The 2012 Missouri Caucus

[Marx]

The Missouri caucus takes place on March 17th. Who will win? Who will lose?

(In keeping with the tradition of the 2008 election season...all debates, primaries, and caucuses will have their own threads to ensure that the political forum continues to run smoothly.)

Discuss.

*The February 7th primary will have no bearing on the results of this caucus.

 

[DACrowe]

Santorum will win the caucus, I suspect. He won the primary and now has actual momentum in an election system where his supporters can pressure and persuade Gingrich supporters who don't like Romney to go with frothy.

Illinois next week will be more interesting.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Santorum will win.

 

[SV Fan]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...rguments-arrests-and-a-good-day-for-ron-paul/

The Missouri caucuses may have marked Ron Paul’s most successful day of the 2012 campaign, as anecdotes from across the state indicate a strong showing.

To varying degrees, proceedings grew contentious between Paul supporters and local GOP officials. The gist of the disputes: GOP organizers said the Paul backers were boisterous and obstructive. Paul backers wanted to be heard.

While speculation has been noted on a national level that Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are somehow colluding in the 2012 race, anecdotal evidence from Missouri suggests some cooperation: In counties where Paul supporters showed well, Romney supporters and Paul supporters appeared together on mixed delegate slates. Local GOP officials said they couldn’t say, one way or another, whether Paul and Romney backers seemed to be cooperating in any organized way at individual caucus sites.