A better question is why the fuck should we care about Iowa in the first place.
I'm fucking sick and tired of our electoral process that favors small, rural, conservative states filled with inbred white hicks that know nothing other than god, guns, and Nascar. They in no way represent the majority of this country that lives on the coasts.
I want to see an electoral process where candidates actually spend most of their time where people actually LIVE in this fucking country. CA, NY, and most other big states are basically ignored entirely in any general election.
Oh yeah, I forgot how the Paulsies think that Ron Paul didn't write the Ron Paul Newsletters that he subsequently defended.
Ron Paul is just pathetic. He couldn't even win a third rate state like Iowa after spending so many resources there. People saw through him and knew that he was despicable. Good for Iowans.
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) is a second-term Senator, representing Pennsylvania. Sen. Santorum's ethics issues stem from the manner in which he funded his children's education and his misuse of his legistlative position in exchange for contributions to his political action committee and his re-election campaign....
Faux news is suggesting Romney will win by 14 votes.
Who knows?
But... will someone "please" in iowa get out there and clean up the corn spill on the road holding up the last results. Or get that cow off the road. Whatever the hell...
THIS is why iOwa does NOT deserve the #1 one slot.
WTF...
CNN woke up some GOP lady head and she is bitching at CNN.
Sounds like she is on drugs.
Funny as hell.
So this is iOwa OMFG...!
??? dude you are looking at the online poll results, not the caucus results. romney an paul are at 23% each.
I'm sorry if your state votes for Santorum you are clearly stupid and white trash in my book.
Couldn't care less about Iowa or its people, you are irrelevant to mainstream America and would remain so were it not for your unearned "first" caucus spot.
That is very true and is a known bias. It causes Ron Paul to under poll, and it caused Obama to under poll, because their support is dis-proportionally young and the young are less likely to own land lines. (Although we don't have a land line and I'm in my fifties.)On that note, how many people have phones anymore? Considering it is landlines vs cell phones. I would say most people with landlines are old folks, and as far as I know, they only call landlines for telephone polls.
About how I see it. Disturbing though since Santorum is the one Republican candidate that would absolutely positively make me vote for Obama, which is NOT something I want to do.As far as I'm concerned it was a 3-way tie for all practical purposes. It can be called a win by Romney in terms of actual numbers, a win for Santorum because where the hell did his support come from and a win by Paul since he wasn't expected by the MSM to perform this well. Gingrich is choking on dust and the rest of the pack should save their supporters money and drop out soon.
About how I see it. Disturbing though since Santorum is the one Republican candidate that would absolutely positively make me vote for Obama, which is NOT something I want to do.
Official results say Romney by 8 votes
http://news.yahoo.com/gop-romney-beats-santorum-8-votes-073941845.html
Romney beats Santorum by 8 votes
The chairman of the Iowa Republican party says former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won the Iowa caucuses by eight votes. Chairman Matt Strawn made the announcement of the razor-thin margin from Des Moines.
Romney narrowly edged out former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Strawn says Romney got 30,015 votes and Santorum received 30,007 votes.
That is a margin of eight votes.
I believe it was somewhere between 7 and 9 votes. :hmm:How many votes was that again? I didn't catch it the first eight times you said it.
I sincerely, sincerely doubt Santorum will win anything else anywhere, or even come particularly close. He might stand an outside chance in South Carolina, but that's it. The only reason he scored as well as he did in Iowa is that Iowans hate Mitt Romney and opposition research hadn't had time to tear him down yet. (he's yet another fat target for oppo teams)
As I've been saying from the beginning, it's Mitt Romney all the way.
Who did you vote for yesterday?Yes, ofcourse Santorum won't do well elsewhere but it not because the lack of oppo research. They have been blasting anti-Santorum ads here in Iowa. It's out there - there was just more focus on RP's newsletters and the media narrative that Newt was loosing support.
Yes, ofcourse Santorum won't do well elsewhere but it not because the lack of oppo research. They have been blasting anti-Santorum ads here in Iowa. It's out there - there was just more focus on RP's newsletters and the media narrative that Newt was loosing support.
About how I see it. Disturbing though since Santorum is the one Republican candidate that would absolutely positively make me vote for Obama, which is NOT something I want to do.
EDIT: Bachmann is dropping out; she finished sixth in her birth state among a highly evangelical base and she's broke. That suits me too, since I'm 95% convinced I'd have to vote for Obama were she to get the nod.
how will the Democrats ever manage, they're split between Clinton and Obama and the two sides will never come together to vote for their party on election day.
great news for McCain!