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New Hampshire Primary Thread

soccerboy22 said:
I'd tend to agree. Huntsman put all his time and effort into New Hampshire and if he doesn't do well, then he is close to being out of options.
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Sounds like the Huntsman camp heard this as well and quickly called in to say, no, a strong third place will be fine with us as well.
 
Krhazy said:
Sounds like the Huntsman camp heard this as well and quickly called in to say, no, a strong third place will be fine with us as well.
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Well, he is in third, but finishing behind Paul does not bode well for the future.
 
LuckyDan said:
Open question: Are the Hunstman fans likely GOP voters? Who was the last GOPer to get your vote?
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Well, beside from myself, the only person I know here at DP that are openly Huntsman fans off the top of my head is Zyphlin. The last GOPer I voted for, eh that is a hard one to answer. Most of the time I just vote for whoever since in SC it is pretty obvious who is going to win.
 
Romney said in his speech, they made history? How??
 
pbrauer said:
Romney said in his speech, they made history? How??
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I think he was referring to the being the first candidate since the 70's to win both Iowa and NH.
 
soccerboy22 said:
Well, beside from myself, the only person I know here at DP that are openly Huntsman fans off the top of my head is Zyphlin. The last GOPer I voted for, eh that is a hard one to answer. Most of the time I just vote for whoever since in SC it is pretty obvious who is going to win.
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If I had to pick one, I'd pick Huntsman. Easily.
 
With Romney on the TV, my wife had to leave the room. LOL
 
Wow, I don't know that I've ever heard a speech so full of unrelenting strawmans before. lol.

Wonder how politifact is going to handle that.
 
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So Romney is going to spend more on the military and stand with Israel whilst still balancing the Federal budget! He also promises to finally help those poor little piggies fly and cure cancer....
 
Krhazy said:
Wow, I don't know that I've ever heard a speech so full of unrelenting strawmans before. lol.

Wonder how politifact is going to handle that.
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You're correct the guy is full of crap.

35% is no real accomplishment.
 
Very anti European speech as well, good to know we have that to look forward to.
 
disneydude said:
was actually not that conservative.

would be considered liberal by most of the base today.
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This is nothing but baseless, utter and complete, bull**** from one of our resident liberal hyper partisans.
 
LuckyDan said:
Open question: Are the Hunstman fans likely GOP voters? Who was the last GOPer to get your vote?
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One here...

Off the top of my head, McDonnell in Virginia was the last. If you mean Presidential...it'd be McCain in 08, largely due to Palin. Paul in the 08 primary. GWB in 2004 and 2000
 
So sad Huntsman isn't doing better. Think he'll run again after Romney leaves office? :p
 
To borrow from Robert Reich, waiting for the New Hampshire Primary results is a lot like waiting at the airport for somebody you don't know, think you probably wouldn't like if you did know him, and who may be crazy.
 
Several tidbits from the exit poll:

1. The economy was cited as the most important issue by 61% of those surveyed. Those voters chose Romney by a 42%-21% margin over Paul. Hunstman gained 19% of those voters.

2. The budget deficit was cited as the second most important issue (24% of those surveyed). Romney and Paul tied, winning 31% of those voters.

3. When it came to education, Romney enjoyed solid support from voters across all levels of education. Paul's support had an inverse relationship with education. In other words, the more educated voters were, the less support Paul gained from those voters. Huntsman's support had a direct relationship with education. The more educated voters were, the more support Huntsman gained from those voters. As noted previously, Huntsman is a "thinking man's" candidate. He has strategic insight and takes sophisticated and nuanced positions. In contrast, Paul has offered largely simplistic, black-and-white positions: dramatically slash government, abandon the nation's alliances, embrace a neo-isolationist foreign policy, withdraw from the nation's trade agreements, abolish the Federal Reserve, etc.

4. Romney edged Huntsman 35%-30% among the 51% of voters who felt elected officials should compromise. In somewhat of a surprise given the advertising that claimed Romney 'lacked a core,' Romney edged Paul (known for his uncompromising ridgidity) 31%-29% among the 45% of voters who felt elected officials should stick to principles.

5. Among the 34% of voters who identified electability (could defeat President Obama) as the most important quality, Romney won 59% of the vote.

6. In what may be a big problem for Huntsman and Paul going forward, of the 13% of voters who expressed satisfaction with the President, Huntsman won 39% of the vote and Paul won 31%. This hints at crossover votes, not Republican base support, for those candidates. In contrast, those who were dissatisfied (42%) or angry (40%) with the President, gave Romney 41% and 42% of the vote respectively. In fact, those who identified themselves as Democrats gave 41% of the vote to Huntsman. Those who identified themselves as independents gave 31% of the vote to Paul and 27% to Romney. Those who identified themselves as Republicans gave 45% of the vote to Romney. 30% of registered Independents voted for Paul and 30% for Romney. 45% of registered Republicans voted for Romney. New Hampshire is an open primary state, meaning non-Republicans can vote. Once the primaries shift to closed states, Huntsman and Paul will likely be far less competitive.
 
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Disappointed, but not surprised, by the Huntsman 3rd place finish. I had honestly hoped he'd make a late push, ala Santorum, and finish 2nd. Unfortunately, he just didn't have the same momentum and Romney also had a FAR larger hold in this state then any candidate similar to Santorum had in Iowa.

I'm surprised he's staying in, but happy just to be able to see a bit more of him and it possibly makes a better possibility that he runs again in 2016 if the Republicans don't win in 2012. Hopefully he hires a competent campaign manager at that point if he does enter. I've never seen such a solid candidate run such a ****ty campaign.
 
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So...

does Perry drop now or after South Carolina? I say he goes through SC and then drops.
 
poweRob said:
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does Perry drop now or after South Carolina? I say he goes through SC and then drops.
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after, he pretty much gave up on NH and went straight to SC
 
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