Let’s let the data speak for itself, as it were.
… starting out we had this …
Iowa: Romney Santorum
New Hampshire: Romney
South Carolina: Gingrich
Headlines: Romney winning
Reality: Three way horse race
… then we had this for a while …
Florida: Romney
Nevada: Romney
Colorado: Santorum
Minnesota: Santorum
Missouri: Santorum
Headlines: Romney Winning
Reality: Santorum has taken half the contests, Romney a close second
… right now this seems to be happening …
Maine: Romney Paul
Headlines: Romney may have a Santorum Problem
Reality: Uh huh.
… the near future …
Arizona: Romney ahead in polls, Santorum closing in fast, Gingrich becoming irrelevant
Michigan: Santorum maintains a firm lead over Romney
Headlines?: Ohio is where the real contest will be!
Reality?: Are we having fun yet?
… the distant future …
Ohio: Santorum leading
General Election: Santorum and Romney equally matched against Obama
Headlines?: Gingrich and Paul leave race, Bachmann reenters Presidential Contest?!!?
Reality?: Reality hardly applies, thought, does it?
Polling from RCP
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I’m loving this.
The Republican Powers That Be have courted the wingnuts for forever. Now they can’t control ’em, and the wingnuts are messing up the prepared narrative (Mitt Romney for President in 2012!!)
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