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It’s Official: State GOP Confirms Santorum Iowa Winner

Its Official: State GOP Confirms Santorum Iowa Winner

AP

The Iowa Republican Party officially declared Rick Santorum the winner of the state’s Jan. 3 caucuses, after saying Thursday no winner could be confirmed because votes from eight precincts were missing.

Mitt Romney was initially declared the Iowa winner with an eight-vote finish over Santorum. On Thursday, the state Republican Party said the final vote count actually put Santorum ahead by 34 votes, but couldn’t officially declare him the winner because of the missing precincts.

But shortly before midnight Friday, on the eve of the South Carolina primary, the Iowa Republican Party reversed course and issued a one-line statement declaring Santorum the winner of the state, Politico reported.

“In order to clarify conflicting reports and to affirm the results released January 18 by the Republican Party of Iowa, Chairman Matthew Strawn and the State Central Committee declared Senator Rick Santorum the winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucus,” the statement said.

The final vote tally was 29,839 votes for Santorum and 29,805 for Romney, with a turnout of 121,503.

Romney called Santorum to congratulate him on Thursday, though his campaign released a statement saying the state had been “a virtual tie.”

The Iowa GOP announcement puts the primary vote tally at one each for Romney and Santorum.

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  • tbolt71
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:11am

    If God is before us…no one can be against us…GO RICK GO!!!! the effective,fervant ,prayers of a righteous man avails much….

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:15am

      Yes, go Rick go….. Please just go

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:20am

      Good for you…rooting for Facism! You would have loved some of Hitlers early speeches too I suppose.

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    • Solfire
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:31am

      How can they declare a winner when they have more missing votes than the gap between candidates? This is corruption at its lowest.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:42am

      Yes by all means Rick just go,go away quickly.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:42am

      Well I guess They were right, Iowa really doesn’t count (not even their votes)

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:49am

      This is a strategy that actually hurts Santorum. If Santorum gets more votes now and Gingrich gets less that makes Romney the winner in SC and gives Romney a huge boost. (Glenns plan too seemingly.) If Gingrich wins this helps Newt, Rick and Ron Paul. You can clame moral authority and all that but if you shoot yourself in the foot strategically you still lose.
      Vote for Gingrich in SC and then donate to Santorum or Paul if you want him for president .

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:12am

      The next time Santorum says he did not vote for right to work because the people of his state did not want it, he needs to be reminded that he was a senator, not a representative and his job was not to represent the will of the people but the interests of his state. His defense is flawed.

      Rick Santorum Logic: If 51% of the country want to be commies, then I will vote for communism.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:13am

      We just sat here and witnessed voting fraud.

      They recalculated all those votes without even a mention of Ron Paul.

      Cheaters never prosper.

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    • gmoneytx
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:41am

      Yes Go Rick, keep going, a little farther, little more, OK that’s good…(now I can’t see him anymore, maybe he won’t find his way back)

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    • DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:43am

      I find it funny that there is ANY winner when 8 districts are missing. So what happens to the delegates!? Iowa should be discounted as a warning to every other state. ALL districts must be accounted for, public counting and drivers license required.

      Hey Beck why don’t you tackle this one you ricophant:
      How Rick Santorum Ripped Off American Veterans

      http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/how-rick-santorum-ripped-off-american-military-veterans

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:44am

      Congratulations RICK!! One of the good guys.

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    • Creg Maroney
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:46am

      Rick Santorum is for government internet regulations and for limits to your freedom of speech.
      Hear it from Rick Santorum himself: http://youtu.be/c5iY5Sll72k

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:57am

      @DTOM_JERICHO (CREATOR VINDICATOR) Thanks for the article,another reason I don’t like or would ever vote for the progressive Santorum.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:01pm

      Unlike Mitt Romney, who occasionally beats President Obama in general election poll match ups, Newt Gingrich trails far behind President Obama in every survey. But just how bad are Gingrich’s unfavorable among the general public compared to Obama and Romney?

