Okay folks, we’re just a couple of days away from the Iowa caucuses, where the first blow of the Republican race to be the guy (or gal) who loses to Barack Obama in 2012 happens.
So, what are your predictions? And, do you think it’s fair that states like Iowa and New Hampshire have an uneven weight on the rest of the campaign due to their first in the nation status? If you say unfair, then what’s your solution? A one day 50 state primary… regional primaries?
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Three-way is the common term, but usually someone’s left out.
also I forget what but it was something like 90% if Iowans live in urban areas. Kind of like, you know, the rest of the country.
I dunno, I saw that video and it looks delicious, just saying.
Plus Rove founds some votes for Willard here under the cover of darkness ( 2:21 am) so is 14 votes for the Romney win.
Remeber it’s Iowa, so it’s fried butter on a stick.
I believe the term for Santorum is “frothy”,
120,000 is ten tiimes more than enough if they were a representative sample. Therein lies the rub.
Santorum is thw worst of all GOP worlds, a big spending social extremist. A great Santorum showing helps Mitt by keeping the circus on the road through Florida, so the establishment (not the campaigns) can be expected to go easy on him.
Paul, Perry and Gingrich are in for the haul. A good NH showing keeps Huntsman alive at least until SC. Indeed I don’t see anyone else but Bachman dropping out/lrelegated to nothingness before SC.
VINDICATION!
If I heard “three way” once I heard it a thousand times… seriously that is the dullest three way I could imagine. A sweater vest, a dull hair piece and a old guy. No thanks to that nightmare porn scenario.
Is calling a flag on the play… Santorum is sticking with the sweater vest. Sweet baby Jesus on a breadstick, I’ve seen it all now.
It comes from experience. Obama won Iowa largely because Richardson failed to garner a delegate at a lot of precincts, and their second choice was Obama. I feel like the same is going to be true, and Santorum is going to be a catch-all candidate.
Interesting angle.
Willard ‘Mitt’/Paul for a close first/2nd, ‘Greasy’ Santorum/Newt for 3 & 4, Perry/ Torquemada for 4 & 5, Bachmann/Kim Jong-un for 6 & 7. A week or longer ago I thought Paul might take it, but Willard’s coming on stronger than expected. Flyover country is most of the country as described and experienced by the national media. Then & now. JMP
I think the only way you could sound more out-of-touch is if you used the phrase ‘flyover country.’
Out of a state of almost 3 million only 120,000 folks will participate. Talk about unrepresentative democracy….
We need rotating primaries in this country so other states get a chance to make the early decisions, and not just a a bunch of farmers.
I’ve always favored regional primaries, if only to make it easier for the candidates. Just seems neater, but like everything in politics that’s a good idea, will never happen. And yes, Romney by a nose.
At worst, Santorum is finishing a strong second. When Bachmann’s people fail to garner a delegate at most precincts, they’re going to go to him.
Oh and re should they go first, in a way I think it’s ok. It actually helps the candidates see those flyover states and attitudes more than say NY or WA. I think NV will get interesting tho.
Romney by a nose. Literally the caucus goers hold their noses and huddle for him, then leave the buildings quickly.
Newt gets low double digits.
Bachman places 4th
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