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Romney Pulls Early April Trifecta Winning Maryland, DC and Wisconsin Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:15 PM PDT Mitt Romney had a good night as he won the District of Columbia primary winning 16 delegates there as expected.  He is projected to win the Maryland Primary which has 37 delegates up for grabs.  In the state where Rick Santorum had hoped for an upset Romney is also projected to win in Wisconsin which has 42 delegates with 15 being uncommitted. Romney won the D.C. primary with over 70% of the vote. In Maryland with 88.4% of the precincts reporting in Romney leads Santorum 48.6% to 29.3%.  Newt Gingrich is third with 11% of the vote.  Ron Paul came in 4th with 9.6%.   It is much closer in Wisconsin with 80.8% of the precincts reporting in at the time of this writing.  Romney has 42.2%, Santorum is 2nd with 37.8%, Paul, has 11.8% in 3rd, and Gingrich has 4th with 6.1%. In the ABC exit polls in Wisconsin 8 in 10 voters believe that Romney will be the GOP nominee.  Evangelicals were less of a factor in Wisconsin and in Maryland.  Romney actually narrowly won the evangelical vote in Maryland.  There was another interesting tidbit from the ABC Wisconsin exit poll: Santorum, the darling of very conservative voters in the South, only about split them with Romney in Wisconsin. And in an unusual result Santorum also ran competitively in Wisconsin among moderate and liberal voters; the reason was a large turnout among independents and some Democrats in the state's open primary. They accounted for about four in 10 voters, disproportionately were moderates or liberals, and backed Romney in far lesser numbers than did mainstream Republicans. There were other challenges for the GOP frontrunner in the exit poll results, analyzed for ABC by Langer Research Associates. Just 37 percent in Wisconsin characterized Romney as "about right" ideologically," fewer than the 44 percent who called him "not conservative enough." And Santorum, as in the past, won broadly among the more than four in 10 voters who were focused chiefly on the "true conservative" or on "strong moral character" in a candidate. Santorum again out performed all of the recent polling.  He again won the rural vote.  Romney again is still having a hard time with the base, but many are feeling like his nomination is inevitable and some are starting to warm to him. The road ahead for Santorum is difficult.  The rest of the primaries this month – Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island have fewer evangelicals with more moderate Republican voters.  Santorum in his concession speech tonight focuses his road on Pennsylvania where he hopes to see a shift.  If he can win Pennsylvania he could possibly hold on for some friendlier contests coming up in May with Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas. But the delegate math becomes more difficult for Santorum from here on out. Link to this post!

SBA List Candidate Fund Endorses Long, Eagar, Schilling and Kleefisch Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:00 PM PDT Washington, DC ─ Today, the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, a national pro-life Political Action Committee, announced additional candidate endorsements for the 2012 election cycle: Wendy Long (NY-Senate) Cherilyn Eagar (UT-02) Bobby Schilling (IL-17) Rebecca Kleefisch (WI-Lt. Gov.)   "We are proud to endorse these dedicated pro-life leaders who will be champions for all Americans, born and unborn, in their elected offices," said SBA List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser. "At a time when American voters are thirsty for authentic pro-life leadership these candidates stand out from their ardently pro-abortion counterparts. The Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund will work tirelessly to see pro-life candidates make even bigger gains this year than in previous elections cycles." Previous endorsements this year include Barbara Cegavske (NV-04), Bette Grande (ND-AL), Beth Anne Rankin (AR-04), Ann Wagner (MO-02), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Martha Zoller (GA-09), and Rep. Steve King (IA-04). A complete list endorsed candidates can be found at: http://www.sba-list.org/endorsed-candidates. During the 2010 election cycle, SBA List spent $11 million and was involved in 90 races, 62 of which resulted in victories. Successes included: defeating 15 of 20 so-called “pro-life” Democrats who voted for abortion funding in the health care reform bill, increasing the number of pro-life women in the House by 70 percent, filling the void of pro-life women in the U.S. Senate and increasing the number of pro-life women governors from one to four. The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of more than 365,000 Americans dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics.  Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process. Link to this post!

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