      Not every poll releases their full results, so here are the most recent:

      Fox News, 1/12-1/14:
      Obama, fav/unfav, 51%/46%, +5
      Gingrich, fav/unfav, 27%/56%, -29

      CBS/NYT, 1/12-1/17:
      Obama, fav/unfav, 38%/45%, -7
      Gingrich, fav/unfav, 17%/49%, -32

      PPP, 1/13-1/17:
      Obama, app/dis, 47%/50%, -3
      Gingrich, fav/unfav, 26%/60%, -34

      http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/america-hates-newt-gingrich/326161

      Santorum isn’t even on the chart.

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:12pm

      as long as we can cheat Ron Paul, nobody will care

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    • MSGT
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:15pm

      Your not supposed to win anything, Rick. Glenn’s gonna throw you under the bus if this keeps up

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:17pm

      Bill O’Reilly & Mike Huckabee Admit There’s No Difference Between Romney, Gingrich & Santorum

      http://c4lrutherford.org/2012/01/21/bill-oreilly-mike-huckabee-admit-theres-no-difference-between-romney-gingrich-santorum/

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:25pm

      thank Ron Paul supporter for catching them
      Washington Wells Precinct in the town of Moulton, population 658, to caucus and cast their first-in-the-nation vote for the Republican nominee.

      Among them was the fortuitously named Edward L. True, a 28-year-old independent contractor and a Ron Paul supporter. It was his first caucus, and he recorded the precinct results on a scrap of manila envelope paper—Bachmann 3, Perry 13, Paul 7, Huntsman 1, Santorum 21, Romney 2, and Gingrich 6—which he then posted on his Facebook page and the election watchdog website WatchTheVote2012.com. “Transparency is what we need in our electoral system to ensure that every vote does count,” True explains.

      The local voting trend recorded by True roughly matched the other 12 precincts in Appanoose County, which all had either no votes for Romney or low-single-digit totals, except Vermillion Douglas Sharon, which tallied an outlier 20 votes. In general, the rural southeast corner of Iowa was not Mitt Romney country.
      http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/18/did-rick-santorum-win-the-iowa-caucuses-not-mitt-romney.html

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:28pm

      Nice point Vehor- It doesn’t matter when it comes to bigotry. All these bigots lining up behind Newt as an anti-Romney will only ensure if Newt wins the primary, Obama will win in a landslide. Much like McCain. I know a lot of Democrats who are willing to vote for Romney, but never in a million years would vote for Newt or Santorum. I am really sick in my stomach how so many people, especially those who visit the Blaze frequently, support the Progressive socio-path pig, Gingrich. Interesting how these largely Evangelical states have Evangelical leaders who form groups opposing Romney because he is a Mormon. I used to think the attacks from the left about the right having a huge component of racism in was just a bunch of hyperbole, but after witnessing the extent of bigotry in first the 2008 election, now again in the 2012 , I seriously am beginning to believe I can’t justify aligning myself with the right. I am serious. These people, apparently will go to whatever extent necessary, even so far as lying and cheating, to have their end satisfy their means. True alinsky methods. What’s most amazing, I never realized how stupid so many on the right really are. The powers to be have tricked those smarty pants conservatives into believing Romney was the establishment candidate, in order to bring Newt into picture, when all the money behind Newt is the same money that was behind McCain and Bush. Newt is only looking to use this political position for wealth the kind like Romney s

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:29pm

      New Hampshire uses Black Box Voting for over 90% of its votes (Black Box Voting = concealed vote-counting machines. This violates New Hampshire’s own constitution which states that the votes must be counted “in public meeting”).

      I will publish a detailed, point-by-point description of several quite bad choke-points in New Hampshire election integrity tomorrow. Here’s the short version, and a preview:

      - All New Hampshire voting machines are programmed by a Massachusetts-based sole source no-bid contractor with a convicted narcotics trafficker at its helm;

      - A crafty change in NH law now makes it illegal for the public to examine the real ballots under right to know law;

      - A change in NH law in 2008 now makes most recounts impossible;

      - New Hampshire does not follow its own legally required vote-stuffing safeguards.

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:30pm

      SOUTH CAROLINA

      New Hampshire will produce an anointed candidate who will “do better than expected” to become “inevitable.“ Some of the other frontrunners will be hammered down firmly with ”worse than expected”; all week long before South Carolina we will get treated to a persuasive TV pundit parade telling us what we should think.

