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Obama and Huckabee win Iowa caucus

I graduated from Waukee High School. It appears they are just as far behind the times now as they were in 1992. No wonder I was not liked to much, I wasn't a "conservative christian".

Lisa Riley Roche stupidly states in this article that �Romney�s Mormonism has always been an issue.�

Lisa Riley Roche � that�s a bold face lie!

It is Romney�s liberalism that has become an issue. Mitt Romney�s father was a Mormon too, but it wasn�t his religion that kept him off the GOP ticket in 1968. It was the fact that George Romney stood up and walked out on Barry Goldwater at the 1964 GOP Convention in San Francisco, thus advocating communism. Mitt Romney is no different than his pathetic father. Mitt has defied the conservative campaigns of Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee.

Mitt Romney outspent Mike Huckabee 20 to 1, yet Huckabee beat Mitt decisively. Why? Because Mitt Romney raised the capital gains tax as governor of his state. Huckabee didn�t. Mitt Romney signed gay civil unions into legislation. Mike Huckabee didn�t.

And oh, by the way� last time I checked the LDS Church Handbook of Instructions, the policy of gay civil unions were clearly defined. The Church opposes same-sex civil unions and marriages.

Maybe Mitt lost the caucus because he (Romney) is anti-Mormon.

Lisa Riley Roche is a liberal.

Obama and Huckabee won big, but you'd hardly know it from this article. Just another day at the "Mitt Morning News"...

I think Iowa is ahead of its time! It is about time we stop living from a fear base mentality and dream for a better future for all Americans (not just those with power). Iowa sees that America can do better than the status quo. Thank you Iowa for your vision! Obama!

For the life of me I do not know what a conservative christian is. Made up hype to sell air time and condos, and to fleece the general public of their precious vote. I always thought one who wanted to be saved would just be a christian. Maybe my bible is missing a few pages...

Romney will stay in the race, he has to. But his money well is deep so don't worry for him. Huck will work his magic until the public actually prints some stuff about his odd ways in Arkansas.
I like the way he reminds people of Bill. Must make some repubs cringe.

Yah gotta love this country!!

Mr. Romney will not win the republican nomination because he is LDS and not part of the "conservative Christian" group. It's time that Utahns woke up to the fact that we've been "used" for so long by the Republican party--a sure vote--when those in control now, have no earthly interest in how we feel. I'm afraid the chickens are coming home to roost.

Let's see, Mike Huckabee received 34 percent, Mitt 25%. Evangelicals were 60 percent of the caucus-goers this year, compared with 40 percent in 2004. If my math is correct, if we exclude the extra 20 percent which were hyped by the Evangelical pastors to go to the polls to keep Gov. Romney from gaining the nomination, Gov. Huckabee would have had 22 percent, and Mitt would have won.

Is my math correct? Why must Evangelical pastors engender bigotry in their adherents? The Huckabee website was full of bigotry. The pastors don't sound like Christians to me.

The headline of this article states "Obama and Huckabee." Yet the article is about Romney with just a hint of Huckabee - nothing about Obama. I understand Romney's local connections will give him some more press here in Utah, but come on - Obama and Huckabee won, let's talk about them - especially if that is what your headline reads!

Maybe this is a wake up call to mormon republicans, they are part of a party full of people that don't think they are Christian and hold their religion against them. It's also not clear that the republican party of today best represents the core values of the mormon faith.

Romney is the only true leader.

Huckster had a subtle anti-Mormon campaign going. if you look at the exit poll data, Huck had a huge chunk of the voters who said it matters a great deal to them that their candidate shares their religious views. If Obama wins the Democratic nomination, it doesn't matter who the GOP picks. Obama will win. If Huck is the GOP candidate, I'm sure the words from his fiery anti-Mormon speech he gave in SLC in 1998 will come out and Utah and Idaho will go blue.

Romney better find a way to explain the story he told about his father marching with Martin Luther King in Detroit.
The American people have good memories when it comes to this sort of thing and are demanding truthful leadership.

If Huckabee and Obama are the party nominees come election time, Obama could take Utah. He's smart, being the only Democrat to pay any kind of attention to Utah. He obviously knew something.
Would Utah vote for a black, non-Mormon Democrat?
Yes.

Shouldn't the headline have been 'Cheating Huckabee robs Mitt', or something? It wasn't about he winners but about how Mittney lost, or was cheated. And, what's an Obama?

Scribes, Pharisees and Huckabees, Hypocrites!
What a bigot! Lets say it right, Huckster won because he exploited bigotry! He lost all respect from me. I vote Hillary before a persecuting bigot like the Huckster! I never thought I would say that because of my strong anti Clinton feelings! By the way Good memories, there have been many collaborators who were physically present to verify the fact Romney's dad actually marched with Martin Luther King.

Romney lost because of his religion, plain and simple. Any other reasons are poppycock. Sure Romney has flaws and I have some concerns about how he ran in Massachusetts, but he is better than the bigot!

Awe Huckabee!

The Reagan conservative block is fracturing and it is because of the hypocrisy of Evangelicals. I know there are many good and fair people in the block, but they also possess the most bigoted and hypocritical block. Don't they know the Constitution has no religious test for a president? So they made up their own Constitution! Supercede the Highest law of the land isn't right! I don't trust the so called Religious Right any more! They have sold us down the river and that won't be forgotten.

TWO GREAT THINGS HAPPENED THIS MORNING, I HEARD MITT LOST IN IOWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I GOT MY MARRIAGE LICENSE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

I like Huckabee, but I've found he is slicker than slick Willy...When you have the whole of the media giving nothing but good reviews to Huckabee and pounding Romney unmercifully, who's going to come out ahead. Where's the fair and balanced reporting?

Mike Huckabee would be a dangerous President. He clearly has no tolerance for anyone who isn't perceived as a mainstream Christian. Can you imagine how much worse things will be in Iraq and other areas if he is elected?