Winning Ugly, but Winning

New York Times by Nate Silver | Jan. 4, 2012 (Opinion)

Mitt Romney's narrow victory in Iowa looks ugly on the stat sheet, but it accomplished quite a bit when you consider the broader context.


The two most important things that Mr. Romney accomplished are as follows:

First, Mr. Romney eliminated Rick Perry from the nomination contest. Of course, Mr. Romney got a lot of help from Mr. Perry himself. Maybe we should use the passive voice — Mr. Perry was eliminated from the nomination ... Full Story »

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