      It’s only gotten worse since 1988, when author Joan Didion wrote: “…those inside the process had congealed into a permanent political class, the defining characteristic of which was its readiness to abandon those not inside the process.” (Political Fictions)

      In South Carolina (where, as you may recall, the paperless ES&S iVotronic touchscreens gave us Alvin Greene in the 2010 Democratic primary), the counting process is not only entirely concealed, but the original record — the voters own verified ballot — is unrecoverable, and chain of custody on the count is unascertainable. By the way, it also violate the South Carolina constitution to conceal the vote counting process from the public. http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

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    • db321
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:58pm

      Go get um Rick – Please God and the World will hate you – Please the World and God will hate you. At lease in a Santorum Presidency, we can rest assure that he would seek Godly council before and guidance before making a decision that effects us all. Just like Reagan.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:28pm

      Santorum lost his last senate race by 20 points… And he endorsed Arlen Rectum Spector…. So , sorry.. Rick aint goin anywhere….

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    • Luke21
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:28pm

      @Hobbs57

      First of all, I agree not voting for someone simply because he is Mormon, is ridiculous. While I have many problems w/ Mormonism as an extra-biblical sect w/ many non-biblical beliefs (such as Jesus Christ & Lucifer being spirit bros), it would not keep me from voting for him. Most Mormons teach & practice strong family & civic values. They are by & large pro-life, and God fearing – though I would disagree w/ them over the nature & person of God , Heaven & Hell, & salvation by Grace alone.

      Your definition of bigotry & racism is wanting. Would you be racist or bigoted if you refused to vote for someone that was an open communist or a secular humanist (“atheist”)? Your world views are at complete odds w/ one another. So IF someone is opposed to a Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, or Muslim in the Whitehouse that does not make them racist.

      The problem w/ Romney is his politics. Despite what he now says, historically he has been pro-abortion (violating LDS teachings – so he isn’t a Mormon in that case), unrepentantly pro socialized medicine (only says he would have done it “differently”), & he supported the 2008 bailouts. Many conservative Christians listen to Glenn Beck for his insight & many would vote for him for a political office. The problem w/ Romney isn‘t that he’s a Mormon, its that he’s a progressive socialist. Plain & simple. Wise up its NOT what a politician says they’ll do, but what they’ve done that matters.

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    • VicksVaporub
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Sieg Heil Santorum!

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    • HellPhish89
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 2:43pm

      sorry, i dont need some religious nut job legislating morality.

      and thats from someone whos a Catholic.

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    • Sidwit
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:30pm

      Santorum wins and by winning he should have all 24 electoral votes, not split with Romney. But, the establishment republicans do not want Santorum because he is not moderate enough for them.

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    • grandma7
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:47am

      Yes TB,
      Congratulations Santorum!!!
      Go with God, Rick!!!
      Keep up the good work!

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  • ZarahemlaRFD
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:09am

    This infuriates me! I am a registered Iowa voter who is apparently from the county with the missing precincts! If my ballot or my neighbors ballots has not been included in the final count then there is no way that I can respect the State GOP Committee! How can they certify this when they know ballots are missing? IOWA WAKE UP! Every Iowa Republican should be up in arms about this! I think there is some small town, small-minded politicking going on! I hate to say it but I think this thing is being manipulated away from Romney as part of a bigger scheme! If Iowa can’t run a legitimate caucus then we should NOT be the first in the nation!

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    • Luke611
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:33am

      Absolutely….I agree with your assessment. It seems those precincts were pro -Romney; at least 8 votes more, but now maybe even more than originally accounted. I used to have respect for iowa, being such a small state demonstrating such patriotism with exemplary attitude and devotion to invest in the electoral process; but not anymore. This episodes screems anti-LDS to me.

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    • gmoneytx
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:43am

      What are you complaining about, Iowa is a blue state 1. and 2. Iowa doesn’t matter! It’s kind of like a belly button, it’s not very useful!

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    • LibertyGoddess
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:54am

      The evangelicals are getting desperate.

