Conservatism won the day in Michigan

  According to Frank Beckmann today. Turnout for the Republican primary was the third highest recorded. The number of Dems to turn out for the Republican primary (their version of Operation Chaos) was only a little more than last election.
  According to polling (WaPo exit poll), the economy and the deficit were the most important issues for yesterday's voters. This is why Romney won.
  The media and Dems tried to rewrite history on Romney's stance on auto bailouts, 50% of Republicans disapproved of the auto bailouts. Among those Michigan Republicans in favor of the auto bailouts, Romney won 43 to 38.
  More Republicans identify themselves as conservative than previously believed:

The New York Times reports via Twitter, for example, that "6 in 10" voters in the Michigan primary "say they're conservative; 3 in 10 say they're very conservative." 

If that result holds up, it suggests a slightly more conservative electorate than the exit poll found four years ago. In 2008, 56 percent of Michigan's Republican primary voters identified as conservative and 24 percent said they were very conservative. As the Washington Post reported earlier Tuesday, strong conservatives have been Mitt Romney's toughest group throughout the early primary and caucus states.

  ABC Note questions how much Romney really won. Huh.