Iowa Caucuses Return Watching - OFFICIAL THREAD!!! (1/3/12)

[raginggran]

Story County where we need to win now..

 

[Butchie]

What is going on RP supporters in Iowa??? Stop spamming internet polls and forums and get out there and vote.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Polk county was the kill shot

 

[dawnbt]

Marshall went from Paul 46% with 5% to Santorum takes it with 22% less than 5 minutes later.

 

[pacu44]

NBC is reporting that RON PAUL will finish no higher than 3rd place...

 

[virginiakid]

No one said it was going to be easy. When you have all of MSM fighting against you, when you have every GOP candidate calling you names, when you have people that would rather conform to the views of the media, it is hard to break through. This fight needs to be won at the local and state level. To go national is tough, really tough, but if you win local and state elections, it is a start. Can Paul still win tonight or at least come in second? Absolutely, but it is clear that there is a whole lot of work to be done. It may be disheartening now, but just think of the battles that many many others in other countries had to go through before they finally won.

 

[bluesc]

Fuck it.

 

[mport1]

STOP SAYING THIS IS RIGGED WITH NO EVIDENCE! It makes us look like crazy conspiracy theorists and will not help us in future states.

 

[Zydeco]

nasonex is an obvious troll, can we ban please?

 

[nasonex]

Winning NH does matter. We have to start winning states. But with the mainstream media controlling this election, how do we do it?

 

[nelsonwinters]

In case anyone needs the link to the results by county:
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/county/table/r/ia?hpt=hp_pc1

Note: Jefferson county, where Ron won in 2008 hasn't yet reported.

 

[zHorns]

 

[Nathan Hale]

Fuck Iowa.

 

[AlexG]

Please tell me how we can win NH after this. Please tell me! I need to know! If we don't win some of these early states I don't know how we are going to build up delegates and morale to win the nomination. What is the plan? Someone please tell me!!!

Paul is top 3 in an election, he's "electable" plus there will be a lot of media attention to the top 3

 

[69360]

I seriously doubt frothy and mittens people stuck around to become delegates.

I'd bet money we have more delegates than they do.

 

[happyphilter]

Look 3rd is great, for us. But if we wanted to gain momentum other states we needed this win.

 

[bubbleboy]

im sooo depressed now.

 

[White Bear Lake]

All the Bachmann supporters ditched her for Santorum at the last minute.

That and the 30-45 year olds didn't come out to vote.

Sucks.

 

[sailingaway]

Please tell me how we can win NH after this. Please tell me! I need to know! If we don't win some of these early states I don't know how we are going to build up delegates and morale to win the nomination. What is the plan? Someone please tell me!!!

Calm down.

The plan was never to win NH, but to come in second. If we are close enough here that it is essentially a three way tie, to US, not what media will spin, we will have basically the same delegates as if Ron won. What we won't have is the media bump and forced credibility.

 

[JTforRP]

Absolutely fucking disgusting the way Santorum could surge like that. A fucking joke. America deserves all of the bullshit it gets.