By Greg Giroux
The Jan. 21 South Carolina vote drew 602,000 Republicans, a 35 percent increase over 2008 participation, as former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich defeated former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the front-runner in national Republican polls. Gingrich received 40 percent of the vote compared with Romney’s 28 percent....
The problems surrounding the final outcome to the Republican Primarires are nearly too numerous to address in a single entry.
To begin, the Republican Primaries are providing generous amount of time for "Early Voting" that will be denied the same Republican Voters in the Elections in November. There is every chance Republican Voters will be more effected by the limited Early Voting in many states. It may be that Republicans will be more effected as the Democrats are preparing their constituents for a limited window of Early Vetoing days and polling places.
Additionally, Former Governor Palin is advocating a continual vetting process for the candidates. The primaries are preceded by a debate and there are more and more topics that continue to prove to be problematic for candidates causing a backlash of ads by SuperPacs. If Mrs. Palin's words prove to be divisive to the party there may be no clear primary choice of the 2286 delegates at the convention. There are still four strong candidates. One needs 1144 delegates to win the nomination. I don't expect any of the four candidates to leave the race before the convention.
I find it more than fascinating Former Speaker Gingrick is expected to win the South Carolina Primary. I am not surprised because he appealed to SC voters over his rivals, but, because there was only one day between the debate and the beginning of the election.
I believe the debate had more of an impact on the SC Primary than any ad delivered to the voters intended to diminish the candidates without the ability to respond through their own Superpacs. The debates should carry more brevity as a sincere demonstration of democracy when all candidates are on a level playing field displaying their expertise.
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican primary in South Carolina had record turnout, with bigger gains in voter participation than in Iowa and New Hampshire earlier this month.
The Jan. 21 South Carolina vote drew 602,000 Republicans, a 35 percent increase over 2008 participation, as former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich defeated former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the front-runner in national Republican polls. Gingrich received 40 percent of the vote compared with Romney’s 28 percent....To begin, the Republican Primaries are providing generous amount of time for "Early Voting" that will be denied the same Republican Voters in the Elections in November. There is every chance Republican Voters will be more effected by the limited Early Voting in many states. It may be that Republicans will be more effected as the Democrats are preparing their constituents for a limited window of Early Vetoing days and polling places.
Additionally, Former Governor Palin is advocating a continual vetting process for the candidates. The primaries are preceded by a debate and there are more and more topics that continue to prove to be problematic for candidates causing a backlash of ads by SuperPacs. If Mrs. Palin's words prove to be divisive to the party there may be no clear primary choice of the 2286 delegates at the convention. There are still four strong candidates. One needs 1144 delegates to win the nomination. I don't expect any of the four candidates to leave the race before the convention.
I find it more than fascinating Former Speaker Gingrick is expected to win the South Carolina Primary. I am not surprised because he appealed to SC voters over his rivals, but, because there was only one day between the debate and the beginning of the election.
I believe the debate had more of an impact on the SC Primary than any ad delivered to the voters intended to diminish the candidates without the ability to respond through their own Superpacs. The debates should carry more brevity as a sincere demonstration of democracy when all candidates are on a level playing field displaying their expertise.
...Early voting opened statewide in Florida, (click here) drawing Republican voters to polling stations 10 days before the state's Jan. 31 presidential primary....
