Open primaries/caucuses should go with him.
Yesterday there was a post showing how the Paul camp was actively recruiting Democrats to vote for him.
Considering they don’t have a primary battle to deal with on their own, they are fighting it by trying to crap all over the Republican primary.
Tells you a lot.
PS - I am not a Paultard. I just consider the entire caucus/primary process to be corrupt. I say have national runoffs until somebody gets 50% of the vote.
Cut and Run has been spending tons of money slinging mud at Newt. I wonder if he will have enough left to buy the amount of dope it is going to take to keep the potheads there until the voting begins.
How soon people forget.
“G.H.W. Bush wins 1979 Iowa Caucus”.
WTH, if it’s in the cards, Dr Paul will prevail, if not.....we all lose...
semper Watching!
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I find it interesting that the Hacker group has issued a “warning” that they will hack the primary votes.
That would cause a mess.
I suspect many of the paulistas are just troll bashing candidats since ron paul has no credibility.
If the Paulistinians win in Iowa, it will merely erase any malingering credibility given to the IA caucuses. But they're pretty circling the bowl already.
First, Republicans in all states should move to a closed primary system. If you’re not registered as a Republican by, say, 60 days before an election, then you don’t get to help pick the GOP candidates. It really should be that simple. It’s absolutely insane to allow members of the other parties choose a party’s candidates, and that goes for Dems too.
Second, Iowa is a caucus state. As such, they caucus, and debate, on the night that they vote. Arguments such as this will no doubt be made, and made effectively, by supporters of the other candidates. People unaware of Paul’s history will be made aware of it that night, and the concern of making the Iowa caucus a joke will also be heard.
And, in Iowa, people are likely to know their neighbors and their political leanings. It will take some serious guts for a known Democrat to show up at a meeting populated with hundreds of his/her Republican neighbors, intending to screw with them. For these reasons, I suspect Paul’s support will drop significantly before the vote is taken.
However, in open primary states, like Wisconsin, crossovers will be frequent, and this year the Democrats are bound to mess with the GOP. All they have to do is show up and pick the right ballot, all in secret, so nothing discourages them from doing so. Republicans need to change this process, for the good of the party.
Why did you post the same paragraph twice?
I am not a Paul supporter.
BUT . . .
If Paul wins Iowa (which he might well do), and Romney finishes in fourth or so (a real possibility), it really makes it clea that Romney is unwanted in the heartland.