More on the election ...

I failed to mention another critical reason Romney blew out the competition today and it has ramifications for the general election. In a word, illegals. There are 4 or 5 what are called "issue shows" in radio throughout Southern California into Nevada all the way to Texas. Want to guess what these hour long, very passionate programs have as their singular theme? From uninsured illegal motorists to states of emergency along the border (from Dem governors as well to show how big a problem illegal "immigration" poses), to hospital ER's being overrun, this is the single biggest political issue, if you take them one by one, that unites voters in the Southwest. It polls around 90% with natural born citizens and 70%, YES 70, with legal immigrants (for obvious reasons, they waited in line). Well for all of the hosts on each of these programs and for all those whose primary issue is this, there is one clear champion in the Congress - Tom Tancredo (R) Colorado. He is the toughest, most articulate elected official on this issue out of all national figures (although he's barely that), and he was running for the GOP nomination up to two weeks ago when he formally dropped out (although his name was still on the ballot/caucus tally here). Well, guess who he endorsed upon dropping out? Mitt Romney. And he went on all these programs to let people know. I think that, in this region of the country, was more decisive then the organized Mormon vote - you don't beat your closest rival by 40% on Mormonism alone, let me assure you. I think this issue & Tancredo's endorsement now puts Romney in play for CA, NM & TX over Guliani on super Tuesday, and if he wins those that's game set and match. And at that point Rudy better start sending texts to Mitt with the letters V & P enclosed.

On the (registered Republican) Christian vote, The Las Vegas Review Journal exit polling suggests that 94% of Mormons voted for Romney, 25% of evangelicals, and low & behold 29% of Catholics ... he, he. And that's with a Catholic (Rudy) on the ballot to choose from. In fact, given Huckabee, Thompson & McKennedy ... err, I mean McCAIN, split the rest, Romney won the largest percentage of Catholics ... again, he, he.

One other odd occurrence ... apparently the Democrat delegates are split according to geographical districts, not population. So while Hillary won the majority of votes, Obama won slightly more districts and took 13 delegates out of NV to her 12. See if the mainstream press reports that. Primaries are about delegates, not votes. Votes are merely the vehicle, and given that truth, Obama won. It would seem Hillary had a mini 2000 election, just no hanging chads ...
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