Iowa Caucuses - Results Live Thread

January 3, 2008 | xjcsa

[xjcsa]

I thought the time was right to start up a live thread for results and comments about tonight, so here we are!

[Sola Veritas]

“And Rush did not slam Huck the man—he pointed out Huck’s positions on key issues which are not at all conservative.”

He said he was not conservative. To conservative evangelicals that is a serious insult. Rush will loose audience. Loss of audience means loss of money.

[MNJohnnie]

Anyone got any idea who has the best ground game going in Iowa? From just surface impressions, you would expect Romney, Paul and Clinton to do best tonight since they have the most organized, committed supporters. The Huckabees are committed but pretty disorganized.

[clinkclink]

I think that’s a good (reasonable) prediction.

P.S. Have enjoyed yer paintings.

[Milhous]

What time will we start to see actual results???

The Iowa Caucus-A Primer

What time does the Caucus start?

* Democrats start at 6:30 PM.
* Republicans start at 7:00 PM

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The truth will set you free. - Jesus Christ

[RobFromGa]

Anyone got any idea who has the best ground game going in Iowa?

I think John Deere is still considered the elite in regards to the "ground game". Why are you bringing up tractors on a political forum? :-)

[Hoodlum91]

“He said he was not conservative. To conservative evangelicals that is a serious insult”

The truth was insulting? Maybe evangelicals should grow thicker skin. It’s sad really.

[Khepri]

If the Republican party throws religious people off the bus. The base is gone.

Or at least that's what the Christian Right likes to think...

That reminds me of people on the job that think the company will collapse without them....and the reality is once they are gone they are barely missed.

In this case it's unfortunate.

[bcsco]

It isn’t a matter of “right or wrong”, it is a matter of denigrating a person that is well liked.

Which the Huckabee camp did to Rush, using typical statements right out of the Democrat playbook. Rush responded, and well, I might add.

A Huckabee win in Iowa will not hurt Rush in any way. A Huckabee win in Iowa is nowhere near as significant as you seem to imply.

[Dante3]

In comparing Huckabee’s own words and actions with those of Romney and Thompson, Huckabee’s record on immigration is horrible. With Romney and Thompson there is at least hope of sanity. And Tancredo’s support of Romney means something.

[Sola Veritas]

“save for two issues - guns and abortion”

How many times do I have to correct you about this.

THREE (NOT TWO)KEY ISSUES: Abortion, Homosexual Agenda, 2nd Ammendment

[Cedric]

“Rush will loose audience.”

I was unaware he had tied them up.

[RockinRight]

I just don’t see how saying “yeah, he’s your guy, that’s fine, but he’s not conservative” is “dissing” him.

Perhaps Rush is to the point where if a few Huckabee fans stop listening because Rush dares to say the religious populist named Huckabee isn’t a conservative, then so be it.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Has Rather called Florida for Bush yet?

[9YearLurker]

One reason I think Thompson has credibility here more than Huckabee or Mitt is that he doesn’t have a record of changing his positions with the wind—or the campaign at hand. Huckabee and Mitt in their different ways have shown a troubling unreliability about their word and their campaigning methods.

Mitt may be given more the benefit of the doubt than Huckabee because he doesn’t support, as Huck still does, giving plum privileges such as in-state tuition to illegals. I don’t believe Huckabee has disowned his position there, just dissembled on the content of the bill he was passing. Also, because Mitt is from Utah and has been so active in the Mormon church, it is more readily believed that his eager-to-please personality will be turned ‘home’ now, toward the more conservative Mormon population, rather than to the liberal Massachusetts, to whom he may have temporarily sold his soul.

But I agree with you, Fred, though I think the best candidate, is not a perfect candidate either.

[Cedric]

The instant after the Rapture the GOP will cease to exist.

[Khepri]

Rush denigrating Huckabee....

LMAO!!!!If ANYONE desrves it,...it's the Huckster...

And it's downright laughable...the suggestion that decades long listeners to Rush are going to ditch him over the Huckster...

Cindrella's run ends soon ala Pat Robertson.

[Squantos]

I’ll keep listening too Rush......

[trisham]

If the Republican party throws religious people off the bus. The base is gone.

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If "religious people" are willing to sacrifice conservative principles to support a candidate simply because that candidate is a member of their own religious group, then they deserve to be thrown off the bus. Huckabee is a pro-illegal, pro-open borders socialist. He should not be running as a Republican.

[Politicalmom]

“Chain Migration” is LEGAL immigration. All the others were aiding ILLEGALS.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Why would the Republican party even want to get rid of religious conservatives who are very passionate ?