Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during his primary night rally with members of his family at Southern New Hampshire University January 10, 2012
(Win McNamee/Getty Images/Getty)
Despite focusing all of his campaign's attention on New Hampshire instead of Iowa, former U.S. ambassador to China John Huntsman came in third in Tuesday's primary. Independent favorite Ron Paul took second place with 23 percent of the vote while Iowa caucus victor Mitt Romney won a comfortable lead at 39 percent. Todd Zwillich, Takeaway Washington correspondent and Anna Sale, reporter for It’s a Free Country, the politics website for our co-producer WNYC, give their thoughts on what these results mean for the rest of the GOP race.
Read. Argue. Listen. Act.
More
Star Trek: Past, Present and Future
The IRS Scandal: Who Gets Tax-Exempt Status?, Depression's Lessons, 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'
Senator Gillibrand on Sexual Assault in the Military, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, Responses: Your Most Difficult Boss
The Affordable Care Act in a State that Has Embraced It, U.S. Seizes A.P.'s Phone Records, Inside the World of the ICU
From 'Spinal Tap' to 'Family Tree,' the Wild Worlds of Christopher Guest
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International, in collaboration with New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
Major funding provided by:
Comments [3]
John said on today's show that the SC Republican primary is restricted to Republican voters only. I run my precinct's voting in SC. The SC Republican primary is an OPEN primary: anyone may vote in it. I am not a Republican and you can bet that I will vote in this taxpayer-funded event. (You may note that the SC Republican Party refused to pay the cost of their primary)
The news media and political watchers enjoy the drama. Just like in sports, they spend hours talking about stats and formulas to determine what is merely their BEST GUESS. Instead of just reporting the voting results they LOVE to hold us hostage yammering some pseudo-science that is supposed to explain how states + polls + wins + grooming equals a possibility of who will win the nomination. Everyone knows the Republican to win is the one who's the least crazy (Romney).
The sooner we can admit it the sooner we can go back to actual news reporting. In the case of NPR it's the middle east, Greece, Gingrich, and South America (the continent belonging to Hugo Chavez).
The news media seem to be saying that following yesterday's primary election in New Hampshire, the Republican race will, in effect, be decided in North Carolina. As a recent immigrant from the UK, I'm rather bemused by a system that seems to disenfranchise 48 states.
Why do they not have all the primaries and caucuses on the same day? That way, the whole country gets to vote.
Leave a Comment
Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, save your favorites, and more. Learn more.
Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. We reserve the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting. By leaving a comment, you agree to New York Public Radio's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use.