      Oh no, my pastor has me so worked up over his hateful talking points that I feel shame if I vote for anyone who isn’t baptized in my church. Then, I get the pressure from the voting people to remake the outcome because it just doesn’t look right having a Mormon win in the heart of evangelical country. I don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t vote for newt because he is a terrible example of what my religion is, and I think he should be in jail. I liked Michelle, but she is no longer in the race, then there is Santorum, but he is the leader of the Christian Taliban and will never win the general election….ummm, what to do, what to do….Ron Paul well, he is spot on with his interpretation of the constitution, but I’m not sure he can protect Israel.

      This just isn’t right. I can’t vote for the one I think will make a difference in our economy, I can‘t vote for the one who has lived a moral and upright life before God because he wasn’t baptized in my church. Oh Mitt, I wish you were evangelical cause you would win by 97% of every conservative vote out there. I guess I’ll just do what I did last time, vote for someone like Huckabee and pull some shennanigans to make sure Mitt can’t win fairly. Then when Obama is re-elected, I can blame it on the media picking McCain. I know, the media is so powerful. I just can’t decide anything for myself.

      Someone help me. Please.

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    • thegrassroots
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:33pm

      @libertygoddess

      On the OUTSIDE CHANCE that you are serious, and not a troll, I’ll respond by saying:

      Get Out Of That Church! Your Pseudo-Pastor Is Full Of Bull-Droppings!

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:59pm

      @LibertyGoddess Vote for whom you believe will best Govern the United States of America. Keep this portion of our Law in mind:

      “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: — ‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.’”

      I myself support Paul’s candidacy. I recommend for you to read Ezekiel 38-39, Psalms 83, and Zechariah 14. Read the Israelite’s fight to conquer the land of Caanan wherein God proclaims his hand alone will defeat their enemies. Read wherein David defeated Goliath through his faith in the might of the Lord. And then, tell me, who is in charge of protecting Israel? And who is the one who will never fail Israel? And to whom will all the glory be, when he gathers all nations against Israel, and, by his power alone, defeats all her enemies?

      Paul in the NH debate said he doesn’t want Iran to have a nuke. Senator Rand Paul said of his dad, “[he] doesn’t want (Iran) to have nuclear weapons, he thinks it would be destabilizing for them to have them, but he thinks there needs to be a healthy debate in Congress about what our response should be.” Paul has repeatedly said that if we want war, we should declare it, fight it, win it, and come back home. No nation building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmUE8TCmjE

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:04pm

      @LibertyGoddess Paul said, “We must only send our men and women to fight for our country when the mission is clear, every necessary tool needed to win is provided, and we respect the Constitution by declaring war. Once war is declared, it must be waged according to Just War principles. We should only fight when it’s in our national security interest, and we should no longer do the corrupt United Nation’s bidding by policing the world.” http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/statement-of-faith/

      The other day, Obama’s administration actually warned Israel to not attack Iran. Who are we to dictate to another Nation when or why to attack, especially when they are acting in self defense? Who are we to determine for Israel whether or not she is threatened, and how she must act accordingly to the threat?

      Paul said of Israel, “We should be their friend and their trading partner. They are a democracy and we share many values with them. But we should not be their master. We should not dictate where their borders will be nor should we have veto power over their foreign policy.”

      Paul was a handful to support Israel‘s decision to attack Iraq’s nuclear facilities in 1981. When asked what he thinks about Israel attacking Iran, he responded, if Israel felt threatened, she has every right to defend herself and protect her interests.

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  • cassandra
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:49am

    Go Santorm Go I’m buying a sweater vest today

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:45am

    @CATB Yes that’s the common complaint from Paul bashers,legalizing drugs and his foreign policy.
    The post above mine ashestoashes covered Paul’s position quite well if you care to read it,if not just vote for your favorite progressive with an R next to his name,we’ll be fine.

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:50am

      Which is a better bumper sticker? “Potheads for Paul” or “Pimps for Paul”? How about “Racists for Ron”?

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 12:03pm

      Such vitriol is unwarranted and you should be ashamed of yourself for those comments.A much better bumper sticker would be patriots for Paul.

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    • Creg Maroney
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 1:11pm

      Top three biggest contributors to Ron Paul’s Campaign:

      US Army $24,503
      US Air Force $23,335
      US Navy $17,432

      They understand Ron Pauls foreign policy better then the civilian population.
      You Like Ron Paul, Except on Foreign Policy? Do you understand what Ron Pauls Foreign Policy is?

