dagblog - Comments for "In Iowa, Romney has 24%, Paul 22%, and Santorum 15%"

My three cents: Paul has a

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000

In reply to In Iowa, Romney has 24%, Paul 22%, and Santorum 15%

My three cents:

Paul has a huge ground game in Iowa, where he has consistently polled well. Santorum is just a new flavor; I'm skeptical that his support is deep or that his organization is strong.

That said, Santorum may pick up the other candidates' supporters if they're disinclined to support Paul. In that case, he could win by the last anti-Romney-standing principle.

Romney will pick up very few supporters other than Huntsman's. His best hope is second place, but it won't matter much in the overall campaign b/c he was never expected to do well in Iowa.

At this moment Santorum is

Elusive Trope — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:48:45 +0000

In reply to Santorum has no prayer in New

At this moment Santorum is probably also looking at Huck's wins in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kansas and Louisiana and pondering a few more wins - and then off to Fox News for his own show. And this would give him name recognition throughout the Republican base. Perfect to prepare for 2016.

Santorum has no prayer in New

Verified Atheist — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:48:08 +0000

In reply to I think the best outcome

Santorum has no prayer in New Hampshire, and has no organization anywhere but Iowa…

It makes me suspect he's really just setting up for the 2016 elections. An Iowa win would make him more memorable next time around.

Not to mention the

Elusive Trope — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:34:07 +0000

In reply to Just think all the fun

Not to mention the "reporters" from the Daily Show. It could be quite the interesting contest between the inside brew-ha-ha and the outside brew-ha-ha to get their attention.

Just think all the fun

trkingmomoe — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:46:35 +0000

In reply to I just can't bring myself to

Just think all the fun reporters from Bay9 news Tampa will have with their 24 HR coverage of a brokered convention. In side the hall and out side in the streets all the action reported as it happens.

I've already read the Tattoo

Elusive Trope — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:47:15 +0000

In reply to Actually, you aggresively

I've already read the Tattoo - so too late on that front. And if you think my problem is with anal sex, you are utterly clueless about why I have an issue with it. (I mean how can I think Brokeback Mountain is one the great films in recent years and have actually scolded some folks who said they wouldn't see it because of those few seconds of anal sex.) And I have veiled contempt for the masses - when it the total opposite - I do have contempt for homophobes, but not the masses by virtue of them simply being the masses. Your belief that it is a frothy mixture-fecal-matter-and-lube rhetoric that is what going to win elections show utter contempt for the masses.

And guess what - you've shaken nothing in me. At this point it hard to think of someone on the blogosphere I could care less about what he or she thinks of me or claims I believe. I will be going to sleep soon and I will sleep soundly and peacefully. I will breathe and go about my day should I be lucky enough to have another day. And then I will go back to work and do what I do helping families in poverty. Happy New Year.

I just can't bring myself to

Elusive Trope — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:32:50 +0000

In reply to True, and while I hope that

I just can't bring myself to count on it.

Come on, let go and give in to the dream, swan dive into the warm waters of Lake Brokered-Convention-in-Tampa, feel the soft breezes of Paul and Santorum delegates screaming at the Gingrich delegates and the wondering sighs of the Mitt Delegates pondering how it all went so terribly wrong.

...and THAT, sir, is my

bwakfat — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:29:26 +0000

In reply to Actually, you aggresively

...and THAT, sir, is my opinion. Imagine that. Now I'll leave you to your overbearing presence at DAG.

Actually, you aggresively

bwakfat — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:27:37 +0000

In reply to My gosh - I expressed my

Actually, you aggresively screeched out an untrue assertion, backed it up with a pathetic appeal to authority, and proceeded to continue to back yourself into a corner, as far as I can tell. I am sorry you have an issue with anal sex. I'd stay away from "the girl with the dragon tattoo," if I were you. The "average guy" won't because as far as the polls show, he doesn't have a much of a problem it, gay connotations or not.

Your thinly veiled contempt for the masses deserved every name I could think of and more. People like you is why we're not winning every election there is. Are you so blind that you don't see your contempt as a negative?

Thin skins don't win elections, and frankly, your moralizing is tiresome. I'm sure my nasty mean attack has shaken your tender sensibilities, but 2012 won't be easy. Least of all with addle-pated prudes angering the masses with their condescending elitism.

The average man in this

Elusive Trope — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:24:22 +0000

In reply to The average man in this

The average man in this country likes "Family Guy" and "American Idol,"...People have become vulgar and crass

So who is the person spouting elitist I'm-so-above-the-average-man tripe.

You basically saying Dan by saying "a frothy mixture of..." is just speaking the language of the average man, getting down to his level. While I know that on an entertainment level Family Guy appeals to a large number of the population, I do have a bit more respect for them than you do it would seem. I guess you must have pulling your hair out watching Obama give his racism speech in Philadelphia - how dare he speak to the average as if they had a brain.

In the end, the fact that you will see my disapproval of "a frothy mixture of..." as believing the world is some safe, innocent, and honorable place indicates to me (and thus an assumption on my part), you're just going to attribute a whole host of ideas and notions to me that make no sense.

I deal with poverty issues and people in poverty everyday, aside from my own financial situation. So please don't tell me what I think and know about the plight of the average family in this country. That you believe you do know because I believe "a frothy mixture of..." is an appropriate example of political discourse, again says any further debate with you is pointless.