Huge. You add the total populations of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina and you have about 9 million people. The population of Florida? About 19 million - more than double the total of the others combined. Florida and it's primary are also a closer reflection of what the general campaign against Obama will be like.
This is a pretty good overview of what a solid, important win this was for Mitt Romney. In addition to doing very well among independents, Romney did very well among conservatives generally, and conservative Christians/evangelicals in particular, a group people have wondered about in terms of their willingness to support Governor Romney.
And I can't help another dig at Gingrich, as he surely deserves it. Asked this morning if Gingrich had called to congratulate him on his victory in Florida as is traditional, Romney admitted that not only had Gingrich not called, but he hadn't after Iowa or New Hampshire either, though he himself had called Gingrich to congratulate him after South Carolina. Does that not say a lot right there? Romney made the call to Gingrich after his one win, but Gingrich hasn't done the same in return even when all the other candidates have done so. Amazing.
Commentary on the political campaigns across America this year, with focus on the 2012 Republican Primary, the 2012 US presidential campaign, as well as the battle for the US Senate and the US House of Representatives in 2012.
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