Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Its Santorum by a neck

A few folks are going "Who?" but in Iowa, the flavor of the week is Rick Santorum by fewer then fifty votes. Romney has the money. He has the organization, he has been there before. Those three things propelled him to an easy number two finish. He has not got what it takes though to win people over, at least not yet.
Ron Pauls Third place finish is some what of a surprise. In the past his supporters gamed so many on line polls that no one was taking him seriously now, at least not in the media. His message resonates though. He believes in small government, loose federal controls, and opposed much of what created our present mess.
I would hope at this point that a few of the bottom finishers rethink their strategy and bow out of the race. In doing so, they need to consider who they will throw their support behind, and right now those choices appear to be Romney, Paul and Santorum. Its lets make a deal time tonight. Tomorrow will be a new political landscape as the party heads for New Hampshire and South Carolina. I expect Romney to win in New England, and Gingrich to poll well in the south. After that, it will become a real race as voters will have a clear and settled picture of what is at stake in 2012.
Mitt is looking like Hillary in 2008. He has a base, but he does not seem to be able to win supporters away from other candidates. Whether that changes in the coming weeks remains to be seen. The candidates need to remember the Surber rule and stick to what they can do to right the mess ObamAA+, Nancy P Lousy, and Reid have created since 2006 when they got control of congress. This is a horse race, not a cage match on WWF. run like a champion, don't act like a chump. We need good leadership in 2012 to get real conservatives back into Washington. If we don't, America is finished.

1 comment:

Spartacus said...

Iowa is kinda like the starters pistol at a track meet, as Iowa goes the country doesn't necessarily go. What struck me about Iowa, however, was the narcissist in chief showing up on Republican night in a feeble attempt to be the star. The funny part of it is that a week or so ago, while vacationing in Hawaii at our expense he had a head full of jet black hair. I guess that was supposed to give us the impression that he's youthful and energetic, ready to get on the job for us peons. During his Iowa attention grab he sported so much white hair that he looked like a skinny Ike Turner. This. guy. is. the. biggest. phony. that. ever. occupied. the. White House. And the imbeciles that voted for him are just that. Imbeciles!