Ron Paul just won the Huckabee Forum........and he wasn't even there

[jcarcinogen]

I like this remix better.

That's awesome.

 

[TER]

Huckabee needed this forum more than Paul. Paul was invited, and he declined.

 

[Xhin]

I think Ron Paul not being there for the Huckabee Forum was actually a very good move on his part. With his gain in New Hampshire (including his amazing speech), more people in SC will be thinking about him while watching the debates of the other candidates. They won't have a Ron Paul answer to sate them, so they'll challenge the candidates much like this one did. This will build anticipation for when he DOES show up, which apparently is when Tom is going to endorse him. Well played.

 

[gerryb]

I recorded Rick Perry in the hopes that maybe he would forget which 3 departments he was planning to eliminate... But alas, I have been disappointed.

He increased his plan to be 4 departments... So he would remember 3 of them.

 

[Paul or not at all]

I want a tube!

 

[Cyberbrain]

I agree with Ron on this. I'm an avid debate watcher and hardcore political junkie, but these Huckabee forums are boring as hell. On top of that it was thrown together at the last minute so I can't imagine there being enough people watching to be worth the usual character trashing.

 

[gb13]

Does a mini Rick Perry surge right now benefit Ron Paul?

I mini surge; yes. The major one I've suspected the media is planning to manufacture; no.

 

[centure7]

With that crowd and with the top-tier doctor surging in the polls, I wish he had been there. From an undecided voter perspective, I could see their mindset being, "if it's not important enough for him to be here, it's not important enough to gain my support."

My perspective as an independent voter would be this: Since Huckabee is the loser-est a-hole on the planet, and Ron Paul was the only one to respectably stay at least five miles away from the freak, then he's the only one worthy of a vote by virtue of the fact he's the only one with the instinct to recognize a loser a-hole when he sees one. I'll take Vermin Supreme over Huckabee. I'll take Obama over Huckabee.

Huckabee is what happens when a pastor isn't getting the money & power "he deserves" and decides rather than helping people using a church its better to HURT PEOPLE using the gun-point violence of the state. He is a traitor to Christianity of the highest order and everything wrong with everything.

 

[TheDriver]

Skipping any chance to be on Fox News with the other contenders #losing!

 

[jsem]

He should've said, you endorse the same monetary policy as Obama - that's half of every transaction. So at the very minimum you agree 50% with Obama on the economy, is that true Gov. Romney?

 

[Carole]

I watched football games and visited RP forum and donated to RP.

 

[paparazziparks]

I have been an avid Ron Paul supporter since the '07 debates (yes i know my join date on RPF is 2010) and without sounding overly optimistic....the way the dialogue has changed from then to now is simply amazing! And it is due to all of you, and of course the good Dr.

SURGING!!!!!!

I've been a fan since about fall 2007, and stopped following politics for a few years, but just joined this site recently too. He has gotten better at debates and seems to be in it to win it more than the last time. I originally thought he shouldn't run since he's in his upper seventies but changed my mind.

 

[paparazziparks]

Does a mini Rick Perry surge right now benefit Ron Paul?

If it takes away from Romney, so long as he doesn't pass Ron Paul, then yes. However, if he's built up by the media like Santorum in Iowa (and Huck in Iowa 2008), or Huntsman in NH, it just takes away attention and votes from Paul, since the media spends days talking about the latest candidate surge. At first I thought this many people in the race would help Ron Paul by diverting Romney's votes, and that if they all dropped out they'd support Romney, but really it hurts Paul quite a bit.

Everyone else can fight with him and keep Romney smelling like roses. They can also take turns surging so Paul has to put out attack ads against them rather than against Romney. Romney can then afford to attack Obama and look like the guy above the partisan politics and all about leading the charge to take down Obama. They can also take turns taking away demographics that Paul would attract, especially in the South. They can also lean more toward Paul's points in debates to get some of his votes, especially Christian conservatives who have reservations about his foreign policy. Not saying it's an anti-Paul conspiracy, just that this field seems to be hurting the Doctor. Just think if Santorum, Huntsman, and Perry weren't in the race. Paul would have more hawks to sway to his point, but would get much more airtime and much less distractions from his talking points.

 

[limequat]

Kudos to that well-articulated RP supporter.

 

[unknown]

I was thinking the same thing. Let them kill each other while the Master looks on.

But make no mistake about it, its gonna be a 4 on 1, when the Good Doctor heads back.

 

[unknown]

I like this remix better.

 

[unknown]

Very calm cool and collected.

 

[tsetsefly]

Too bad he wasn't there... Really should of been there...

 

[braggbear]

Does anyone know the real reason why Ron Paul wasn't there? On the show Huckabee said they asked Ron Paul to be there but Ron Paul declined and that he was campaigning in Nevada. Why would RP skip this nationally televised event? What are the viewers going to think when Ron Paul skips out on this? Are they going to think he doesn't care about South Carolina?

Unless there is something I don't know about, this was a huge mistake by RP.

 

[69360]

Too bad he wasn't there... Really should of been there...

Does anyone know the real reason why Ron Paul wasn't there? On the show Huckabee said they asked Ron Paul to be there but Ron Paul declined and that he was campaigning in Nevada. Why would RP skip this nationally televised event? What are the viewers going to think when Ron Paul skips out on this? Are they going to think he doesn't care about South Carolina?

Unless there is something I don't know about, this was a huge mistake by RP.

It would have been a smear fest by Huck to try and derail Ron's growing success in SC. Nobody watched it anyway.