Posted on 01/01/2012 9:31:16 PM PST by TBBT
Raleigh, N.C. – The Republican caucus in Iowa is headed for a photo finish, with the three leading contenders all within two points of each other. Ron Paul is at 20%, Mitt Romney at 19%, and Rick Santorum at 18%. Rounding out the field are Newt Gingrich at 14%, Rick Perry at 10%, Michele Bachmann at 8%, Jon Huntsman at 4%, and Buddy Roemer at 2%.
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PLEASE, PLEASE RECONSIDER RICK PERRY.
I’m sure you’ve seen me say it before and choose to ignore it, but Romney’s ads against Newt are bashing him AS supposedly BEING LIBERAL. That is a line of attack Obama CANNOT TAKE. ROMNEY is far more vulnerable because Obama has a whole ready-made campaign ready to go, painting him as a heartless corporate Wall Street tycoon, courtesy of Kennedy’s old ads and the OWS movement. Obama has almost no easy or clear line of attack against Newt in the general election.
Right. Huck only went on to finish top two or three everywhere including winning a bunch of states on Super Tuesday and finishing 2nd to McCain overall nationally.
I think young Santorum would take THAT for his first try at the nomination.
Don’t you? ; > )
We all have our flaws, even yours truly, but Newt presents a target-rich environment. He seems ego-driven because ... he is. The big government tag sticks to him because, well, he's a big government 'conservative'. It's a common enough sin but most of Newt's 'big ideas' that help define him are more things the government can do.
It certainly doesn't help when former House colleagues from Tom Coburn to Joe Scarborough place Newt firmly to their LEFT and say he had to be pushed into action on welfare reform, etc, casting doubt on the achievements during Newt's brief run as Speaker.
Simply not true. He was 4th in Florida. After Super Tuesday, he had 156 delegates, compared to 689 for McCain. I don’t call that doing well.
As I posted on another thread:
Except for a few "social issues" Huckabee was a progressive and fiscal Republicans could not support him. Not so with Santorum who is socially and fiscally conservative. If Santorum wins Iowa, NH will be most interesting.
BTW, Huckabee came in second in SC with 30%, only 3 points behind McCain. SC is a very Socially Conservative state.
Perry did pull his foot back out of his mouth on that one, with an ill-publicized retraction, but it has been ensconced in sound-bitedom evermore. As a sitting governor of a place with a heckuva lot of Hispanics in it, illegale and otherwise, he was trying not to offend anybody, and ended up offending a lot of gringos who did not savor the idea of being overrun by millions of new Democrats. Nobody knows what Perry federal policy towards illegales would look like once he has taken leave of Texas, and he would be unlikely to say much about it as a candidate at any level. His tax proposals are excruciatingly geeky too, they do not and never had the snappiness of Cain’s 9-9-9.
Well, yeah. What do you think a boom is?
The 80's rescued us from the 70's, but the 90's were a great opportunity to enact lasting reform -- some things were accomplished, the balanced budget amendment fell short, and then ... well, GWB, bless his heart. Talk about missed opportunities.
Nobody makes a waffle like Mitt Romney, that’s for sure. He should open a line of pancake houses.
One 4th after Hannity and Fox News said Huch had fropped OUT of FL! Sorry.
But 2nd, losing only 33-30 in SC. Top TWO or THREE everywhere else.
Final Order in Delegates
1. McCain
2. Huck (Santorum would take this in his first try for the nom)
3. Slick Willard
*Dropped out of FL
No, I’m simply saying what gives Santorum the 20-25% he might get is not representative of the Republican electorate as a whole, especially when his surge appears to be fueled not by anything he did in the last week, but by “influential” religious figures endorsing him. The only people I have disrespect are those who don’t think for themselves and sit on their thumbs until some “influential leader” tells them how to think, whether that’s a religious figure or someone else.
Are you knocking two decades of prosperity thanks to Reagan and Newt who also gained control of the House after 40 years of Democrat wilderness?
Who is you candidate by the way? Romney?
I think that Mitt will win by 2% points...The polls are predicting a turnout model far younger and more male than last time in 08, I think females and seniors are likely be slighty underpolled and will give mitt the win.
I like fropped out myself. LOL.
Willard will not win Iowa EVER. Mark my words, dude. I’ve spent a helluva lot of time in Iowa campaigning among the conservatives there.
Also, Willardists suck at caucusing.
LOL! Yeah, I should just left it uncorrected.
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