      View this and you will be more informed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B4a__tcfFug

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  • Look4DBigPicture
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:39am

    It’s only January and this race is far from over. Go Rick Go!!!!! I bet you win or come very close to winning in South Carolina today as well. It’s time for this country to stand up for what is right and prove the pundits wrong!

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    • MS-GlenNBC
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:44am

      The Democrats are always behind Voter Fraud.

      Romney (D)

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:52am

      We’ll see what we have in FL. Think Strategy. 2 weeks ago Romney was inevitable.
      Strategically vote for Newt and this story will kill him in a week and a half. and then there were three; Romney’s worst scenario. Make him earn it at least.

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  • Crazy Times
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:31am

    Go Rick! 2012

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  • flywitheagles
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:27am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu2xaEd2cmU&feature=BFa&list=PLA2CBCEF81B31C798&lf=mh_lolz
    Thought Provoking video

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:48am

      You must be new around here. This place is badly infested with Paulies and 99% of the links posted are just Ron Paul propaganda vids so people are leery of wasting their time clicking on them.

      If you tell people what the link is about, perhaps you’ll have a better chance of someone checking it out.

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    • Hossua
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:23am

      It’s a Catholic perspective Ron Paul video. A good one, I might add.

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:46am

      willie would not like it. There is no hate and it has facts involved.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:00am

      QP, that is why you guys are so uninformed.

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  • CRiggsby
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:27am

    Santorum won and the GOP did not like it so they changed a few numbers and said we will just fix it later. Then they wonder why we (TRUE TEA Party Folk) don’t want to be associated with any of the parties.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:03am

      To cheat ( and that is what they did because they did not like Ron Paul) in a primary is absolutely terrible and hurt Santorum too. I am not saying that Romney was behind THIS. The establishment was. This is why the 2nd tuesday of November 2012 WE start a new party right after WE drag them accross the finish line.

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  • dmporanski1962
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:27am

    The Republican Party of Iowa robbed Rick Santorum his win in Iowa and the subsequent momentum that win would have provided. In my opinion, Santorum was operating outside the Republican machine that has already chosen our candidate.

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  • Tagudinian
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:20am

    The damage is done. Romney won according to the pundits, the newspapers, the collaborators. Money is a powerful tool. Romney has got lots of it. Rick Santorum is a decent man, honest and clean cut. Clean cut won’t make it against Chicago Thuggery. Obama and his thugs will make mince meat out of clean cut Rick. After Obama gets done with Rick Santorum (if he winds up winning the nomination) you won’t even recognize him. We need a junkyard dog to go against the Chicago Thug Machine – somebody, like Chuck Norris says, “scarred and battle tested veteran of the political wars”. That would be Newt Gingrich hands down. Mitt Romney is suave and debonaire. Eats caviar, sails in comfortable yachts, rides in long limos – he is a softy. Rick Santorum for all his good lines, his championing of family and human life is a cup cake as Obama and his Chicago reprobates view him. There is an expression that says a man hasn’t lived until his reputation has been tarnished. Newt Gingrich is a man who has lived. These are dark times. We can think of Mordor like John McCain alluded to in describing the TEA Party. Indeed America is in the shadows of Obama’s Mordor. We need Newt Gingrich to slay this dragon, this beast and embarrassment of a president we call Barack Hussein Obama.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:32am

      Yeah…pittiing one reptile against another…who cares who wins?

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:34am

      The Chicago Thug will cream any of the GOP’s candidates. Prepare for a national “Daley style” machine. Dictatorship is the desired end result of Marxism

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    • thegrassroots
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:11am

      @ tagudinian

      Very Well Said!

      In spite of the “pundits,” and imho, Romney has shot himself in the foot by refusing to be forthcoming with his tax returns. America has learned, from BHO, the dangers lurking around someone who dodges issues and hides and lies.

      BHO wasn’t vetted! Romney refuses to be vetted! Which means — all possibilities of Romney being nominated are in the tank! Romney has made a “career” out of running for president. He’s done! Romney shot himself down by refusing to be honest.

      Romney Lost IA and Romney Will Lose SC Today!

