Live Blog for Minnesota Caucuses

[lucent]

1. Rick Santorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,608
2. Ron Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,918
3. Mitt Romney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,879
4. Newt Gingrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267
5. Write In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

 

[RonPaulMyPresident]

Ok why is Santorum leading the polls. Are people of Minnesota that bloodthirsty?

 

[kathy88]

Shakopee Patch: In shakopee, results coming momentarily. Prior Lake goes Santorum

9:04
Golden Valley Patch: Ron Paul expected to speak around 9:30.

 

[kathy88]

Ok why is Santorum leading the polls. Are people of Minnesota that bloodthirsty?

Apparently.

 

[MozoVote]

Just a few nights ago, people were cringing and hoping that Ron could squeak over 20% in Nevada. He's getting well into the 20s in MN which is nice to see for a change.

 

[lucent]

1. Rick Santorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,927
2. Ron Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,180
3. Mitt Romney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,030
4. Newt Gingrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368
5. Write In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

 

[69360]

Did anyone just see that CNN is predicting RP to win ME and WA?

 

[kathy88]

21.3%

NEWT GINGRICH 1520 11.79
RON PAUL 3456 26.80
MITT ROMNEY 2257 17.50
RICK SANTORUM 5619 43.58
WRITE-IN 42 00.33

 

[pauliticalfan]

We need to get Santorum voters to vote for us in Virginia!

 

[kathy88]

Did anyone just see that CNN is predicting RP to win ME and WA?

Quick. Look busy. Jesus is coming!

 

[TruePatriot44]

Pennington County results look fraudulent.

144 people in one precinct? Whole county only has 14k people. That would be like 5.6k people going to convention.

 

[slamhead]

I'm with you on this one. Never thought this corrupt POS would ever get this far.

Don't worry the MSM is going to knock him down now to protect Mittens. Now Romney and Gingrich are going to beat up Rick now. Both Romney and Gingrich have such big egos they will stay in until the end. I am seeing the likelihood of a brokered convention even more. Keep in mind Missouri is only a straw poll. Lets get the people out for the caucus and pick up the delegates.

 

[kathy88]

Shakopee Patch: In Shakopee winner is Santorum 125 Ron Paul 89 Romney 52 Gingrich 32

9:11
Minnesota Patch: More than a fifth of the count is in, and the percentages haven't changed much since the start. Santorum has almost 44 percent of the vote, Paul almost 27 percent. Romney has 17.49 percent and Gingrich 11.80 percent. There are 42 write-in votes.

 

[sailingaway]

Guys, I hate to say it, but this is good. I WANTED to win Minnesota, but seeing the polls, even overperforming, that would have been a real upset even in my own mind. If we are a solid second it will unfortunately be Santorum Central, but not in Maine, not ever, and that comes next. Remember that Ron was pegged third or fourth going into this.

 

[kathy88]

Hopkins Patch: Santorum Edges Out Paul for Hopkins Vote http://hopkins.patch.com/articles/santorum-edges-out-paul-for-hopkins-vote

 

[tbone717]

Pennington County results look fraudulent.

144 people in one precinct? Whole county only has 14k people. That would be like 5.6k people going to convention.

Thief River Falls is the county seat, and has 8000 people. It is very possible that 144 people caucused there.

 

[kathy88]

DavidHenke: Results from District 38: Santorum 319, Romney 204, Paul 193, Gingrich 68.

9:14
St. Louis Park Patch: St. Louis Park P-17: Ron Paul 8, Santorum 3, Romney 1

 

[Agorism]

lol we almost won the Missouri caucus last time.

Santorum could win the primary, and we could take the delegates. Would anger him but o well.

 

[kathy88]

Golden Valley Patch: @Betsy - Ron Paul is holding a Minnesota Caucus Party at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Golden Valley. We'll be streaming his speech live when he takes the stage.

 

[kathy88]

27.31%

NEWT GINGRICH 1727 11.36
RON PAUL 4039 26.56
MITT ROMNEY 2588 17.02
RICK SANTORUM 6804 44.75
WRITE-IN 47 00.31