Gringrich behind Huntsman is a bit of a shocker.
What’s going on there?
I do not expect that this is a result of Iowa adds against him. There is another dynamic at play here.
Huntsman put all of his eggs in the NH basket, and Independents are allowed to vote in the Republican primary.
It is the ONLY place that Huntsman has been. He hasn’t spent any money or campaigned anywhere else.
No...it isn't. Angry, bitter Newt is a turnoff to voters, IMO.
He should leave his left-wing rhetoric in New Hampshire and move on.
Huntsman is not unexpected. It has been predicted for weeks now. Huntsman put everything into New Hampshire due to his ability to appeal to cross-over democrats and liberal/moderate independents.
IOW, New Hampshire is his last stand. I assume he’s taking from Romney and Paul.
open primaries
tons of obama voters switching [while it is good they’ve made a change, it is not good that they pick our candidate]
so things will change massively when primaries are held to republicans. big time.
RINO Republicanism is abundant throughout the northeastern states, and that’s what it’s all about. Mitt and Jon won’t do as well throughout the South.
Currently by 4000 votes. I guess it will be bigger later. Huntsman has lived in New Hampshire for months now.
Ron Paul came in 2nd because 50% of the people voting weren’t republicans.
>> There is another dynamic at play here. <<
Yep, I suspect it should be called something like, “The Tragic but Inevitable Self-Destruction of Mr. Newt” — a drama of almost Shakespearean dimensions.
Lotsa FReepers were predicting in late November and early December that Newt-the-High-Flyer would eventually explode and crash to earth. There are plenty of posts to that effect in the archives.
Back in those golden days of Newt’s magnificent ascent, when he so gloriously and confidently told everybody he’d surely be chosen as nominee, an important question some of us dubious posters were asking was not “if” but rather, “Will Newt’s self-immolation occur during the primaries, or or will it be after he wins the nomination?”
Well, now it seems we’ll soon have the answer.
When Newt, and Perry, for that matter, started spouting talking points of the class warfare liberals, folks, including me, are leaving those two in droves!
NH=LIBERAL
LLS