As was expected, Super Tuesday was completely indecisive and it's hard to tell who will be the Republican nomination at this stage. Although it will probably be Mitt Romney, the race is still wide open for either Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum to take the crown.
Of the states voting tonight Romney won six; Idaho, Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia and Alaska, Santorum won three; Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota and Gingrich won his home state of Georgia.
In reality, none of this was a major surprise. Santorum can walk out of this with his head held high, although he took half as many states as Romney, he was close in a number of the states. But most crucially in Ohio where the vote was still to close to call after 85% of the votes were in. The state is very important state to win as whoever Ohio votes for in the presidential election, usually becomes president and this is also important for the primary elections.
The problem with this long-drawn out campaign is that the Republican party is losing faith amongst ordinary non-partisan Americans. The constant adverts on TV that are so negative is harming the Republican party because whoever wins the nomination will already have had a huge amount of negative publicity thrown at them. There have also been failures by the Republican party organisers in ever single pre-super Tuesday state. In Iowa it took three weeks to decide who actually won, in Maine a whole county (that could have changed the outcome) wasn't counted, then was going to be counted, then was counted... In general the whole charade was a failure, and it's been repeated all over the US. This idea that the Republicans can't organise anything won't do them any favours come November.
Of the states voting tonight Romney won six; Idaho, Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia and Alaska, Santorum won three; Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota and Gingrich won his home state of Georgia.
In reality, none of this was a major surprise. Santorum can walk out of this with his head held high, although he took half as many states as Romney, he was close in a number of the states. But most crucially in Ohio where the vote was still to close to call after 85% of the votes were in. The state is very important state to win as whoever Ohio votes for in the presidential election, usually becomes president and this is also important for the primary elections.
The problem with this long-drawn out campaign is that the Republican party is losing faith amongst ordinary non-partisan Americans. The constant adverts on TV that are so negative is harming the Republican party because whoever wins the nomination will already have had a huge amount of negative publicity thrown at them. There have also been failures by the Republican party organisers in ever single pre-super Tuesday state. In Iowa it took three weeks to decide who actually won, in Maine a whole county (that could have changed the outcome) wasn't counted, then was going to be counted, then was counted... In general the whole charade was a failure, and it's been repeated all over the US. This idea that the Republicans can't organise anything won't do them any favours come November.
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