4/24/12
Republican Presidential Primary Summary
by Ethan & Henry
Andrew, Nathaniel, and Aaron contributed to this report.
The primaries for electing the Republican nominee to face Obama, the current president, are underway.
Mitt Romney is the front runner, followed by Rick Santorum, then Newt Gingrich, and finally Ron Paul.
Mitt Romney is from Michigan. He was elected governor of Massachusetts for one term. Romney and his dad are successful businessmen so he thinks he can heal the economy, because to him, the economy is like a big business.
Rick Santorum, from Pennsylvania was in the House of Representatives, then after four years was elected into the Senate. Santorum claims that he grew up in a small town like everybody else so he says he can relate to the citizens, unlike Romney.
Gingrich, from Georgia, is a former Speaker of the House, at the national level in Congress. People think Gingrich is a really strong debater and he has a strategy to win all the southern states, but so far it’s not working out so well. Also the Tea Party Movement favors him.
Ron Paul is from Texas and served in Congress for 20 years. He is also known as the“Intellectual Godfather of the Tea Party.” When Paul ran for President in 2008, he didn’t win many delegates but proved that he was a successful money maker/fund raiser.
The primaries kicked off with the Iowa caucus which took place on the 3rd of January. At first people thought that Romney had won it , but after recounting, people saw that Santorum had actually won. Shortly thereafter, Romney won Florida and got the 50 delegates he needed for a head start boost. Afterwards Santorum won Colorado, Minnesota, and would have won Missouri but it was only a beauty contest. (A Beauty contest is a primary where no delegates are awarded.) But those three primaries showed that Santorum had a chance, and that’s when people noticed him.
Another important primary was Michigan because if Romney didn’t win this state it would be a huge setback for him because he’s from there and his dad is one of its popular former governors.
Then, on March 6th Super Tuesday happened. 10 primaries took place, and Romney won 6 of them, Santorum won 3, and Gingrich 1. On Super Tuesday Ohio was a major primary because it is expected to be a fighting ground between the eventual Republican nominee and Obama. Finally, on April 3rd, Santorum suspended his campaign and essentially handed Romney the nomination.
There are still more primaries to come but, the race is leaning towards Romney because Gingrich, now in second, only has 1/5 of the total amount of delegates Romney has. Gingrich and Paul have declared to stay in because now since Santorum dropped out, most of the conservative votes will go to them.
We think that Mitt Romney is going to win the necessary 1144 delegates in the Republic primary elections. Also, we think that Romney would be the best president because we think that Obama is wasteful of money, time and makes promises that he does not keep. Romney, unlike the other candidates, is not overly conservative or liberal.
Republican Presidential Primary Summary
by Ethan & Henry
Andrew, Nathaniel, and Aaron contributed to this report.
The primaries for electing the Republican nominee to face Obama, the current president, are underway.
Mitt Romney is the front runner, followed by Rick Santorum, then Newt Gingrich, and finally Ron Paul.
Mitt Romney is from Michigan. He was elected governor of Massachusetts for one term. Romney and his dad are successful businessmen so he thinks he can heal the economy, because to him, the economy is like a big business.
Rick Santorum, from Pennsylvania was in the House of Representatives, then after four years was elected into the Senate. Santorum claims that he grew up in a small town like everybody else so he says he can relate to the citizens, unlike Romney.
Gingrich, from Georgia, is a former Speaker of the House, at the national level in Congress. People think Gingrich is a really strong debater and he has a strategy to win all the southern states, but so far it’s not working out so well. Also the Tea Party Movement favors him.
Ron Paul is from Texas and served in Congress for 20 years. He is also known as the“Intellectual Godfather of the Tea Party.” When Paul ran for President in 2008, he didn’t win many delegates but proved that he was a successful money maker/fund raiser.
The primaries kicked off with the Iowa caucus which took place on the 3rd of January. At first people thought that Romney had won it , but after recounting, people saw that Santorum had actually won. Shortly thereafter, Romney won Florida and got the 50 delegates he needed for a head start boost. Afterwards Santorum won Colorado, Minnesota, and would have won Missouri but it was only a beauty contest. (A Beauty contest is a primary where no delegates are awarded.) But those three primaries showed that Santorum had a chance, and that’s when people noticed him.
Another important primary was Michigan because if Romney didn’t win this state it would be a huge setback for him because he’s from there and his dad is one of its popular former governors.
Then, on March 6th Super Tuesday happened. 10 primaries took place, and Romney won 6 of them, Santorum won 3, and Gingrich 1. On Super Tuesday Ohio was a major primary because it is expected to be a fighting ground between the eventual Republican nominee and Obama. Finally, on April 3rd, Santorum suspended his campaign and essentially handed Romney the nomination.
There are still more primaries to come but, the race is leaning towards Romney because Gingrich, now in second, only has 1/5 of the total amount of delegates Romney has. Gingrich and Paul have declared to stay in because now since Santorum dropped out, most of the conservative votes will go to them.
We think that Mitt Romney is going to win the necessary 1144 delegates in the Republic primary elections. Also, we think that Romney would be the best president because we think that Obama is wasteful of money, time and makes promises that he does not keep. Romney, unlike the other candidates, is not overly conservative or liberal.