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On Louisiana's Caucuses Tonight (Ambinder sees Romney Win)
The Atlantic.com ^ | 01/22/08 | Marc Ambinder

Posted on 01/22/2008 6:45:45 PM PST by Reaganesque

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To: ToryNotion
As I told some of your fellow Ron Paul supporters, I was an Ron Paul for Congress volunteer in 2000 when both of us had darker hair.

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(Yes, that's a Free Republic button that I'm wearing on the T-shirt.)

61 posted on 01/22/2008 7:59:51 PM PST by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: tantiboh

I didn’t mean to offend with the link. I merely thought it showed how some Catholics view the Mormon Church.


62 posted on 01/22/2008 7:59:56 PM PST by ToryNotion
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
DailyPaul is reporting that Paul is winning in the delegates.

I will be surprised if "DailyPaul" is not a day late and a dollar short.

63 posted on 01/22/2008 8:00:37 PM PST by torchthemummy (Go Mitt! I Know He Has Alot To Prove But I Believe He Will Exceed Expectations)
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To: tantiboh

More Louisiana news:

Today’s caucuses elected delegates to the Feb. 16 state convention. The various Presidential candidates put together slates of delegates for each caucus, but they are still unpledged delegates. These delegates attend the state convention and congressional caucuses at the state convention. The state convention will choose delegates to the national convention. (There is a Feb. 9 primary straw poll, but it is not-binding unless a candidate gets 50%, an unlikely event.)

Unless one of the campaigns knows ahead of time that they elected a majority of delegates statewide and are ready to announce it, there will be no announcement of national delegate allocation until the Feb. 16 state convention.


64 posted on 01/22/2008 8:02:09 PM PST by CaspersGh0sts
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To: Parley Baer

Yep. Same hairdo in her senior class photo, I bet.

It kinda remindes me of the old grey haired janitors in my highschool that were still dressed like it was 1954...V-necked white Tshirts with a cigarette pack rolled up in the sleeve, and fancy dress pants with suspenders and two tone black and white dress shoes..spitshined, hair slicked back. Actually, that getup might be considered cutting edge nowdays.


65 posted on 01/22/2008 8:02:51 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: Reaganesque
Isn't Louisiana in the South? I thought Romney couldn't win there.
66 posted on 01/22/2008 8:03:27 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: WiseGuyF686

~”And despite what everyone thinks, I think he’d obliterate Clinton in a debate.”~

I agree. He’ll watch her with rapt attention, smiling politely, waiting his turn, then proceed to cordially tear her to pieces with optimism and good sense.

She’ll get frustrated and shrill and lost a half of a percentage point in the polls each time.

One thing about it is, if Hillary’s opponent even gives a hint of rudeness or poor civility, Clinton will play the victimized woman card. But such behavior is utterly outside the realm of Romney’s instincts. He may be the only man we have who can go up against her and still have women liking him at the end.


67 posted on 01/22/2008 8:04:19 PM PST by tantiboh
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To: ToryNotion

No offense taken. Don’t worry, you’d be hard-pressed to offend me; I’ve heard it all by now!

I’m always happy, though, to address questions about Mormonism.

I’ve been engaged in Mormon apologetics for some time. I’ve only ever come across one Catholic anti-Mormon. Something different in the water, I suppose.


68 posted on 01/22/2008 8:07:37 PM PST by tantiboh
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To: primatreat
Rush broke for Mitt today?

What does that mean. Sorry, I am not familiar with the term.

69 posted on 01/22/2008 8:08:24 PM PST by Syncro
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To: WFTR

we were there tonight....yes, the Paul crowd was out in full force...my son (16) was a volunteer and one Paul supporter stopped him as we were leaving and asked him what was in his bag...it was a laptop bag. He then asked if he could look inside it, since he saw my son near the ballot area. I almost stepped in, but since he had nothing to hide and I didnt want to end up on YouTube (lol)I let him open it and show him that there were no ballots in there! The guy was polite but I was surprised at his brazeness...I wanted to ask him if he had a warrant!!!!


70 posted on 01/22/2008 8:09:12 PM PST by kcmom
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To: tantiboh

Romney’s going to win over a lot of Dims as well, I think, in the women category. Women like to see a family oriented man. And I agree...Hilary, in the end, will turn vicious, because she isn’t going to get what she wants. She’ll try to dig up the past on Mitt (as a lot of Freepers have done here) for reasons why he shouldn’t win votes, and she’s going to do and say whatever she can to take power.

The debate will be real key in the general, and that is why I am more than optimistic about the election. If Barak were to beat Hilary, he would suffer a worse fate. Not only would his politics be dismantled, but Mitt would more than likely play on his youth and inexperience.


71 posted on 01/22/2008 8:10:59 PM PST by WiseGuyF686
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To: kcmom

Hey, we may have spoken. Thanks for coming!


72 posted on 01/22/2008 8:11:51 PM PST by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: tflabo

Martin Luther is supposed to have said: “It is better to be ruled by a wise Turk than an incompetent Christian”.

The point is that a candidate’s religion shouldn’t matter EXCEPT as to how it shapes his conduct and values. (For contrast, see the entry under John Fraud Kerry). Romney’s already answered more questions about it than any candidate should have to, and I’m surprised that anybody on the Republican side would be threatened by this issue. Huckabee poses a MUCH greater threat to our Constitutional Republic than does a “Morman”.


73 posted on 01/22/2008 8:13:24 PM PST by alwaysconservative (Democrat party: When you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything!)
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To: MplsSteve

Yeah, the joke is that northern Louisiana is actually southern Arkansas, or vice versa. it’s hard to figure out appeal, though. It was strange to me that people were flipping between Thompson and Huckabee. Those two were more different than Felix and Oscar.


74 posted on 01/22/2008 8:13:30 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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To: WFTR
I was an Ron Paul for Congress volunteer in 2000 when both of us had darker hair.

OMG! ARE YOU SURE YOU WEREN'T A NAZI/TROOFER? :-)

75 posted on 01/22/2008 8:14:45 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: WFTR

I was told there were nearly 3000 people at the Baton Rouge caucus....thats alot of ballot counting by hand....just be glad there are no CHADS!!!!


76 posted on 01/22/2008 8:15:39 PM PST by kcmom
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To: Reaganesque

Tonight? What the heck is wrong withour media that I am hearing about this caucus now??????


77 posted on 01/22/2008 8:17:28 PM PST by cookcounty (Ja-pan Jack Murtha, The ex-Marine who thinks Okinawa is on his Middle East map.)
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To: WFTR

Thanks for your report above.

Back in 2000 he had a lot of supporters here too.


78 posted on 01/22/2008 8:17:44 PM PST by CJ Wolf (To Join or leave the offical Ron Paul 'let freedom' Ping, Freepmail me.)
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To: WFTR

were you at the table outside with the cookies??? I missed ‘em, they were gone when I passed by!
It was a nice turnout and our area was represented well.


79 posted on 01/22/2008 8:18:09 PM PST by kcmom
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To: Reaganesque

The drive by conception of a conservative is a snarling liberal. That’s why they like McCain, Dole, heck, even Nixon was kind of a snarling liberal. I think it’s a liberal behavioral trope. If they have to accept a Republican, get a liberal one and then pretend to hate him. Take Bush. He’s no arch conservative, but they hate him like he’s Brother John Birch himself.


80 posted on 01/22/2008 8:21:32 PM PST by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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