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Huckabee, Obama carry momentum into New Hampshire
2008-01-05
  • NEW: Analysts say Huckabee must broaden appeal beyond evangelicals to win

  • NEW: Hillary Clinton vows to fight to Super Tuesday primaries on February 5

  • Barack Obama hopes message of change continues momentum from Iowa win

  • New Hampshire primaries January 8, just five days after Iowa caucuses
  • Posted by:Fred

    #11  Question: How did Hillary get to be the only Dem on the Michigan ballot? I know there was much hand-wringing about Michigan and Florida moving up their dates.... someone slip her in at the last moment? If so, a nice piece of maneuver.



    It depends on who you have supporting you....
    Posted by: BigEd   2008-01-05 23:27  

    #10  Well, Romney won Wyoming today, Fred was 2nd.


    D=Delegate elected in the county
    A=Alternate elected
    Posted by: BigEd   2008-01-05 23:24  

    #9  Hucksterbee is a one state wonder. Fred doesn't portray himself as having the fire in the belly. McKennedy (McCain) is a big gov amnesty lib and most Repubs can't stand him (except his war record). Rudy, the liberal city slicker, doesn't sell well west of the Mississippi. Whether you like it or not, Romney is going to be the guy. And he has the most organized machine capable of defeating both Hillary and Obama. (My fear is he will be too much like big guv/amnesty W after he's elected.)
    Posted by: Intrinsicpilot   2008-01-05 18:31  

    #8  Broadhead, about a third (or more) of what Ron Paul espouses is also espoused by Fred Thompson, but you'd never know it from the media attention he doesn't get. The media knows Fred's dangerous, and boycot him. They know Ron Paul's a big negative, so they promote him. Joseph Pulitzer said "Our nation and its press will rise or fall together". It looks like the "fall" part is beginning to happen in our generation. Let's hope the non-traditional media can rescue us.
    Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-01-05 15:03  

    #7  OS, I wouldn't vote for huckabee in a caucus but I see you have much dislike for him - what's the skinny?

    FTR - I like about 92% of what R.Paul says. However, on the other 8% he's a total moron and shouldn't be let anywhere near the WH.
    Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-01-05 11:54  

    #6  Question: How did Hillary get to be the only Dem on the Michigan ballot? I know there was much hand-wringing about Michigan and Florida moving up their dates.... someone slip her in at the last moment? If so, a nice piece of maneuver.
    Posted by: Thomas Woof   2008-01-05 08:09  

    #5  Yes, that and the people with their asses in the air praying to Mekkka are worshiping a devil.
    Posted by: Excalibur   2008-01-05 06:39  

    #4  This is who you present before you to God?

    Funny - thatt is the same thought process as those who face Mekka five times a day. Only they are a little more... active... in their displeasure.
    Posted by: Fandango Schwartz   2008-01-05 01:32  

    #3  My how this country has fallen. This is who you present before you to God?
    Posted by: newc   2008-01-05 01:13  

    #2  Sad thing is *I* was the one that had to explain it and remind her of Fred's philosophy and stands. Thats a big sign the the Thompson campaign is ***not*** doing its job.

    Fred is apparently a probably great President, but so far is a terrible campaigner.

    The system now is set up to deliver us mediocre presidents who are "great" campaigners that think in soundbites rahter than whole thoughts.

    More's the pity. Certainly explains Bill Clinton and George W Bush.
    Posted by: OldSpook   2008-01-05 00:59  

    #1  Huckaliar said he wasnt running that ad but ran it 10 times on caucus day. Thats going to come back and bite him.

    His problem is that Iowa is full of "populist" idiots, 65% of Republicans there are "Evangelicals", half of whom have apparently given up rational thought and followed Gomer "I am the Jesus Candidate" Huckafraud like the cattle they are.

    NH doesnt have the large number of zombielike Evangelicals who will follow the herd mindlessly.

    He's a Jimmy Carter in a Republican suit. I hope Huckafool finishes below Ron Paul in NH and gets smashed flat in Michigan.

    Plus its a crossover primary, Independents can vote in either primary, which is why McCain is doing so well in NH.

    My hope is Huckbee is just like the 30%+ Pat Buchanan or Pat Robertson got in Iowa when they ran - the high water mark, after which they collapsed because nobody but an idiot evangelical from Iowa would vote for them.

    Thank God we have smarter and truly conservative Evangelicals coming up when you get to Southern Baptist areas, like South Carolina. People like my mom, she despises Huckabee; she likes McCain as a "War Hero" but is reconsidering Fred after I explained tax cuts, limits on agressive interrogation, and McCain-Kennedy immigration amnesty (that one really got her). She heard that Fred had quit from one of my nephews! (Thanks Michelle Malkin you stupid bitch).

    Posted by: OldSpook   2008-01-05 00:52  

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