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

[virginiakid]

The funny thing about the GOP is that they are all old. The GOP is old. No young voters at all. I bet if you can convince the young voters to either continue to help take over the Republican party or help jump start an existing third party, they will end up taking over in a matter of a couple of years.

 

[lbadragan]

Behind by 3% and Fox is making it sound like this is some kind of catastrophic loss for Ron Paul. Ridiculous.

 

[Christianlibertarian]

Maybe we should take the Iowa governor's advice and focus more on who comes in 2nd and 3rd...

 

[nasonex]

The mainstream media won. I don't see any way for Ron Paul to win the nomination. Tonight was my last night in politics. I hope all of you have good lives, and survive the next several years as the economy collapses and WWIII starts. I'm going to focus on finding a tiny place in the country somewhere, and learning how to be self sufficient.

 

[Liberty Shark]

Considering the smear attack by the media over the last week or so, this was and still is an incredible showing.

 

[tremendoustie]

Oh boo freakin hoo, you downers. You really think the struggle for liberty will be decided in one night?

We will be fighting this battle for the rest of our lives! Over the past 4 years we have made incredible progress and we still have a long way to go!!

Yep, that's the truth.

Be veterans folks, not greenhorns who run at the first sound of conflict.

 

[falconplayer11]

No. Support Gary Johnson for 3rd party.

 

[Liberty74]

Maybe some of you will learn not to rely on youth and progressives to win a Republican primary with a religious voting block.

I said over a month ago to get the OLD PEOPLE.

Learn from the mistake...

 

[pinkmandy]

We could use some help here on EXPOSING THE HACKS in the media for those who want to direct some energy towards that initiative:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?341542-Exposing-the-hacks&p=3895299#post3895299

 

[sailingaway]

They came out for Obama on the same date 4 years ago. We were screwed by the media plain and simple.

I know the smears were calculated to drain youth enthusiasm, but mostly this is the CNN poll and noone vetting Santorum. But there it is. Obama didn't have either of those, and the media loved him. when the kids are back in school it is easier, however.

 

[JorgeStevenson]

What happened to our highly-touted, #1 ground game? We underperformed our polls. We lost to some dude who barely has anybody working for his campaign, barely raised any money, and probably shouldn't have qualified for some of the televised debates. At what point do we put some blame on the campaign?

 

[bobburn]

when school is in session they will come out more

That's what hey relied on last time, and it turned out grand. Young people DO NOT VOTE IN THE PRIMARY. They don't care. It's a fact. You might get 10-15% of the electorate TOTAL being under 30 in a GOP primary, that will NEVER win it for Paul.

 

[TonySutton]

Well I guess the sheeple of Iowa have proven that Iowa is no longer a viable first state in the nation. After voting for flash in the pan Huckabee 4 years ago and now Santorum they have proven they are out of step with America and no longer an indicator of how the primaries will go.

Thanks to all the intelligent and free thinking people of Iowa for all your hard work! This is a good first step to grow on.

 

[rideurlightning]

Oh boo freakin hoo, you downers. You really think the struggle for liberty will be decided in one night?

We will be fighting this battle for the rest of our lives! Over the past 4 years we have made incredible progress and we still have a long way to go!!

We don't have much time left. War with Iran is so fucking close. This country is screwed.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Guys stop comparing Ron to McCain. McCain was able to win the nomination because he got his own unholy MSM surge in 2008. Ron doesn't have that benefit. We won't get the momentum we need. We need to ride out the GOP race for as long as we can and then start planning a third party run.

^^^ this


We HAD to WIN this. We failed. Were done.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

watching Ron's speech...

WE LOVE YOU RON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE'RE WITH YOU NO MATTER WHAT!!

NO ONE BUT PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[matt0611]

Santorum dead in the water after this? God you guys need to face reality. This chump just won Iowa, he is now gonna move into second in NH and maybe RP gets a third place in NH. That isn't good enough because RP will get shredded in South Carolina and Florida. This is uber bad.

No he's not. Santorum == Huckabee but even worse.

He hasn't been betted one iota. Santorum is a non-started in new hampshire.

 

[TVMH]

Just because I'm serious about winning and will not have a party if Ron Paul comes in third place for the nomination, does not make me a troll. I want Ron Paul to win the nomination. Not come in second or third or fourth. I'm serious, and that is why I am asking these questions. No one is providing any answers, so I will keep asking them. How do we start winning states, and win the nomination?

The mainstream media seems to be in complete control. How do we fight back? How do we breakthrough? How do we win NH?

And thank you for asking these questions...because I'm SURE no one that reads these forums has thought of them.

Ur da BoSS!

 

[tremendoustie]

No. Support Gary Johnson for 3rd party.

Premature much?

 

[Dustancostine]

Well we slayed some Dragons tonight. More coming up, keep battling, this was not the war, we have been fighting for so long, don't quit over 4% in a small place like Iowa.