With 83% of the votes reported, Mitt Romney's 83% of the vote has been consistent throughout the vote count.
Here are the results (as of 83% counted):
Romney 83%
Santorum 8%
Gingrich 2%
Paul 1%
Do you suppose Santorum intentionally shot himself in the foot -- or maybe even higher up -- when he told the Puerto Ricans that, if they want to become a state, they have to adopt English as their first language and learn to speak it? Or was he just bumblingly stupid in hitting them on their most important issue?
It was stupid, because it was so politically inept. It was ignorant, because English is already the official language of Puerto Rico and virtually all Puerto Ricans are taught English in schools.
Or does this indicate a large issue of his failure to appeal to Hispanics in general? Romney also had the endorsement of the P.R. governor.
Anyway, Romney picked up all 20 delegates, since he won more than 50% of the vote.
Ralph
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Santorum apparently has a political strategist who knows how to spin, even if he can't keep Rick from his extremist, unnecessary gaffes.
ReplyDeleteThe spin is that Rick lost the P. R. primary because of his "principled" stance about English as official language, contrasting his integrity with Romney's pandering flip-flop in telling the Puerto Ricans that they don't have to learn English to become a state.
They're both wrong in a way. Santorum for saying they will have to learn English to become a state, and Romney for saying they won't, implying that they don't speak English.
Here's the bottom line: English is already the official language of P. R., just as it is of the U.S.; but it's not required that each citizen speak English; and probably 95% of them already do.