Why was Rand so mad last night?

He's younger than Ron and has less patience for BS, so my first guess would be that he's outraged about the media's Santorum push and the effect it had on the results. He had personally told a crowd the day before that Ron Paul would be taking first in Iowa, so he may have been kicking himself for overextending his "promise" a bit. That's just a guess though.
 
Not sure. However if I were to guess it would probably be something related to probably expecting to win first, especially considering the entrance polls shown on several networks where it appeared as though Dr. Paul was gonna get 1st. Also, if I was him, I would probably be furious at several people in the media, particularly the "conservative"(neocon) media, such as Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity, O'Reilly, etc. If the media coverage was at least somewhat based on reality and facts, I bet the 21% would have been about 27%. But that's just my guess.
 
Christopher_RC said:
What concession speech?
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He probably means "condolence speech," which is technically what Ron Paul's speech was called, given he didn't place first. I considered it a bit of a victory speech myself though, because our placement gave us a foothold in the mind of ordinary voters. :)
 
Pissed at the campaign for not challenging the results. I believe various internal polling showed ron had this in the bag. He basically felt robbed
 
Paulite said:
Pissed at the campaign for not challenging the results. I believe various internal polling showed ron had this in the bag. He basically felt robbed
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I doubt that. Rand is a shrewd guy; he would understand the futility of challenging the results of the first primary. It would look like sour grapes and cost us 49 other states.
 
Rand was pissed at how Santorum the rat could have actually done so well.

I still can't get past how all the early entrance polling showed us leading and how all the early returns showed us leading. Don't get why and how the tide changed.
 
More disappointment than anger. I think he was aiming for a top 2 finish. We all were really. This santorum surge caught many people by surprise./
 
jersdream said:
Rand was pissed at how Santorum the rat could have actually done so well.

I still can't get past how all the early entrance polling showed us leading and how all the early returns showed us leading. Don't get why and how the tide changed.
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Some people may have changed their minds during the caucus speeches. We have no idea what was being said in every single precinct. Latecoming supporters in the polls are probably more likely to be "soft support".
 
Because it brings back old memories when the establishment GOP and media tried to stop Rand in Kentucky during his race to become senator.
They tried something similar if I recall but Rand won anyway.
He thought it would be the same but apparently most Iowans have a Kentucky Fried Brain after spending so many hours in front of the idiot box with Communist News Network and faux news running.
 
I noticed Rand too, but he had the same look at the NH speech in 2008:



The difference was he was hidden behind Ron's head most of the time. Rand has always been very serious. It makes him look less like a slimy politician.
 
RCP average had Paul at 21 and we were all expecting to outperform by a little just like in 2008 but the rcp average had it spot on. Also, from the lack of people reporting about their speeches in Iowa it seems we didn't do so well in that area. Seems like a lot of places had no one representing Ron Paul. kind of expected that since the young people are not so good at public speaking or at least lack the confidence for the most part. We really need to bring the older folks. There is no way around it. The message needs to be more digestible for them or we will not make it.
 
Napolitanic Wars said:
I noticed Rand too, but he had the same look at the NH speech in 2008:



The difference was he was hidden behind Ron's head most of the time. Rand has always been very serious. It makes him look less like a slimy politician.
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Agreed. That aside, he isn't even "there." Look at him, he isn't focused on the speech or the people in the crowd, he is deep in thought. How interesting and novel, a politician that thinks.
 
Some neo cons were posting on my Facebook wall last night that Rand didn't clap when Ron mentioned pulling the troops out of Afghanistan. If they only knew that Rand is just like his old man on foreign policy.
 
Rand thought it was bull that the Ron Paul grassroots can work their butts off for 6 months and some douche bag can be propelled out of nowhere from the media to rob Ron Paul a victory.


But I don't blame the media, I blame the people.
 
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