Peter Lawler

Polls show that AL and MS are pretty much three-way ties, with the not-Romney vote, of course, split down the middle. That kind of result helps Romney, of course. Other good news is that Romney runs ahead of Obama in a 2nd poll. Question: Why are Republicans so fatalistic when they’re . . . . Continue Reading »

Santorum won big in Kansas. I don’t think it makes much difference. It is more evidence of Mitt’s evangelical problem that has little to do with the South. Good Romney stats: He’s up double-digits over Santorum among Republicans and five (in one poll) over Obama. Good news for . . . . Continue Reading »

Sean Trende , an impressive analyst and my new buddy, says that it’s possible Mitt will come up short delegate-wise. For one thing, March may well be brutal for him, and he may not actually win that many states from now on. For another, his firewalls of New York and California may not hold. . . . . Continue Reading »

And a suggestion of an easy way out. . . . . Continue Reading »

So the “Super” results of yesterday on were on the low side of what the polls were predicting for Romney. I’m surpised, because I thought the polls were showing a Santorum collapse. Romney barely averted what would have been an energizing win for Santorum in Ohio. But even the . . . . Continue Reading »

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There are too many great recent posts to respond to quickly this morning. So I will highlight the importance of Jason Joseph’s Catholic response to Pat Deneen: The freedom properly claimed is the freedom the church—an organized body of thought and action—to tell the whole truth . . . . Continue Reading »

1. The OH polls this morning show a very narrow Romney lead. It looks just like the situation in MI the day before . . . Santorum has to win to remain a credible candidate. 2. MEANWHILE, there’s quite the Newt surge in TN, where we now have a three-way tie. Newt’s lead in Georgia . . . . Continue Reading »

. . . has, I think, become a moral imperative for Republicans. Pete, of course, is right that what went wrong with Santorum is that he campaigned with the lack of discipline and general self-indulgence of a loser at a crucial moment. Now we’re not talking Newt-level self-indulgence, but more . . . . Continue Reading »

ME explaining to the BIG THINKERS why Santorum was the last of them. Two more quick point: I’m as puzzled as Pete about the speed and extent of the Santorum collapse. He’s even collapsed in GA, as far as I can tell. Without a much better showing on Tuesday than any poll shows, . . . . Continue Reading »