22,921<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">10%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Santorum<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">22,708<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">9%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Perry<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">1,709<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"118\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">239,365<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"67\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"83\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And here is the projected delegate count to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; direction: ltr;\">\n<table style=\"width: auto; border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Delegates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Romney<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">23<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Paul<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Santorum<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Perry<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Gingrich<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-width: 1pt;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"81\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">Huntsman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; border: #a3a3a3 1pt solid; padding: 4pt;\" width=\"68\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #0000ff;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">As long as the there\u00a0 are multiple candidates dividing the anti-Romney pie, multiple mitt will hold his lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">SC will prove interesting, because it is one of the prime GOP hate centers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing I learned about the New Hampshire primary results is that there is a madman living in Dixville Notch.\u00a0 Shortly after midnight they announced the first vote for Ron Paul.\u00a0 For the rest of the day there was little suspense, as the results came in as expected.\u00a0 What is the sure thing is <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/who-lost-in-new-hampshire-you-did\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}