PPP Final Illinois numbers

[jaxx]

PublicPolicyPolling ‏ @ppppolls
Final Illinois numbers: Romney 45, Santorum 30, Gingrich 12, Paul 10

I hope these are right and that maniac Santorum doesn't win.

[KonaKane]

You kiddin me? I hope Santorum wins! If he did, Obama could take the campaign season off. It would be the easiest landslide in history.

[jaxx]

(03-18-2012 10:34 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  You kiddin me? I hope Santorum wins! If he did, Obama could take the campaign season off. It would be the easiest landslide in history.

Santorum's followers scare me in that they are as radical as he is. Do you really think he would be beaten badly by PBO? I hope you are right because I'm not sure Willard is going to make the nominee grade. Personally I'd love to see Santorum have the wind taken out of his sails and lose so bad the pubs would go to their corners and cry.

[Drunken Irishman]

Santorum winning only prolongs this race and batters Romney more. With every big state Romney wins, the more he gains momentum. So, it's disappointing Santorum can't pull this one out. Romney is going to get a few big wins in the next month and might wrap up the nomination by the end of April unless Santorum can blunt it in states like Illinois.

[jaxx]

What do you guys think of this? It seems pretty shady to me....one more reason to distrust the repubs.

TPM2012
Report: Backroom Deal Kept Romney On Illinois Ballot
Pema Levy March 18, 2012, 7:09 PM 9864 25

The Romney and Santorum campaigns reached a deal in January to drop challenges that could have kept both candidates from winning delegates in Illinois, according to a report from the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights.

Last week, BuzzFeed reported that the Romney campaign dropped challenges to Santorum’s signature petitions in several Illinois counties even when he lacked the requisite number of signatures, basically allowing him to appear on the ballot in almost every part of the state. The strange decision, BuzzFeed noted, appeared to have come from Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford, who officially withdrew the challenges. Rutherford offered basically no explanation, telling BuzzFeed, “We decided to be spirited and let it go.”

<..> Once the Romney campaign challenged Santorum’s petitions, the Santorum camp came back with its own challenge based on the fact that Rutherford had notarized Romney’s statement of candidacy in Massachusetts instead of Illinois. If the Santorum camp had won the challenge, Romney could have been disqualified from winning any Illinois delegates. The dueling challenges then led to a truce between the two campaigns.

“I filed that challenge and they eventually asked me to withdraw my challenge in exchange for them withdrawing theirs,” Santorum’s Illinois state director Jon Zahm said. According to Politico’s account, Rutherford then went to the Romney campaign and asked them to withdraw the challenges to Santorum’s petitions. From there, both campaigns agreed to withdraw their respective challenges in what Zahm called a traditional Illinois “don’t ask, don’t tell policy.”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/0...ballot.php

[There Is No Spoon]

(03-18-2012 10:53 PM)jaxx Wrote:  What do you guys think of this? It seems pretty shady to me....one more reason to distrust the repubs.

TPM2012
Report: Backroom Deal Kept Romney On Illinois Ballot
Pema Levy March 18, 2012, 7:09 PM 9864 25

The Romney and Santorum campaigns reached a deal in January to drop challenges that could have kept both candidates from winning delegates in Illinois, according to a report from the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights.

Last week, BuzzFeed reported that the Romney campaign dropped challenges to Santorum’s signature petitions in several Illinois counties even when he lacked the requisite number of signatures, basically allowing him to appear on the ballot in almost every part of the state. The strange decision, BuzzFeed noted, appeared to have come from Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford, who officially withdrew the challenges. Rutherford offered basically no explanation, telling BuzzFeed, “We decided to be spirited and let it go.”

<..> Once the Romney campaign challenged Santorum’s petitions, the Santorum camp came back with its own challenge based on the fact that Rutherford had notarized Romney’s statement of candidacy in Massachusetts instead of Illinois. If the Santorum camp had won the challenge, Romney could have been disqualified from winning any Illinois delegates. The dueling challenges then led to a truce between the two campaigns.

“I filed that challenge and they eventually asked me to withdraw my challenge in exchange for them withdrawing theirs,” Santorum’s Illinois state director Jon Zahm said. According to Politico’s account, Rutherford then went to the Romney campaign and asked them to withdraw the challenges to Santorum’s petitions. From there, both campaigns agreed to withdraw their respective challenges in what Zahm called a traditional Illinois “don’t ask, don’t tell policy.”

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/0...ballot.php

Shady? Nah - you can be sure this sort of thing happens all the time.

[suzie]

Neither campaign wants to spend the time and money on a state they'll lose in November.

Campaigns are always about the $$$$.