      Newt 2012!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:34am

      Marxist Obama vs Progressives Newt, Romney or Santorum
      Marxist Obama vs a Constitutionalist Named Ron Paul….

      I know what I want to see…Contrast to think about.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:40am

      I disagree. I think all of you miss the point with Ron Paul. I believe he would have a huge win against the Chicago thug. He is a shoe in for the Independent vote, at least 25-30% of the Dems, he would also get what helped Obama, the young vote, and that just leaves the Republicans like myself. I cannot believe all of you cannot see it. Paul would make us so much stronger with our military. You probably have not even heard what he truly thinks as you just get what the media says or small 30-60 second snippets in the debates. He has said that we are weaker militarily as we spend so much of our military budget overseas, when we should be spending more building our military here at home. If Iran was to block the Strait of Hormuz, and that was considered an act of war or a national security risk to the U.S., he would immediately go to the Congress. If given a declaration of war, we would be in and out so fast it would make everyones head swim, guaranteed with no nation building afterwards. After one time of actually going to war the right way, every country would think twice before starting a conflict with the United States.

      Everyone already agrees that his economic policies are the best. If we do not get our economics under control, and quickly, we are not going to be around to have a military.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:59am

      @ Baddoggy,
      You make a good point. It is too bad that Paul seems to be the only Constitutionalist in the race. I wish all of them were Constituionalists so we would have more choice.
      I think/hope Santorum and the others are on that learning curve as the many of us are, but they have a ways to go. Or at least they are giving it lip service. Obama flat out says he is against the Constitution on video.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:30am

      @ Bad Doggy..just so you know..you are my neighbor.. I have kept up with you..know you are a faithful husband and a good guy…
      You are a great neighbor to have..Keep up the good work friend.

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  • cloudsofwar
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:09am

    newt is good in debates and firing up those who attend but i hope it doesn’t lead to him winning the nomination. i think Romney would make a better president and more likely to defeat BO. i don’t know if Santorum could win but at any rate SC will tell the story. i feel newt might be another version of BO, both progressives.

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    • Scrap-Diversity
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:30am

      Romney a better president than Gingrich ? Are you all together nuts ? By the way ANY real conservative can beat obama you just don’t have faith..

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    • MacPharlan
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:00am

      I agree, Newt is a great debater, but that is not all there is to the presidency. Right now we need to get Obama out of office and get the economy back on track. Any honest person would have to acknowledge Romney has the best chance to do that.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:15am

      Even Jesus Christ himself is made out to be a bad guy, by the thugs in power now, to many of the hardened. If they do this towards Jesus what do you think they will do to Romney? Playing it slick will NOT do. If Romney wants this He has to GET OFF HIS A$$ and Toughen up against the real enemy and show who he fights for. He has NOT!!!

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  • colt1860
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:09am

    2012 GOP caucus count unresolved
    http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2012/01/19/register-exclusive-2012-gop-caucus-count-unresolved/

    Delegates is what matters most
    http://www.fox19.com/story/16502235/reality-check-the-truth-behind-the-republican-delegate-numbers

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  • nobull14
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:05am

    I like Rick Santorum but let face it he has all the appeal of a dirty diaper? He will not win the Republican nomination and Ron Paul is too old and should have retired along time ago !!!!!

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:22am

      Ron Paul is a doctor of medicine and is in good health. As his wife said..they should be enjoying retirement but Paul knows we are in dire straits and he knows what it will take to pull this country out of it..He is the only one with a plan to do it.. but that’s okay..the sheeple will be led to the slaughter..It’s prophecy. Guess it’s close to time to get down. So many blind fools. Paul has had vision in foreign policy..which you can see if you watch the video..but I am sure you will just parrot “Ron Paul’s crazy foreign policy“ You will be thinking ”Ron Paul’s crazy foreign policy once the hoopla hits the fan.
      http://americanvisionnews.com/1052/ron-paul-knows-nothing-about-foreign-policy-video
      When did Being for States Rights, Pro Gun Rights, Smaller Government, Pro Life, Open Trade, Lower Taxes, Less Regulation, Getting rid of 5 Departments, Balancing the Budget by Cutting a Trillion dollars, against socialized Medicine, Reining in the Fed, Opening up drilling, No Amnesty, Enforcing Border Security, Abolishing the Welfare State, Ending Birthright Citizenship, etc. become Crazy?

