IOWA: Newsweek says Huckabee 39%, Romney 17%

[240 is Back]

Huck is more than DOUBLING Romney all of a sudden!!

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This reminds me of the 204 campaign when Dean doubled Kerry for most of the campaign.  The week before the caucus, people started paying attention, and sure enough, the underdog won.

Lately, Mitt's been losing the dignified look (bickering with Rudy about the immmigration issue).  He just doesn't act presidential and becomes flustered.  Huckabee stays calm.

As far as being geniuine- Mitt admits he lied about his position on abortion just to get elected.  How can that be excused when he's currently saying a lot of things to get elected?   On the other hand- religious voters (who have already rejected Rudy for his 3 wives and anti-gun, pro-gay, pro-abortion stances) have suddenly found this Baptist minister Huck to be the bext choice.

The repub nomination will be won by whoever the religious right chooses.  There is just too many of them, and everyone else splits the vote.  Sounds like they're going to choose Huck.

[Colossus_500]

This reminds me of the 204 campaign when Dean doubled Kerry for most of the campaign.  The week before the caucus, people started paying attention, and sure enough, the underdog won.

Lately, Mitt's been losing the dignified look (bickering with Rudy about the immmigration issue).  He just doesn't act presidential and becomes flustered.  Huckabee stays calm.

As far as being geniuine- Mitt admits he lied about his position on abortion just to get elected.  How can that be excused when he's currently saying a lot of things to get elected?   On the other hand- religious voters (who have already rejected Rudy for his 3 wives and anti-gun, pro-gay, pro-abortion stances) have suddenly found this Baptist minister Huck to be the bext choice.

The repub nomination will be won by whoever the religious right chooses.  There is just too many of them, and everyone else splits the vote.  Sounds like they're going to choose Huck.

Good post

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Good post

thanks -

you seem like a pretty dedicated repub, colossus.
if you dont mind me asking - what were your initial views on Romney and Rudy, and what are they now that you've seen them debate and got to know them?

[Tre]

Lately, Mitt's been losing the dignified look (bickering with Rudy about the immmigration issue).  He just doesn't act presidential and becomes flustered.  Huckabee stays calm.

Mitt Romney is a conservative, latter-day Bill Clinton.

"Look at me - I'm handsome, conservative and White.  How could you not vote for me?"

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Mitt Romney is a conservative, latter-day Bill Clinton.

"Look at me - I'm handsome, conservative and White.  How could you not vote for me?"

Initially - yes.

But I honestly think he's lost his composure so many times that primary voters in those 3 key states know it.  They are the ones watching debates where he bickers, listening to him on AM radio shows when he get 'short' with DJs, and meeting him in diners where his lack of personal skills show.

He's a brilliant businessman.  But he also said we should open two gitmos (a week before GWB admitted it's time to shut down gitmo for the abuses).

Also - Mitt could have won if he had the backing of the religious right.  Then he admitted he LIED about supporting ABORTION and GAY RIGHTS and GUN CONTROL just to get elected in MASS.   Repubs don't trust him. Plain and simple.  Since they cannot hand over the election to Thompson (numbskull) or McCain (old and no energy anymore), they've found HUCK to be their dream date on Jan 3rd.