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Just stopped by to wish everyone a happy new year, and also to give you some info I gleaned from Twitter:

1. Iran fired a medium range ballistic missile successfully in the Gulf this morning. (Source, BBC)

2. Matthew Down was on one of the networks this morning and said that “Iowa picks the loser.” Since Dowd supports Romney, I assume the internals aren’t quite as good as the media polls.

3. Slate has an article showing how very unreliable the current polling system is, and how the internal polls of the campaign are much better. Motto: Pay no attention to polls.

4. I expect Perry to do much better than the media is indicating. The CNN correspondent there in Iowa said he has almost 2000 people from Texas who drove up to help, and he has more precinct captains than anyone. Media is ignoring the importance of organization in Iowa. They were supposed to have snow there last night. Weather is going to be a factor.

I am off to a New Year’s Day antique auction. Best wishes to all of you, and may this year see better times for our country!

Hope everyone has a great 2012 and that all our dreams come true.

Which, of course, is impossible since we have different dreams.

But we all hope to increase the number of real conservatives and increase our majority in the House.

We all hope to take over the Senate and never see Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi again as long as we live.

And we all hope to defeat Obama and put a conservative in the White House.

So, good luck to us !!!

In watching some of the Iowa appearances by Perry, Santorum, and the other candidates, it looked to me like Perry’s crowds were heavily “senior” or older crowds, compared to the others. I wonder how this will play out in the voting, or if it means anything in particular?

Thanks MM, for that.

Those polls seem so askew, they can’t possibly be accurate. They are paid to sway public opinion. The internals are likely much more accurate.

I don’t see Romney getting 1/4 of that Iowa vote no more than I see Ron Paul coming in second. I too suspect Romney’s not showing all that well.

I’d be okay with Perry and do hope he zooms ahead. I’d be okay with Santorum and also Bachman, frankly.

My choice for now is Newt but I’ll not bore with why. Y’all can read about, here.

Not an Endorsement but a Good Case for Newt
http://patfish.blogspot.com/2011/12/thinking-about-newt-and-other-political.html

But it’s no mind....save I really, really don’t want Romney, please please don’t let it be Robo-Romney.

The rest can be set straight if need be.