LIVE THREAD NH Election results starting to come in (1% of the vote as of 3:41pm)

Townhall ^ | 1-10-12

[Maceman]

Results as of 3:42pm.

ROMNEY: 37%
PAUL: 26%
HUNTSMAN: 21%
GINGRICH: 11%
PERRY: 9%
BACHMAN: 0%
SANTORUM: 0%

[Kaosinla]

Everytime I hear Paul speak, I think of this bit from a Dennis Miller stand-up routine. I've replaced Robert Byrd w/ Ron Paul.

"Ron Paul, the senior rep from Texas, they talk about him being statesman like, avuncular... he's neither of those. He's insane. And the reason he's insane is because he's 213 years old, for God's sake. Isn't it time for him to step down now, go back to Texas, and become a greeter at KKK-Mart? Lets face facts, if Ron Paul were your grandfather and he went off one of these demented screeds at Thanksgiving dinner everyone would sit there, looking up at him, smiling. And as soon as he left the room someone would say "What the f#@k are we going to do about Grandpa? Is he eating his own sh@t? Is anyone keeping an eye on him?"

[Kaosinla]

87%

Mitt Romney 84,713 39.2%
Ron Paul 49,321 22.8%
Jon Huntsman 36,530 16.9%
Newt Gingrich 20,461 9.5%
Rick Santorum 20,120 9.3%
Others 2,397 1.1%
Rick Perry 1,522 0.7%
Buddy Roemer 830 0.4%

[reed13k]

nah - a national primary will just prevent anyone without gobs and gobs of money from even considering a run - which is part of the political problem we have today with DC.

Now I would be open to regional primaries of say 6-10 states over a timeframe of 3 months. Say South, Midwest, NE, Plains, MT, West - this would limit the money issue by allowing for regional travel in the buildup. But then there is that whole pesky states right issue.

I do think that there should be states other than just NH and Iowa going first - I feel it should at a minimum be a rotation of states in more than 1 or 2 regions. For example lets say one year California was the first state ( i know just give me a second)... if the result was the most liberal candidate would any conservative care - maybe not because they knew cali was more a liberal state (I don’t know if you can cross in cali) and that there are 49 more to go. However, if it was Texas or Indiana it may be a really big deal.

Am I happy with the way things are right now - no, but it is the hand dealt and we have to work with it... so - here’s the thing the way the delegates are decided this year NOTHING is determined until past the midpoint because until then not enough delegates have been handed out. I’m sure a few more might drop after SC/FL then the real race will start.

[Kaosinla]

87.4%

Mitt Romney 84,873 39.2%
Ron Paul 49,454 22.9%
Jon Huntsman 36,580 16.9%
Newt Gingrich 20,508 9.5%
Rick Santorum 20,167 9.3%
Others 2,398 1.1%
Rick Perry 1,528 0.7%
Buddy Roemer 833 0.4

[BenKenobi]

Hey, you had a pretty good call. Romney estimated at 97k right now. 75k from Romney before + 25 percent of the McCain voters from 2008.

[Strategerist]

The New Hampshire result was expected and the state and its open drive-in-from-Mass primary is not representative

The New Hampshire electorate is a lot more representative of the national electorate than Free Republic is.

[BenKenobi]

They also tend not to like a serial philanderer, but then that’s just part for the course.

[show]

Newt just won the Free Republic Straw Poll. Newt is a favorite here and he is just getting started.

Go NEWT !!!

[CSI007]

Maybe Women like a man who is not a serial adulterer.

Newt’s actions do not give one the impression that he is a social conservative. If I were a women I would not vote for someone who has done what he has done to his wives.

Newt’s infidelity smacks of a liberal democrat in the mold of John Edwards.

[BenKenobi]

They are pushing down Santorum’s numbers for the press call tonight. All of Newt’s areas are 90+ percent in.

Santorum still all his areas left to come.

They are trying to push Romney up to 40 when they report before midnight EST. I don’t think there’s enough votes for that though.

[Kaosinla]

88.7%

Mitt Romney 86,356 39.1%
Ron Paul 50,812 23.0%
Jon Huntsman 37,262 16.9%
Newt Gingrich 20,913 9.5%
Rick Santorum 20,780 9.4%
Others 2,439 1.1%
Rick Perry 1,556 0.7%
Buddy Roemer 844 0.4%

[comebacknewt]

Disappointing. Was hoping Mitt would wind up weaker than what was projected.

South Carolinians now hold the future of the Republic in their hands. Willard must be stopped!!!

[Theodore R.]

BenK, what do you mean that Santorum’s areas are left to come?

[jpsb]

Newt came in 4th or 5th in Iowa, 4th or 5th in N.H. maybe Newt needs to drop out and indorse Ron Paul, Paul at least has a chance of winning, Newt not so much.

[parksstp]

Thanks. Waiting on 100% to come in on Belknap and Hillsborough before I post/compare the results.

I predict that by next week, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, and Jim DeMint will all make endorsements and they will all be to the same candidate. Judging from this information, I believe it will be Newt Gingrich. And since the Evangelical conference is going on and they are probably aware of this as well, they will most likely endorse whomever these 3 people endorse. It’s the final stand.

[fwdude]

The fact that Huntsman even showed up on the radar reveals just how irrelevant New Hampshire is.

[napscoordinator]

I think Mitt just hit 40 percent. I just hope that the rest of the votes go to Santorum.

[Kaosinla]

89.4%

Mitt Romney 89,346 39.4%
Ron Paul 51,798 22.9%
Jon Huntsman 38,039 16.8%
Newt Gingrich 21,349 9.4%
Rick Santorum 21,150 9.3%
Others 2,489 1.1%
Rick Perry 1,577 0.7%
Buddy Roemer 856 0.4%

[BenKenobi]

And as I type that Santorum cuts Newts lead to 200, with nothing coming in from Cheshire. Good news. Nashua/Manchester now 94 percent in.

Santorum really cut into Newt’s lead in Nashua.

[show]

Conservatives will not vote for Romney.

If he were to win the nomination, Free Republic would continue to have Anti-Romney threads 24/7.

Romney will lose because he won’t have the Conservative/ Tea Party vote.

Romney’s RINO’s need to understand we will NEVER vote for him. Which is why he would lose in the General. We won’t go along again like we did with McCain. We are drawing a line and Romney will FAIL.