Iowa Caucuses - Results Live Thread

January 3, 2008 | xjcsa

[xjcsa]

I thought the time was right to start up a live thread for results and comments about tonight, so here we are!

[ME-262]

I think I’ll change my browser homepage from Foxnews to something else also.

In other news: Ding Dong the Witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead!

Go Fred!

[wbill]

AAAAiiii!!! Susan Estrich is on FOX!

I'd rather listen to Hillary! talk about education reform.

[wbill]

AAAAiiii!!! Susan Estrich is on FOX!

I'd rather listen to Hillary! talk about education reform.

[CurlyBill]

Obama is a much, MUCH better candidate, and will surely get more than Kerry. How the Republicans will do depends on who they nominate.

All my thinking about matchups has been GOP candidate vs. Hillary.

The considerations vs. Obama are different.

How different remains to be seen.

He has very little experience. How is he a "better candidate" ??? Because he can speak? The man was raised in a madrasah and there are tons of questions about him. He already blew it by saying he would invade Pakistan. Exactly what separates him from the others?

[eyedigress]

Very Good, Thank You

[TornadoAlley3]

Susan Estrich just said Huckabee is not the candidate you guys want. Greata saying John McCain.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

You and me both.

[RDTF]

is the site running slow for you too?

[WVNan]

I listened to Obama’s speech. Folks, we are in trouble. This guy is inspiring regardless of whether you agree with him or not. The response to him is electric in that room. He is going to be JFK all over again. We have no one who can stand up against that kind of charisma. Sorry, but I calls em the way I sees em.

[Nowhere Man]

Obama’s up now...........from a superficial look see many Americans will think they look like the ideal family to have in the White House......their children were adorable.....and he is looking good now. SCary.

Yeah, Obama is scary to me too, it seems like he can charm the stink off of a thirty day old fish left in the sun and charm a corpse back to life. I joked once that, "I wonder if he is The Anti-Christ." Hillary scares me too, but for some reason, Obama scares me more. Hillry is like a computer in a pants suit, cold, calculating, Obama is charasmatic yet a loose cannon.

Now, please, don;t anybody take this the wrong way, I certainly do not use this criteria to base my vote on. I have to be honest and blunt here with what I see. If I had my druthers, I like Alan Keyes myself. If Obama get the nod (Michael Savage brought this up tonite as well), there could be a surge of people, mainly White, who haven't voted in years, come put of the woodwork to vote for the Republican just to keep Obama out. Some will feel disaffected and feel Obama does not represent them (if that's the case, I have no problem, I feel he doesn't represent me either, mainly because I'm a social conservative), others might be in the closet or overt racists or harbor such feelings and leanings. As abysmal and terrible as that thought is, the only "good thing" is that some of them voting could save us from Obama. I know it is sort of the "any port in the storm" logic here but I do think that as dangerous as Hillary is, Obama is even more dangerous.

As to Huckabee, well, if he would be more proactive on the border issue, then I really have no problem with him, then again, I'm more of a social conservative with moderate economic views.

[Quix]

IMHO, he is a pretend evangelical.

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From Hollyweed central casting???

He is troubling.

But Chuck Norris is the real deal. What’s with him endorsing Huck? Wouldn’t he check the guy out extensively first?

I don’t understand. Puzzling.

[Tennessee Nana]

Obama is speaking now He sounds good...He has a lovely family..

I first heard him when he spoke at the Dem convention when he was running for Senate...I was surfing the TV channels and they announced him so I listened..at the time I thought that man will go far..but I never thought he would go this far..good for him...

He would be much harder than Hillary to beat..even if Romney was the Rep nominee...

the mormons wont vote for him because he is a black man and they listen to their leaders on who to vote for...the mormons will vote for Romney...

But Obamas would get the black vote, the white Dems and quite a few Republicans...

Obama is not running on his religion and Obama is not claiming that he marched with anyone...his life is more open than Romney’s...

If FRed is the nominee I’ll vote for FRedx...but anyone else and I’m going to write in Duncan...

If Duncan Hunter is still in the race Feb 5, I’m going to vote for him in the primary...

I hope that Duncan Hunter will be on the Rep ticket with FRed...

[Gator113]

Take you hate Bush crap and stick it where the sun don’t shine.

[Hoodlum91]

No fears for my soul.

If you really don’t want someone to pray for your enlightenment, that’s fine. Seems like you could use it though. That’s okay - you’ll figure it out someday.

In the meantime I’ll just gain amusement from your ignorance. Chatter on.

[dirtboy]

Just how is Romney the loser when he beat everybody but the one state wonder, Huckabee?

Duh.

Mitt put $10 mil into Iowa. And couldn't beat Huck.

He can pump $20 mil into NH. And won't beat McCain.

He can pump $30 mil into SC. And won't beat either Huck or Fred.

Mitt can't win. All he can do with his personal millions for negative campaign ads against other pubbies to make sure they can't win the general election. But his ego is too inflated to care.

[athelass]

How many people in this country outside of the surrender party will vote for B. Hussein Obama?

How many people inside the surrender party will vote for him? Dear God! He's been in the Senate for two years and spent half that time running for president! Listen to that crowd. Sounds like half of them are teenage girls! Nobody over the age of 40 who works for a living would vote for him. Does anybody want a president that says "Give it up for Michelle Obama"?? Even the Dems aren't that stupid...are they? I think I'm gonna be sick.

[reagan_fanatic]

Wow, I thought my precinct, Bettendorf 42...

Hello, fellow Quad-Citian (waving from across the river in Moline!)

[seekthetruth]

“I know my guy (Fred) has a lot of work to do, but I don’t think tonight’s results killed him, or is proof that Rush made a mistake.”

I agree! Fred will win the nominaton in the end. It is just a matter of time and there is a debate Saturday or Sunday, isn’t there? Believe Fox is putting it on with Chris Wallace as moderator. Can’t wait! More folks will turn to Fred! GO FRED!

[Zechariah11]

I think most Christians that are supporting Huckabee have a very shallow form of Christianity, uninformed -- modern, contemporary church, feel good, rah-rah, "let's give Jeeeezus a big round of applause" types. They dominate the evangelical faith and have no depth to their faith at all.

[StarFan]

No surprise both Biden and Dodd dropped out. Funny as today on foxnews Dodd was talking about the huge support he was getting in Iowa and we should not be surprised with his finish. I believe his family moved there which explains his 1 vote, LOL.

BTW 70% of dems voted against Hillary tonight and I think she has Bill to thank for it. His batting average on the campaign circuit since leaving office is not one to boast about.