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Originally Posted by Riot

You're right. I'm thinking of the Ames Straw Poll (which chose, for example, Bachmann this year), not the Caucus.



Ditto. I'm thinking that Ron Paul and Santorum may be the big winners, with Romney third, and Bachmann, Perry and Gingrich out of it. Gringrich is already whining today about his loss.

Obama was really good at retail, as was Hillary and Palin. McCain was terrible. Romney is ... creepy. He just is weird, the way he tries to "interact". Paul and Bachmann play to their audience who views them as rock stars. Santorum has worked hard, and it's paying off in the last-minute "not Romney" panic, he's got his moment in the sun finally, and it's timed right. Gingrich has turned into the angry old man on the book tour who thought he was getting the big freebee he thinks he deserves, but it was taken away.

any votes for santorum or paul may as well be counted as romney votes. gingrich, flaws and all, was the only candidate that had any chance to derail the romney nomination.

santorum has no money or organization. paul has an enthusiastic base and i expect he'll be the last man standing since they've actually organized. but there's zero chance an anti-war candidate wins the republican nomination.