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Why Are GOP Primaries Such a Mess?
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Mar 04, 2012 07:43pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Zach Wolf |
| News Date | Sunday, March 4, 2012 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Republican primary season isn't over, but viewed as a whole it's been something of a logistical farce. Just ask Rick Santorum.
The former Pennsylvania senator is running a shoestring campaign and he won the very first voter preference contest, the Iowa caucuses. The problem was nobody knew it until 16 days later when the Iowa Republican Party announced the certified result that Santorum won by the razor-thin margin of 34 votes. At least we think he did. Eight precincts' votes were lost and not counted.
Mitt Romney, who placed second, was able to declare an eight-vote victory on caucus night and carry that momentum into the next primary of New Hampshire.
Not that it really mattered. The Iowa caucuses don't award any delegates to the national convention.
The problems didn't end there. |
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