Santorum Spanks Romney

Yes folks, it turns out that on recounting the votes in Iowa Rick Santorum pulls ahead by 34 votes!

Remember how Romney clung to his eight vote superiority after the first count?  A win is a win was his meme. 

Now Santorum has been certified the winner.  Mr. Plastic Fantastic did NOT win both states. HA!

However, I must report that there are results missing from eight precincts.  Seems mysterious and very, very sloppy.  But the GOP is OK with that.  Wait, what………the GOP is OK with missing votes?  Who would have seen that coming?

And while Romney was allowed to crow about being a winner by eight whole votes, and riding around on the magic carpet of being only the second candidate to win both Iowa and New Hampshire since 1976, he now has to STFU about all of that.  Sadly though, he already claimed and used the benefits of that supposed Iowa/New Hampshire double win.  He got the media attention, the bump in polls, and the “electability” crown was placed squarely on his perfect hair-do.

Of course, the GOP being what it is, now wants to refer to this as a SPLIT DECISION.  No, GOP, it’s Santorums win.  By a larger margin than your boy Romney had.  Likely the other eight precincts would have buried Romney much further, and that’s why no one can find them anywhere.  OK, I know that’s just my own take – but I bet I’m right.

Full article at Newsmax: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Santorum-Romney-Iowa-caucuses/2012/01/19/id/424714

THE RESULTS: Santorum finished ahead by 34 votes
MISSING DATA: 8 precincts’ numbers will never be certified
PARTY VERDICT:GOP official says, ‘It’s a split decision’

Rick Santorum – Final total: 29,839 Change: -168
Mitt Romney – Final total: 29,805 Change: -210

It’s a tie for the ages.

There are too many holes in the certified totals from the Iowa caucuses to know for certain who won, but Rick Santorum wound up with a 34-vote advantage.

Results from eight precincts are missing — any of which could hold an advantage for Mitt Romney — and will never be recovered and certified, Republican Party of Iowa officials told The Des Moines Register on Wednesday.

GOP officials discovered inaccuracies in 131 precincts, although not all the changes affected the two leaders. Changes in one precinct alone shifted the vote by 50 — a margin greater than the certified tally.

The certified numbers: 29,839 for Santorum and 29,805 for Romney. The turnout: 121,503.

And sadly, Rick Perry will be ending his campaign.  I will only say that I respected, and trusted him far more than any of the remaining candidates. I despise the radio personalities for putting Romney on a pedestal, all the while bashing the one candidate with the most conservative record, and the best plan to steer America back to sanity.

It is with a heavy heart, and increased fear for the future of our country, that I bid adieu to Rick Perry. 

Read more at my very own point of view