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:30am

      Ron Paul .. is shrill and whiny .. not going to go over big with voters (except his base who want drug legalization) and we already have a blame America President .. we don’t need another.

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:36am

      @ progressiveslayer
      Gee what a charming way to win people over to your point of view…just say’n

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:39am

      @ZELDAZICK No time for polish we get enough BS from life long politicians.

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    • teddyc73
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:46am

      Rather juvenile comparison, however should he stay in the race he has my primary vote. Oh, and I wouldn’t know, I never changed one (and never will).

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:07am

      @PROGRESSIVE SLAYER…You noticed that too huh? I always thought of it as kind of an arrogant sneer..

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:27am

      @CATB If I am not mistaken..Paul expressed concern for the drug thing also..which most of us might have a problem with..but legalization will take out the money..hence the drug lords and pushers..The money that we spend in the ridiculous Drug Wars..( furnishing weapons to Hezbollah etc) could be stopped..It is funding terrorism) Drugs are funding terrorism.. We spend how much money processing these people and paying for their stays in prison and jails when we could put the money to better use in education, rehab. and health care. Why keep throwing good money after bad..It would be like cigarettes..it would phase out..why should we embrace a communistic government? Why don’t people want freedom? Why don’t they love the principles this once great nation was founded on.. We only have one man who represents us..a smaller government..a way out of debt to China.. a free and soveriegn nation. a strong defense.. and Constitutional way to weed out the foreign theocracies..Why make a big deal out a man’s presentation..He’s fought for outr right to freedom against the majority bent on taking it away..You people need to think.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:44am

      @CATB I have to say your view of Paul supporters is lacking and short sighted to say the least.We are on the brink of a depression and the these other issues should be on the back burner.I’m not saying Paul
      could single handedly save our republic,I‘m saying we’d have the best chance with a president Paul and real constitutional conservatives controlling both houses.

      Paul believes in a strong military used as a defense and not constantly invading countries to keep us in a perpetual state of war.

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    • DD313
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 11:55am

      John McCain was accused of being too old in 2008. He was born in 1936. When was Ron Paul born?

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 3:23pm

      ZELDAAZICK How about Commies for the Dirty 4..Obama. Romney. Gingrich or Santorum.. Or how about a license plate that says Dumb Azzes for any of the dirty 4…they all are liberals. donkeys…get it ?..face it..your’e just a liberal at heart..

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  • Sofa_King_tired_of_Obama
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:04am

    This is probably a second lie, a second attempt to cheat Paul. Iowans deserve better. Iowans take charge of your elections, kick out the GOP money boys and install real Iowans to oversee things.

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    • Scrap-Diversity
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:34am

      @ashestoashes.. Yeah , anyone that thinks Iran isn’t a threat to the U.S.A is a kook ,especially if they are a “congressman” want to be “president”. Ron Paul won’t win the nomination only BECAUSE of his foreign policy.. You better wake up ,otherwise you will have 4 more of the messiah

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    • SFYMP
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:50am

      Because of the stupidity of sheeple like catb who only repeat the lefts mantra, will there be more obama years. If America doesn’t unite behind Dr. Paul, We deserve 4 more years of obombya.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 6:23pm

      @SCRAP DIVERSITY Did you happen to watch Ron Paul’s foreign policy video which I posted above? I honestly don’t believe anyone even bothers..Paul has foretold the wars and exactly what would happen..He has an uncanny ability in foreign policy and that is what everyone is missing.. If we need to go to war..he would take it to Congress..get in ..win ..get out.. Have they neglected to tell you that we are 15 trillion in the hole right now and that Marshall Law could be declared any moment and we won’t fight any wars ever again.. Paul is the only one who can make our defense strong and fight terrorism here at home..Did you know that we have Comnunists and the Muslim Brotherhood running our government now? The Constitution is the only thing that can weed it out..No one else has a plan except to rule us in a progressive Communistic way…Is that really what you desire? THe NWO spoken of by George H Bush with David Rockefeller stating that just one good disaster would make the people agreeable to it. and Henry Kissinger saying that the American people wouldn’t like it but it would be for their own good..Reallly watch the video.. China and Russia has said they would help Iran if we go to war with her..Do we have the money to fight Iran..and China?

