Recount is in- Looks like Santorum BEAT Romney in Iowa

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 10:53am

WHAT???

As a Pennsylvanian who suffered through his campaigns for years I am so confused by his popularity, and now he is actually doing a good job in the primaries. I repeat myself- WHAT???

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/19/politics/iowa-caucus/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:06am

His regressive form of hatred certainly appeals to the extreme fringe of the GOP. While it is not necessarily indicative of all Republicans, the fringe is the activist wing of the party; they do raise money and they do vote.

[romantico]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 11:07am

Romney will never accept this, no matter how much evidence supports it.He paid for those votes fair and square!

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 12:00pm

If the two top finishers in any contest have only a quarter of the votes each, no matter who is numerically ahead, neither of them can be labelled a 'winner'.

In Iowa, there were only losers this time.

In New Hampshire, Romney can clearly claim a victory, but not Iowa for anyone.

South Carolina, that hotbed of moderation (Ha!) ought to produce very interesting results.

When Mitt Romney is tarred with the term 'moderate', it is a very different ball game.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:23pm

Iowa Republican Primary voters are known for being out of step conservative, not representative of their state and to the right of their party at large.

But what about these eight precincts with votes missing. WTF?

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 1:31pm

As others have said, taking Iowa as a marker for anything is always somewhat foolish. Mike Huckabee won there in 2008, with John McCain--the eventual nominee--coming in fourth. I know many moderate and even some fairly conservative Republicans who've said they wouldn't vote for Santorum if he received the nomination, and these are people who hate Obama.

Santorum appeals to the fringe Right, as madbrian pointed out, but he really doesn't seem electable at all. Let's remember that this is a man who was defeated in his home state after serving two terms.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/19/12 at 2:13pm

Nice to see Republicans steal elections from each other and not just from democrats. I hope someone gets a comment from President Gore.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 1/20/12 at 7:58pm

Iowa explains their thinking