Sunday, March 11, 2012
A look back at South End Patch's top stories from March 5 - 11.
Romney Takes the South End, Paul Second (Results): Unofficial primary results from the South End's precincts. More on Election 2012-03-10 PHOTOS: Voters Few and Far Between on Super Tuesday in the South End: In the city overall, only 7.83 percent of registered voters, or 27,561 out of 352,123, turned up at the polls, according to preliminary data. In The Bathroom At The Westin: John Keith may or may not have been at the "Romney for President" event last night at Boston's Westin Copley Place hotel. The following conversation may or may not have taken place. Romney Cruises to Victory in Boston with 69 Percent of Vote (Results): Plus unofficial results from the South End's State Committee Man and Woman and Ward Committee races. Romney Wins …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
John Keith may or may not have been at the "Romney for President" event last night at Boston's Westin Copley Place hotel. The following conversation may or may not have taken place.
Last evening, high on a lethal mix of cold medicine, Zolpidem, and Yuengling beer, I headed to the Barnes & Noble in Back Bay to pick up a copy of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72.” On the way back home thought I'd stop by presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Super Tuesday celebration at the Westin Copley Place. If I couldn't crash it, I hoped I'd get a good story out of it. But, before I could reach the party, I was overcome with nausea, so I beelined it to the closest men's room. After several dry heaves in the only open stall available, I heard the sobbing of what I assumed to be a man from the stall beside me. Knocking on the door, I was stunned and shocked when the candidate himself, Mitt Romney, …
Unofficial primary results from the South End's precincts.
As Massachusetts and Boston go, so goes the South End. In addition to landslide victories in the state and its capital on Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney also easily took the South End, with more than 70 percent of the vote from the neighborhood’s precincts, according to preliminary results from the city. Of the 583 South End votes cast in the Republican presidential primary, Romney garnered 417, putting him well ahead of the neighborhood’s runner-up, Ron Paul (77), and third-place vote getter, Rick Santorum (55). The neighborhood cast 856 votes in the Democratic primary, with 829 going to President Barack Obama. In the Green-Rainbow primary, Jill Stein took eight of the neighborhood’s nine votes. Throughout the city, Romney received 69.27 …
Plus unofficial results from the South End's State Committee Man and Woman and Ward Committee races.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney not only took the Bay State by a significant margin in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary, he also came out ahead in the state’s capital, earning 69.27 percent of the vote in Boston, according to unofficial results released late Tuesday night by the city. In the city, only 7.83 percent of registered voters, or 27,561 out of 352,123, turned up at the polls, according to the preliminary data. Also in the city, 14,539 votes were cast in the Democratic presidential primary, 10,917 in the Republican and 113 in the Green-Rainbow. Below are the unofficial results from the entire City of Boston for the Republican, Democratic and Green-Rainbow presidential primaries, as well as the results from the …
In the city overall, only 7.83 percent of registered voters, or 27,561 out of 352,123, turned up at the polls, according to preliminary data.
Super Tuesday delivered a low turnout in the South End, which was not a surprise to many of the voters and poll workers due to the neighborhood’s Democratic slant. “I would be a lot of people feel the same way that I do, that [President Barack Obama] is going to be the Democratic candidate, (and) there’s probably no reason to vote. That’s what I would guess,” said Andy Fisher, a South End resident for the past 15 years. [To see the unofficial Super Tuesday results from Boston, released late Tuesday night by the city, click here.] Those who did come out to the polls expressed interest in specific issues, one of which was the economy. “I know a lot of people are unemployed,” Jeffrey Andrade said. “Jobs are still an issue even if the economy …
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's Republican primary, according to the CNN, NBC and the Associated Press.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's GOP presidential primary, according to several media outlets. CNN, NBC and the Associated Press are all calling Romney the winner. His prize: The highest share of the state's 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Massachusetts will allocate delegates on a proportional basis, according to Huffington Post. Candidates with at least 15 percent of the vote get a share of the delegates that roughly matches his percentage of the vote. Romney voted in Belmont earlier today, where he and his wife Ann are longtime residents. Our sister Patch in Belmont has video of remarks Romney made after voting. Votes from Boston are still being tabulated, but early precincts show …
Massachusetts voters will name their GOP pick today on Super Tuesday.
Massachusetts residents will have their say in the heated 2012 Republican presidential primary race today. The Bay State is expected to be a decisive win for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but Romney's opponents aren't sitting back. A recent Suffolk University poll has Romney at 64 percent, with former Sen. Rick Santorum in a distant second at 16 percent. Texas Congressman Ron Paul is polling in the single digits at 7 percent, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in last place with 6 percent. And in a recent YouGov Internet poll, Romney received 64 percent, followed by Rick Santorum at 21 percent, Ron Paul at 9 percent and Newt Gingrich at 6 percent. The massive lead Romney enjoys in polls is enough to offer his campaign a sense…
The former Massachusetts governor is back in the Bay State for Super Tuesday.
After what he hopes is a Super Tuesday that will solidify his front-runner status in the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney will address his local supporters at about 9:30 p.m. tonight at the Westin Copley Place hotel in Boston. Prior to the rally, the former Massachusetts governor is scheduled to vote at about 5:15 p.m. in Belmont, at the Beech Street Senior Center. Romney and his wife Ann still own a condominium in the town they used to call home. However, they sold their house there in 2009. Ten states and 437 delegates are up for grabs today in the Republican primary – Alaska (27 delegates), Georgia (76), Idaho (32), Massachusetts (41), North Dakota (28), Ohio (66), Oklahoma (43), Tennessee (58), Vermont (17) and Virginia (49…
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Katevanderwiede
10:48 pm on Sunday, March 11, 2012
This freaking rocks. ! Love it, John. more ›