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Iowans like scrutinizing candidates at length

I have wondered for awhile why Pat Robertson, a highly regarded Christian Evangelical Leader, did not endorse. Mike Huckabee for President. I went to the 700 Club website and checked it out. I found this statement and theses articles:
� CBN Statement �
Pat Robertson as a private citizen has recently endorsed a candidate for public office. (Guiliani) As a private citizen he has the right to participate in the political process, and is entitled to express his personal views. CBN, as a public charity, does not support or oppose any candidate for public office, and as a result will not address or comment further on this matter
From ..Lee Webb
CBN News Anchor
John Fund says that Huckabee "is not the 'consistent conservative' he now claims to be. Phyllis Schlafly goes even further by claiming Huckabee "destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles." Strong words!
Maybe those who are surveying the Republican field and siding with Huckabee because they perceive him to be the only evangelical in the field should look a little closer at his record and words.
Check his records out for yourself. They don�t sound too good.

The election process in the US is too long and too costly. Where are we doing with this? Is it producing better government at the federal level?

Does anyone have data on how many times the Iowa caucuses have actually predicted the eventual winner of the Presidential election?

Rick:

Your question is a non-sequitur. The winner of the Democratic or Republican nomination in Iowa doesn't predict who will become the next President. Even if the person who wins the nomination in Iowa goes on to become President it doesn't mean that the state of Iowa predicted his win.

That being the case, you can look up the actual outcome of the Iowa caucuses since 1972 on Wikipedia under "Iowa caucus." Furthermore, Iowa is the first state who holds a caucus and it can give us a feel for where the country is at based on who they support but it doesn't predict anything.

For example, the winner of the Iowa Democratic caucus went on to get the nomination in 1976, 1980, 1984, 2000 and 2004. There was no Democratic caucus in 1996, and the eventual nominee in 1972 came in second, and third in 1988 and 1992 (Bill Clinton only got 3%). This is the most interesting since he actually won the White House.

So in conclusion, Iowa is an indicator and not a predictor of the nomination or successful Presidential candidate.

Huckabee and McCain both communicated with each other, and in that communication, Huckabee suggested that he will back-away with his TV Campaign Ad. against Romney.

Huckabee recommended that McCain, after McCain explaining that he just finished a campaign Ad. against Romney, Huckabee suggested to McCain to continue with airing his campaign Ad. McCain agreed to move forward upon the recommendation of Huckabee.

McCain and Huckabee are in bed together. If Huckabee wins the nomination, he plans to select McCain for the Vice President position.
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McCain and Huckabee are liars and phony persons. They will do anything or say anything to steal your votes.

McCain and Huckabee�s public records show that they supports and approves first class citizenship status to illegal immigrants and gave second class citizenship status to American citizens. They increased tax on U.S. citizens. Illegal immigrants do not pay tax. They are loyal to illegal immigrants, but not to U.S. citizens, the taxpayers.

If Iowa or New Hampshire constituents want second class citizenship status, then they can go ahead and vote for McCain or Huckabee.

But, if Iowa or New Hampshire constituents want first class American citizenship status, then they should support and vote for Romney.

Vote for Ron Paul, its time for a change! This other candidates just tear each other apart. Its a joke.

Can anyone explain why Iowa is deserving of so much attention every four years? Iowa is a small state (not much larger than Utah - 7 electoral votes to our 5... which should be 6) and is not demographically representative of the rest of the United States. It would seem that another state or states would better serve as a political barometer for the US.

It appears that Iowa rose to prominence by maneuvering, and the parties have become so entrenched in the Iowan ground war as to be averse to any change of venue. Accordingly, the Republican and Democratic parties hold the rest of the country hostage in Iowa, waiting for Iowans to tell us all how we should vote.

I am not opposed to the type of campaigning that takes place in Iowa, but I think the disproportionate amount of time and money spent in that state is a waste, and unfair to the rest of the United States.

"Iowa Republican" has to be smoking something illegal to tell us that McCain and Huckabee are phony persons and Romney is the paragon of truth. The fact is that McCain and Huckabee have held on to positions that potentially alienated the conservative base. They maintained their integrity. Romney, on the other hand, seems willing to conveniently change his mind on gay rights, abortion, gun control, health care, and immigration. You tell me who has integrity and who is the phony.

Romney is the biggest disappointment of this whole election cycle. He is smart, rich, and well organized. But a short visit to Youtube is enough to convince anyone with half an ounce of brains that he is a fake.

So WHO is Ron Paul?

I wish the media would stop reporting on the popularities and poll results and such, and report on EACH candidate and their speeches and public statements (the actual speech, not the paraphrased (and often twisted) sound bites that we get in "news" stories)

Anyway, so who is Ron Paul??

Washington, DC �Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington�s �Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.� The list, in alphabetical order, includes: 6. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR): Governor Huckabee enjoyed a meteoric rise in the polls in December 2007, which prompted a more thorough review of his ethics record. According to The Associated Press: �[Huckabee�s] career has also been colored by 14 ethics complaints and a volley of questions about his integrity, ranging from his management of campaign cash to his use of a nonprofit organization to subsidize his income to his destruction of state computer files on his way out of the governor�s office.� And what was Governor Huckabee�s response to these ethics allegations? Rather than cooperating with investigators, Huckabee sued the state ethics commission twice and attempted to shut the ethics process down.

Who is Ron Paul? He's the one Republican who knows where this country is headed and has good solutions to all the problems. The Democrats had a pretty good man in Dennis Kucinich, but they've pretty well creamed him. Of all the other candidates, only John Edwards is willing to take on the existing corrupt power structure in government and corporations, but Edwards doesn't have the consistent track record or the overall understanding of Ron Paul.
After George Washington refused to be crowned king, the Constitutional convention proceeded to create a strong, king-like chief executive. It really is important who is elected to the office of President.
But we, the American people have, over the last 50-100 years have consistently voted for Presidents who we knew were lying to us in the election campaign and lacked the wisdom and judgment to lead the country properly.
Ron Paul knows where we need to go and how to lead us there and has the consistent public record going back over his 20 year history in public office supporting that conclusion.