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:56am

    Another scam,more injustice from a corrupt system.Romney got all the glory,just as planned.

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  • JQCitizen
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:52am

    What kind of DINGBATS lose the votes from 8 PRESINCTS in a Presidential race? How seriously do they take their responsibility? Sounds FISHY to me:(

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  • Ohio Guy
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:50am

    I am a life-long Republican saying this. I believe this shows the Rep establishment at work. If these results were announced 18 days ago how different things would have been. I believe that the week leading into NH would have been alot of talk about how Santorum won Iowa and how the front runner Romney lost. I believe Santorum would have raised far more money and gotten more of a bump in NH finishing better than 4th. It smells of a set up to run with the narrative after NH of Romney being the first to win both Iowa & NH to try to lock up the nomination. SC do us all a favor and vote in large numbers for the conservatives that are left change the narrative. Santorum or Paul need to finish in 2nd or a close 3rd.

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    • duek
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:54am

      I believe progressivism has hit Iowa. This stinks to high heaven and is quite an embarrassment. The state should lose its first in the nation status. Is anything real anymore?

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  • Ialmostforgot
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:49am

    Its good to hear Santorum beat Romney, but I think in the minds of the common man, Romney won IA.
    Unless they get the BIG word out!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:46am

    GOP monkey business. This delay, because the “irregularities’ in the vote count is like a correction in the newspapers. Romney received all the headlines for “winner” of the Iowa caucus vote., but Santorum’s victory is released on a weekend.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:44am

    What a pathetic voter turnout we have in this country. Another reason we have the problems we do.

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  • escape_from_socialism
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:43am

    How can we have missing votes? If this will happen in Iran, our army will be right there to protect “transparent democratic elections”. Only here, we can loose ballots, lights are going off during counting votes, gentleman deals, and nobody say a pip.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:43am

    So why is Newt asking him to step aside? … what has Newt won? Go Rick ..

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    • bpodlesnik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:48am

      The only thing Newt can win is in debates, when it comes to actual polling I‘m pretty sure he hasn’t won yet.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:56am

      So far this week I have gotten three mailings from the Romney Pac attacking Santorum .. seems they think he is a threat … none attacking Newt or Paul … I live in Florida .. our primary is on the 31st … early voting is starting.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:16am

      Gingrich doesn’t have enough grassroots support to win anything.

      Gingrich cancels campaign event at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, because of poor attendance. http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_19782823

      Huge Audience of 1,000+ for Ron Paul at the College of Charleston in South Carolina
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ARmSkJTlK6E#

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:35am

      @COLT

      I am going to a Santorum event on Tuesday ..I have been invited to three Santorum events .. going to the closest one (also is at a lovely park on the water that is dog friendly ;-) ) I have only been invited to one Gingrich event and none for Romney .. this is a LARGE Republican area where I live in Southwest FL.

      My Senator is Marco Rubio and I have been to three of his events including his first in Ft Myers right after he announced he was running. I get invited to anything Republican and am active in the local (and largest in the state) Republican Woman Forum. If it goes on near me I know.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:48am

      @catb That’s great. Vote your conscience, and don’t let the MSM or Establishment choose for you. I wish I had a large Republican support group around here where I live. I‘m in the People’s Socialist Republic of Maryland. The State is mostly Republican, but three largely democrat areas ruin it for the whole state; Baltimore city, Montgomery county, and Prince Georgia’s county. I am going to the March for Life on Monday though, being held in DC. Ron Paul will be speaking there, and he’s the only one from the four candidates that will be speaking there. Hopefully we get a huge turnout for the event.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 9:53am

      @COLT ..

      Have a great time on Monday … and remember D.C. is a gun free zone .. don’t need another patriot getting arrested for following the 2nd Ammendment.

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  • ThePostman
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:43am

    I wonder how long it will take them to finally figure out that Ron Paul won?

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  • Susie
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:40am

    Too bad it took so long, but Hey ! Better late than never.
    Go Rick ! Hope SC shows the same common sense.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:32am

    Congrats…

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