No, I don't want to talk about Iowa. I'm disappointed, but I expect NH's outcome for RP to go much better. 1) Iowa has a rather dismal record of correlation with the future, and 2) it's a freaking caucus
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I believe it was 10%, which makes a difference perceptionally. (Source) And he did beat Giuliani and Hunter - poor Hunter, apparently you think he doesn't exist.
I'm actually surprised how horribly Giuliani did. I know he didn't campaign there, but as a frontrunner, I still expected him to make a better showing. But again, you have 60% (of a low turnout) claiming themselves as evangelical - that's a Huckabee population. I'm really more concerned with how RP will place in NH - if he can't do well in such a libertarian-minded state, that's when I'll worry more. Iowa is a poor predictor - I don't know why people think Iowans somehow represent the vast majority of America.
Iowa doesn't change anything about the MSM though, they've been ignoring him from the beginning. And for some reason that completely baffles me, they're pushing Huckabee, before Iowa. Do they realize their sex-and-violence ratings would be under attack? Are they pushing him for the Dems' sake? I don't know, because the MSM makes no sense!
I have NO idea what you're getting at otherwise. Under 35?? Maybe 25. But still no clue where you're going with that.
Yeah, the way the democratic primary goes is pretty messed up. Everyone was getting all huffy about the republican straw poll (which in the end, meant absolutely nothing for Romney in Iowa), but this two chances to pick deal is ridiculous. The way they run that caucus is the exact reason why I will not vote for Clinton for certain; they are poll jockeys!
The funny part is, only 45% of those evangelicals voted for Huckabee. I mean, I am still not sure who I am going to support, but I at least acknowledge Huckabee as a guy who sticks to his guns, where as the other front runners seem to have selective amnesia.
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I'm actually surprised how horribly Giuliani did. I know he didn't campaign there, but as a frontrunner, I still expected him to make a better showing. But again, you have 60% (of a low turnout) claiming themselves as evangelical - that's a Huckabee population. I'm really more concerned with how RP will place in NH - if he can't do well in such a libertarian-minded state, that's when I'll worry more. Iowa is a poor predictor - I don't know why people think Iowans somehow represent the vast majority of America.
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I have NO idea what you're getting at otherwise. Under 35?? Maybe 25. But still no clue where you're going with that.
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Yeah, the way the democratic primary goes is pretty messed up. Everyone was getting all huffy about the republican straw poll (which in the end, meant absolutely nothing for Romney in Iowa), but this two chances to pick deal is ridiculous. The way they run that caucus is the exact reason why I will not vote for Clinton for certain; they are poll jockeys!
The funny part is, only 45% of those evangelicals voted for Huckabee. I mean, I am still not sure who I am going to support, but I at least acknowledge Huckabee as a guy who sticks to his guns, where as the other front runners seem to have selective amnesia.
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No, really, that would be an admirable quality. If his guns were stuck in any year with an AD.
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