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Iowa is over: Mitt is ahead
Iowa results:
The second NH debate occured today:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/08/politics/new-hampshire-debates/index.html
lol
This debate sounds more like cheap generalizations.
I read the scoresheet as:
Mitt: "It's the economy, stupid", moderate, big money, promises to win by corporate relations---but what strings attached in the end?
Santorum: typical politician with religious values angle, looking more and more like an alt-Perry.
Perry and Gingrich: ???should they resign??? Perry sounds desperate to distinguish himself from the other candidates. I personally feel that they should resign just for failing to get listed at a primary.
Ron Paul is Ron Paul.
Earlier NH polls:
So who will win NH?
My thoughts:
Mitt looks like a house favorite. Ron Paul might actually bury the religious values conservatives, for 2nd place, it seems.
General polling (national) gives confusing results though:
This might reflect not having the debate on their footsteps in all states yet, but it seems like a "Not-Mitt" trend is still strong nationally.
Iowa results:
The second NH debate occured today:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/08/politics/new-hampshire-debates/index.html
Santorum, meanwhile, asked why did Romney "bail out" on the Massachusetts people by not running for re-election for governor, a comment that caused Romney to laugh out loud.
"We want someone when the time gets tough, and it will in this election, we want someone who will stand up for conservative principles," Santorum said.
Romney responded that New Hampshire voters can't be fooled about the record of a governor in the state next door, and said only someone with his experience in the business sector outside of Washington politics could defeat Obama.
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Santorum, who has come under fire for his right-wing views on social issues, said Sunday that opposing the agenda of gay rights activists on marriage and adoption doesn't mean he disrespects homosexuals.
"Just because you disagree with someone's desire to change the law doesn't mean you hate them or want to discriminate against them," he said. Asked what he would do if his son came out of the closet, Santorum prompted applause by responding: "I would love him as much as I did the second before he said it."
Romney, who is considered too moderate by many conservatives, tried to enhance his right-wing credentials by calling for limits to the "extraordinary political power of government unions," including steps to keep the pay and benefits of government union workers in line with private sector workers.
Santorum was targeted by Paul on Saturday as a "big government person," to which he responded: "I'm a conservative, not a libertarian. I believe in some government," an apparent reference to Paul's calls for eliminating government departments and agencies.
Paul also went after Gingrich on Saturday, calling him a "chicken hawk" who avoided military service by obtaining deferments. Gingrich responded angrily that he wasn't eligible for the draft back then.
Perry made news at the Saturday debate, saying he would support sending troops back into Iraq. U.S. forces completed their pullout from Iraq last month after eight years of war. But Perry predicted that neighboring Iran would enter Iraq without American troops there to defend the country.
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It was one of the few times the candidate differentiated himself from his rivals, none of whom have suggested sending U.S. forces back into Iraq. Nearly eight out of 10 Americans said they approved of the U.S. pullout from Iraq, according to a CNN/ORC International poll conducted last month.
This debate sounds more like cheap generalizations.
I read the scoresheet as:
Mitt: "It's the economy, stupid", moderate, big money, promises to win by corporate relations---but what strings attached in the end?
Santorum: typical politician with religious values angle, looking more and more like an alt-Perry.
Perry and Gingrich: ???should they resign??? Perry sounds desperate to distinguish himself from the other candidates. I personally feel that they should resign just for failing to get listed at a primary.
Ron Paul is Ron Paul.
Earlier NH polls:
So who will win NH?
My thoughts:
Mitt looks like a house favorite. Ron Paul might actually bury the religious values conservatives, for 2nd place, it seems.
General polling (national) gives confusing results though:
This might reflect not having the debate on their footsteps in all states yet, but it seems like a "Not-Mitt" trend is still strong nationally.