Posted on 01/02/2012 1:14:28 PM PST by rickmichaels
Conventional wisdom is that whoever wins the Iowa caucus has an encouraging boost to get the Republican nomination for president in November’s vote.
Never mind that Mike Huckabee crushed Mitt Romney in the 2008 Iowa caucus, and neither went anywhere; in the 2000 caucus George W. Bush easily beat Steve Forbes and went on to win his party’s nomination; or that in 2000 Robert Dole edged Pat Buchanan and both fell by the wayside.
So while winning in Iowa is a morale booster it doesn’t mean much, and will quickly be forgotten after New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
This year, the Iowa results may mean even less than usual, since it’s not a winner-take-all situation, but split among contenders according to their percentage of the vote.
So doing comparatively well is important.
By Tuesday evening we should know the winner. At this writing, polls show Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum roughly share the lead. Newt Gingrich’s appeal has been falling, ever since he’s turned nasty on rivals. Smart money is on Romney.
It’s true that Ron Paul has worked long and hard in Iowa and led the polls, easing ahead of Gingrich, until a recent surge by Romney moved him into favored status.
In Iowa, the polls may not mean much. For Republicans whose main concern is to have Barack Obama bounced from the presidency, there’s almost a feeling of necessity to ensure that Romney gets the nod.
Iowans may lean towards the libertarian views of Ron Paul, but it’s also a given that Paul hasn’t a snowball’s chance of getting the nomination. Rival candidates snipe at Paul, clearly uneasy at his continuing appeal. Romney perhaps pin-pointed what even pro-Paul fans worry about — Paul’s casual concern about Iran developing nuclear weapons, and Romney’s gentle response that Paul may not be concerned, but most Americans don’t trust the idea of ayatollahs controlling nuclear weapons.
Hear, hear.
No one doubts that the Republican candidate Barack Obama and the Democrats would like to win — and who would be the easiest for them to defeat — is Gingrich. Apart from all the baggage Gingrich carries, he’s almost a resurrection of the past: An old, outdated reminder of things left behind in this era of change and progress.
The saddest of the Republican candidates is Michele Bachmann, who in interviews insists the tide is turning in her direction — as she drifts farther and farther from popular appeal.
She won’t even acknowledge that she’ll support whoever wins the nomination, which makes her kind of pathetic, and an embarrassment to watch. She keeps pretending that she’ll be the candidate and of course she’ll support herself. If she believes that, she’s not the person needed to lead America.
Self-delusion is not uncommon in politicians at any level.
But Romney seems the one with most self-control, unflappable, even-tempered, unexciting, competent, decent, and has the most potential to appeal to independents and moderate Democrats. He doesn’t get the blood churning, but he may be what America needs in tough economic times.
Trustworthiness is something many of Romney’s rivals haven’t earned, and something that many Americans are uneasy about in Obama, who radiates likeability but does not inspire confidence.
Romney looks a shoo-in for New Hampshire, which will make South Carolina easier. The race may soon be Romney’s to lose – and this year he’s not prone to stumbling.
Thanks (and no thanks) rickmichaels. About the author:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-worthington/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Worthington
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/12/29/peter-worthington-wikileaks-wasnt-a-threat/
The Duggar family patriarch traveled with 12 of his children to the Hawkeye State from their home in Arkansas — with the message that voters with “conservative family values have to get behind Rick Santorum for President.”
Even when we win we lose...
I think QMI Agency, Peter Worthington and rickmichaels are all Canadian, I don’t think they can actually cast a legal vote.
Sheesh..
Wrong Wrong Wrong Right WRONG WRONG WRONG!
“Progress”?
Yeah. Riiiggghhhht.
that’s as accurate a statement as the Democrats saying Bush wanted to privatize all of social security when he actually proposed allowing people to have an option to invest 5% of their SS tax in safe market funds... same kind of truth stretching the Romeny and Paul camapigns have put on Newt with millions of dollars in Iowa
Romney is Obama all over again.
He was born in Mexico and therefore is not a natural born citizen ... therefore not eligible for POTUS.
The guy is a fraud just like the current wun.
From the Washington Post;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-besieged-mormon-colony-mitt-romneys-mexican-roots/2011/07/21/gIQAFGOXVI_story.html
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Like Mitt, the Mexican Romneys are descendants of Miles Park Romney, who came to the Chihuahua desert in 1885 seeking refuge from U.S. anti-polygamy laws. He had four wives and 30 children, and on the rocky banks of the Piedras Verdes River, he and his fellow Mormon pioneers carved out a prosperous settlement beyond the reach of U.S. federal marshals. He was Mitt’s great-grandfather.
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The story of Mitt Romney’s family in Mexico is not well known or frequently mentioned by the candidate, who is widely viewed as the front-runner for the Republican nomination.
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Like President Obama, Romney has a family tree that crosses borders and cultures, and a genealogy that does not unfold neatly from a Mayflower landing or a dogged immigrant’s tale
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Hitler was the most sensible choice for delusional germans in the 1930’s for those who do not discern. Romney is a liberal democrat supported by rino republicans and I am sick of people who play to the left and rino right posing as conservatives.
This election I vote conservative and abandon the middle of the road liars, rinos and liberals alike. No liar is of the truth.
Rick Santorum is a straight talking conservative but republicans and democrats like liars and thieves to be their representitives.
Don't answer that! It's a rhetorical question I have no real interest in having answered.
I won't answer that question, but I will tell you that the author, Peter Worthington, is dog-banning SOB of a Canadian.
“Romney most sensible choice for U.S. Republicans”
Right! Then, as Rush Limbaugh pointed out the other evening on Greta, why can’t he break 30% with the Republican voter? If the GOP Establishment were chained up with rags in their mouths and without their wallets, one of the OTR (Other than Romney) Candidates would take hold and the 70% who are waiting for a decent candidate would let their collective voices be heard. Romney is simply the “It’s My Turn” candidate of the RINOs.
Somebody forgot to wind their calendar...
Woo Hoo..
MICHIGAN ties it up 27-27!!
Sometimes ya just got to go with the heart.
Heart says, NO RINO turds.
NO Romney.
the Duggar family.. oh pleaaalllease
Like I give a “Rat’s Hind End what some turd from Canada thinks. Notice, he prefers animals to people. Wow, lock up your pet Gerbils!
Just so you all know who this twit is:
Peter Worthington
QMI Agency
Peter Worthington is one of three co-founders of the Toronto Sun and was its editor-in-chief for 12 years and is now a columnist. Prior to that, for 15 years at the Toronto Telegram he covered mostly international crises, wars and revolutions, and opened the first Canadian newspaper bureau in Moscow. In WWII he was an air gunner with the Fleet Air Arm, and in the Korean war a platoon commander with the Princess Patricias. He has a B.A. from UBC, a journalism degree from Carleton University, and four National Newspaper Awards and one Citation. He is married, has three kids and six grandchildren and usually prefers animals to people.
if you are voting Conservative then vote for Bachman she’s faithful to her husband and family and much more Conservative than Santorum.... compare their records it’s not even close
Reminds me of “sensible shoes”.
What a load of bs .
Please note this propaganda leaves out the key issues that is
NH and IA are open primaries were Dems pretending to be
GOP or indies play games and play operation chaos.
Romney will be crushed
in closed primary states like SC Snd Fl.
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