The Media Fix Is In
As of 9:30p, Ron Paul is a percentage point or so behind McCain, but does not appear on ANY of the big pie charts. McCain does. On the Democratic side, Richardson has only 2% (far fewer percentage-wise than Paul) and he appears on the big pie charts. Shameful.
Has any network anchor said the word “Paul”?
Has nothing to do with being able to fit top 4 on the screen…don’t tell me you bought into the conspiracy lefty.
I’m not surprised. Paul came in 5th in the Iowa straw poll (out of 9 candidates), and his name was left off the results charts altogether.
The strange part is CCN has Rudy on with no votes but does not have Ron Paul on?
The guy is finishing 5th despite “raising more money than any other candidate” and setting records for daily dollars.
Paul is done, the party is over, stop wasting your money…go to the track, better chance of a return on the investment!
Seeing as how Paul spent about as much time in Iowa as the G-man, and noticing how he’s running circles around Rudy in the vote count, seems to me it’s the G-man who’s done.
Paul worked Iowa hard Chris…he has spent many days canvassing the state.
This is a big loss for Paul, Hillary and Richardson.
Paul especially feels the pain because young voters went to Obama instead of him. That is Paul’s base going to a dem…time to reschedule late night time on CSPAN!
bb: I don’t follow you on ‘fit’.
The CNN pie chart has a HUGE “other” slice, and belongs to Paul.
Bart
What happen to Rudy? Should he be left out of the debate in NH since he got 5 times less votes than Ron Paul?
Sorry lefty, my TV doesn’t get CNN…only reputable news sources.
LOL John that is pretty sad, for such a well-known candidate – seems they just don’t like “America’s Mayor” shoving 9/11 down their throats anymore.
Feels what pain, Bart? He’s in double digits now.
Rudy who?
“A two-bit back bencher reams America’s mayor at the Iowa Caucuses” – that’s the headline you’ll be waking up to in the morning Bart.
Wanna bet Chris?
Headline — ‘First black to win a primary…Hillary finishes a disapointing third’
Even Shirley Chisholm had close to 200 delegates, back in 1972.
quote:
Paul wins GOP precinct in Ames
Ames, Ia. — Texas Congressman Ron Paul pulled off an upset in a Republican Ames precinct made up predominantly of Iowa State University students.
Paul logged 29 votes to finish 10 ahead of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who came in second.
Chase Cockrell, an ISU graduate student from New Orleans, stumped on Paul’s behalf before the vote. He stressed Paul’s views on limited government and the U.S. Constitution. His comments drew applause and a few hoots from the audience.
DesMoinesRegister.com
Hey, at least he won a district. Also, there is less chance he will be assassinated if he isn’t viewed as a threat.
I do think that if Huckabee is the candidate for the GOP, and Obama is the Democrat, the Democrats will sweep Congress and the Presidency. Hmmmm? That might be the case with any of the candidates the GOP has in the top tier.
It isn’t that Huckabee won over the others as much as the voters were saying “we want change.”
I think the Obama victory is fantastic. Of the three, he is definitely the best if not in policy, in ability to speak at a level the people voting can relate to. Edwards is too smooth in some ways and Hillary too shrill or whatever it is that people don’t like as well as her vote on Iraq.
The key isn’t who won Iowa.
The key is who can carry on to the next 49 states.
Rudy has a chance, slim though it might be.
Sen Clinton isn’t finished.
Gov. Huckabee has shot his wad, as has Gov. Richardson (sadly) and most of the rest of the crowd.
The question is now, how strong is Sen. Obama’s organization?
This Iowa caucus is going to be under such a magnifying glass that they’re going to get an early thaw!
Jan
I agree!
The CNBC analysts just stated that it appears, at this point, Obama will win N.H. and that Clinton doesn’t have enough time to turn things around. it will be interesting to see if they are right and what, if any changes in trends take place in the next few days after the Iowa Caucus results.
I agree, it’s fantastic to see Clinton trounced like this. And it’s just icing on the cake that it was Obama who did it.
Jan,
That’s interesting because all polls show Hillary with a pretty decent lead in NH.
Obama’s win is good for the GOP…kind of like having the New England Patriots lose in the 1st round of the playoffs which would surely please the eventual NFC champion. If Hillary gets knocked out (long way to go and she is nowhere near dead), Obama will be much easier to knock off come November.
He did give a great speech if you are one of those who want government to do everything for you (John, you must have been glued to the TV).
I might be wrong. That was the report from an analyst on CNBC today and he may be wrong.
I did find this Bart and tomorrow may be more indicative of what is going on. Not sure where the analyst was getting his information from.
quote:
The results from Iowa have shaken up the race to the point where there is no frontrunner in either party. Among Democrats, Obama’s victory removed Clinton’s status as frontrunner. Obama has also opened up big leads in general election match-ups against Giuliani and Romney. Rasmussen Reports will be polling in New Hampshire tonight with results posted tomorrow.
Rasmussen
We can only hope that analyst is right. We definitely don’t need Hillary.
Bart
On many issues I do not support Obama but I respect what he has done to run as an American!
All the Democrats are TRAITORS. Here’s a little glimpse of what an Obama presidency would look like! See link below.
John, with his views, how could you consider Obama an American?!!!!!!
http://tinyurl.com/2e2nvr
Interesting broadcast on Financial Sense this weekend. In the third hour of the “real player” down load (or the other common players on computers) they say we will have a one term President with him getting blamed for a “Depression” starting sometime in 2010.
They predict a rough 1st half to 2008, a good 2nd half and 2009 leading to the “Depression” in 2010 as the “debt super cycle” comes to an end. Gold and oil higher and lots of other goodies.
http://www.financialsense.com/fsn/main.html
For the Debt Super Cycle there is an article here on it.
The Peak Debt – US Debt & GDP Growth
Economics / Analysis & Strategy Dec 18, 2006 – 11:14 PM
By: Jas_Jain
All speculative analysis but interesting
quote from article
Debt plays an extremely important role in our economic system, especially, if one recognizes that stock market is a substitute debt market. In particular, Consumption Debt, taken on by the households for the express purposes of consumption expenditures (including mortgage debt), plays direct role in income and wealth inequality; high corporate profits, hence stock market booms; inflation rate; etc. All these – inequality, historically high corporate profits, and inflation – peak before the Peak Debt. Peak Debt occurs during the early part of the Deflationary Depression phase of the Longwave Cycle. What follows Peak Debt is a long period of depression, as the material and psychological effects of the prior consumption boom linger. All the above are based on cause and effect and not some theory and fully supported by history of earlier episodes. Since these cycles are rooted in human behavior, in this case the predictable behavior of various participants, especially, bankers and consumers, the cycle unfolds in a “clock-work” fashion.
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