Currently browsing category

Election ’12, Page 49

Iowa Caucuses Open Thread

Hey y’all – am buried  under doing some work-work from home tonight (will likely be this way the rest of the week), so I will not be around much if any at all to monitor developments from the Iowa caucuses.  Please use this thread to make comments/predictions on what happens tonight, plus to weight in with your thoughts on the GOP race for the presidential nomination in general......   [Read More]

Why I’m not worried about the Paul/Santorum “surge” in Iowa

There are any number of polls out right now which show either Romney (coasting), Ron Paul (surging), or Rick Santorum (surging) “leading” in Iowa, with Gingrich “fading.”  With the GOP’s Iowa Caucus happening next Tuesday, those poll numbers have got some conservatives panicking over the thought of any of the three “top pollers” (especially Ron Paul) being our eventual nominee.  Michael Barone, writing in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, reminds us that Iowa’s track record on picking the eventual GOP nominee isn’t very good:.....   [Read More]