http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/Mike/6205 The Iowa primary is over, but.. it left its mark.   Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd  dropped out, of the presidential campaign. Biden, knowledge of foreign policies, and Chris Dodd’s expertise in the domestic issues.  never did get them into the double digits.   Barack Obama did what everyone thought was impossible.  He brought a lot of new young voters into the process.  The young voters made up 22% of the electorate.  Mr. Obama got 57% of that vote.   John Edwards is about done, because he does not have the money to linger on much longer.   Even though Chris Matthews wanted Iowa, to be the deciding factor for the Clinton demise, she has a good chance of winning New Hampshire. Hillary cannot afford to lose New Hampshire, because then Barack Obama is sure to get the black vote in South Carolina, because if Obama wins in two predominately white states and you can throw electability out the window, it will no longer be a hindrance.   Mike Huckabee stomped Mitt Romney, with 39,814 votes to Romney's 29,405.  It looks like 34,240 of Mike's votes came from the evangelicals.  The evangelical vote will not help Mike Huckabee in New Hampshire, but it will in South Carolina.   McCain and Thompson practically tied for third.  Perhaps Thompson will drop out and support McCain in New Hampshire because it will be a dogfight between McCain and Huckabee in South Carolina. Can't count Mitt Romney out because if he wins New Hampshire,he is most likely to win Michigan and the race goes on.   The GOP race will go on for a long.long time, because they have not settled in on a candidate yet. It may be the Wall Street Republicans versus the Religious Republicans.    In my opinion, Giuliani's big state gamble will be a flop.  The Iowa primary is over, but.. it left its mark.   Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd  dropped out, of the presidential campaign. Biden, knowledge of foreign policies, and Chris Dodd’s expertise in the domestic issues.  never did get them into the double digits.   Barack Obama did what everyone thought was impossible.  He brought a lot of new young voters into the process.  The young voters made up 22% of the electorate.  Mr. Obama got 57% of that vote.   John Edwards is about done, because he does not have the money to linger on much longer.   Even though Chris Matthews wanted Iowa, to be the deciding factor for the Clinton demise, she has a good chance of winning New Hampshire. Hillary cannot afford to lose New Hampshire, because then Barack Obama is sure to get the black vote in South Carolina, because if Obama wins in two predominately white states and you can throw electability out the window, it will no longer be a hindrance.   Mike Huckabee stomped Mitt Romney, with 39,814 votes to Romney's 29,405.  It looks like 34,240 of Mike's votes came from the evangelicals.  The evangelical vote will not help Mike Huckabee in New Hampshire, but it will in South Carolina.   McCain and Thompson practically tied for third.  Perhaps Thompson will drop out and support McCain in New Hampshire because it will be a dogfight between McCain and Huckabee in South Carolina. Can't count Mitt Romney out because if he wins New Hampshire,he is most likely to win Michigan and the race goes on.   The GOP race will go on for a long.long time, because they have not settled in on a candidate yet. It may be the Wall Street Republicans versus the Religious Republicans.    In my opinion, Giuliani's big state gamble will be a flop.  en-us Mike Huckabee, is completely unacceptable to large portions of the Republican party. Iowa has a much higher percentage of evangelicals than will primaries coming forward. Huckabee ain’t going to win New Hampshire and has little national organization. Exit polls suggest that Dr. Paul WON Independent Voters, who are the key crossover constituency that a Republican candidate is going to need to win in the general election. We have a wide open race right now. We are likely to be top 3 in Wyoming. Dr Paul. should also do fairly well in South Carolina and Nevada, where he has spent time building his base while everyone else was in Iowa. Besides Romney & Guiliani virtually every other candidate is broke and with the exception of Huckabee, they won’t pull in more money based on their Iowa performance. Meanwhile, Dr. Paul has over 15 millions in the bank and with his huge grassroots base, we can easily raise millions more. That money will matter a lot more in states that, unlike Iowa don’t allow candidates to meet every voter. This is where we begin to use our finances to our advantage. While it is still an uphill fight for the nomination (as it always was) we are coming out of Iowa in a better position than we came in and we are well placed to do some real damage in the primaries going forward. The Revolution Continues! Long live the Republic, Tex http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/Mike/6205/#c_31453 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/Mike/6205/#c_31453 Mike Huckabee, is completely unacceptable to large portions of the Republican party. Iowa has a much higher percentage of evangelicals than will primaries coming forward. Huckabee ain’t going to win New Hampshire and has little national organization. Exit polls suggest that Dr. Paul WON Independent Voters, who are the key crossover constituency that a Republican candidate is going to need to win in the general election. We have a wide open race right now. We are likely to be top 3 in Wyoming. Dr Paul. should also do fairly well in South Carolina and Nevada, where he has spent time building his base while everyone else was in Iowa. Besides Romney & Guiliani virtually every other candidate is broke and with the exception of Huckabee, they won’t pull in more money based on their Iowa performance. Meanwhile, Dr. Paul has over 15 millions in the bank and with his huge grassroots base, we can easily raise millions more. That money will matter a lot more in states that, unlike Iowa don’t allow candidates to meet every voter. This is where we begin to use our finances to our advantage. While it is still an uphill fight for the nomination (as it always was) we are coming out of Iowa in a better position than we came in and we are well placed to do some real damage in the primaries going forward. The Revolution Continues! Long live the Republic, Tex You’re absolutely right Harold, that 15 million means, Ron Paul will be in for the long-haul. I just can’t see an antiwar candidate winning the Republican nomination. I can see, Ron Paul, coming in third in New Hampshire, where he is very popular.  That is an independent state with very little party affiliation. IMO opinion, Ron Paul would do better running as an independent, but that would just assure a Democratic landslide.  He says he will not run as an independent but he will be a force to be reckoned with especially, the next debate, where he will get more airtime as the candidates thin out. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/Mike/6205/#c_31456 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/Mike/6205/#c_31456 You’re absolutely right Harold, that 15 million means, Ron Paul will be in for the long-haul. I just can’t see an antiwar candidate winning the Republican nomination. I can see, Ron Paul, coming in third in New Hampshire, where he is very popular.  That is an independent state with very little party affiliation. IMO opinion, Ron Paul would do better running as an independent, but that would just assure a Democratic landslide.  He says he will not run as an independent but he will be a force to be reckoned with especially, the next debate, where he will get more airtime as the candidates thin out.