Comments on: Rick VestWearer Battles Mitt Vader and the Romney Empire: The State of the Race Today http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/02/08/rick-vestwearer-against-mitt-vader-and-the-romney-empire-the-state-of-the-race-today/ A NonPartisan Analysis of Presidential Politics Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matthew Dickinson http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/02/08/rick-vestwearer-against-mitt-vader-and-the-romney-empire-the-state-of-the-race-today/comment-page-1/#comment-25135 Matthew Dickinson Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:04:01 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=11969#comment-25135 Orion,

I’m not sure a vote for Santorum was a protest against Gingrich so much as it is a protest against Romney. I think the northern evangelicals who actively participate in caucuses probably prefer Santorum over Gingrich in a straight up vote, so I view the caucus vote as for Santorum as opposed to against Gingrich. But they clearly don’t trust Romney.

]]> By: Orion http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2012/02/08/rick-vestwearer-against-mitt-vader-and-the-romney-empire-the-state-of-the-race-today/comment-page-1/#comment-25133 Orion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:53:45 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=11969#comment-25133 How much should we interpret the results last night as a “protest” against both Romney and Gingrich? I realize that low-turnout caucus states set up well for the activist candidate, but it is surprising that Santorum swept given that he has largely been an afterthought in the mainstream narrative since Iowa. Sweater vests are cool, but they are not that cool.

Also, I agree that it is surprising how poorly Paul did in these caucuses given his grassroots. I figured that he would run a much stronger insurgency campaign this year given the general disenchantment in the country, and the fact that Luke Skywalker, a.k.a. Rand Paul is waiting in the wings to become a Jedi…

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