CNN projects that Mitt Romney will win GOP primaries in Arizona and Michigan, the hotly contested state of his birth.
Article:
Detroit (CNN) -- Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's Arizona primary, CNN projected based on exit polls, and he took an early lead over rival Rick Santorum in Michigan, a key contest in the Republican race for a candidate to run against President Barack Obama in November.
The victory in Arizona, where exit polls showed Romney getting 43% to 28% for Santorum, gives the former Massachusetts governor all of the state's 29 delegates in the winner-takes-all primary. Trailing well back were the other two GOP contenders -- Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
In Michigan, Romney was ahead with 42% to 37% for Santorum, 12% for Paul and 7% for Gingrich, with 69% of unofficial returns counted. The state's 30 delegates will be allocated on a proportional basis, and Romney and Santorum each won three so far, according to the early returns.
Romney needs to win Michigan, where he grew up when his father was governor, to assert his ability to overcome the conservative challenge from Santorum.
A Santorum victory in Michigan would be a major upset and would give the former Pennsylvania senator sustained momentum after his surge to the top of the polls earlier this month as the conservative alternative to the more moderate Romney.
It also would raise more questions about how strong a candidate Romney is within his own party.
(There's more but it's TL;DR)
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/0...ies/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Damn I thought he was gonna lose Michigan for sure.
Article:
Detroit (CNN) -- Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's Arizona primary, CNN projected based on exit polls, and he took an early lead over rival Rick Santorum in Michigan, a key contest in the Republican race for a candidate to run against President Barack Obama in November.
The victory in Arizona, where exit polls showed Romney getting 43% to 28% for Santorum, gives the former Massachusetts governor all of the state's 29 delegates in the winner-takes-all primary. Trailing well back were the other two GOP contenders -- Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
In Michigan, Romney was ahead with 42% to 37% for Santorum, 12% for Paul and 7% for Gingrich, with 69% of unofficial returns counted. The state's 30 delegates will be allocated on a proportional basis, and Romney and Santorum each won three so far, according to the early returns.
Romney needs to win Michigan, where he grew up when his father was governor, to assert his ability to overcome the conservative challenge from Santorum.
A Santorum victory in Michigan would be a major upset and would give the former Pennsylvania senator sustained momentum after his surge to the top of the polls earlier this month as the conservative alternative to the more moderate Romney.
It also would raise more questions about how strong a candidate Romney is within his own party.
(There's more but it's TL;DR)
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/0...ies/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Damn I thought he was gonna lose Michigan for sure.
