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Obama and Huckabee win Iowa caucus

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Tip | 1:50 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Hats off! to Obama and Huckabee. They both beat the system that actually may be changing. For the better? Underdogs, underfinanced and those achored in Christian ethics may be the ticket! Aren't we are all weary of big dollar political control and gutter morality? Iowa is full of little guys who are given worldwide attention for a day. Is this their message?
Personally, I seriously question either of these men's ability to lead our nation well and meet world-wide challenges; neither has much of a track record. No doubt though,if they become the front runners, the dollars and control will follow them as well.
JAMES STOWE | 1:57 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
TO SMP:

I AM HIGH CLASS EDUCATED PROF. IN REAL ESTATE,

RELIGION, HOWEVER, MATTERS VERY MUCH TO ME IN

POLITICS.

WE DO NOT MITT OR LDS TELLING US HOW TO RUN OUR

PRIVATE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BELIEVE ME! THEY WILL IF GIVEN THE CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous | 1:57 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
You can always spot the most secure of bloggers. They have no need to put their posts in all caps.
The rest have obvious attention issues.
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Forrest Cuch | 2:01 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
I agree with others who have commented that this article was not about the winners, it was about Mitt loosing. By brother said his understanding it that Mitt Romney was born in Mexico and therefore, he cannot run for President because he was not born on U.S. soil.
JAMES STOWE | 2:10 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE, A FOOL AND HIS MONEY WILL SOON DEPART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLMG | 2:12 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
So Huckabee won Iowa, No big surprise there. He won because he had a big evangelical backing and they got out to vote. He is not the best qualified candidate and will not win the nomination.
Romney lost because he did not have the strong backing of any one group, there are few LDS in Iowa. He is not the best qualified candidate and will not win the nomination.
Does being a Mormon play a big role for Romney in this election? YES! Right from the beginning weather the media played it up big or not it was going to be an issue. It shouldn't be but it is. We may be in the 21st century but a lot of the thinking(outside Utah, Idaho, Ariz)is still in the 19th century, fear, polygamy, secretiveness, clanishnes. Romney the candidate has just brought these and other issues to the surface and his answers to questions about the church have been far from adequate. No Mitt Romney will not win the nomination.
To Wayne Perry | 2:16 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Wayne, I lived in New England for a long time. Got a real chuckle out of your description.
Hee he e | 2:27 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
James Stowe......you will have a wife telling you what you will do and when soon.....congrats
My observation | 2:28 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Does anyone else think that Mike Huckabee looks like Gomer Pile? Hey I'm just saying!!
Q | 3:02 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
All, the SBC has made it their personal mission to tare down the Mormon faith. I'm not sure any other religion has produced and published more anti-Mormon literature. I think Huckabee entered the race solely on the fact that a Mormon was leading the pack. The SBC could not allow a Mormon president. He is on a personal crusade. I think he is a dangerous candidate, far more extreme in his beliefs than even the most devout Mormon. Just go to www.sbc.net and type "Mormon" in the search field. You will find out what Mr. Huckabee thinks of Mormons. Has the LDS church ever published anti-'any religion' anything?? Lets not forget their convention in SLC in 1998 where he spoke. He doesn't have my vote.
Z | 3:28 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
"Q" says the usual whining routine about people out to get Mormons.
After hearing Mitt Romney in a channel 4 interview saying, "I don't think God has spoken to anybody since Moses" - it seems to me he is doing a good job of tearing it down all by himself.
Anonymous | 4:01 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Has anybody else seen the Channel 4 interview with Romney when he talked about God talking to people?
michael | 4:16 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
So the SBC is anti-mormon and Mitt is anti non-Christian (says he would not appoint anyone to his cabinet who is Muslim and that freedom requires religion). Religion is politics to Republicans and it is boxing them into a narrow corner which excludes more and more Americans.
If Huckabee gets the nominations, how will it affect other Republicans running for office in Utah? Will he have negative coattails?
idaho falls | 4:19 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Lets be clear from a staunch Republican such as myself. If Huckabee wins the nomination I will vote Democrat for the first time and believe all Utahn's and Idahoans should do the same. Huckabee's campaign had a very negative subtle directive against the religion of another and I won't vote for someone who does that. Then in the end he said Romney was "Dishonest" a million times and that is a frankly outright dishonest and personal attack. No to Huckabee!
Anonymous | 5:05 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Huckabee and Iowans prove religious bigotry is alive and well in this country.

Romney is certainly not the perfect candidate. He has made many missteps with flip-flops, exaggerations, negative ads, etc. But the KEY thing leading to his defeat was the evangelicals and Huckabee's pandering to them.

It is incredible to me that in the U.S. of 2007 there are still huge numbers of people who believe that a member of the LDS Church should be disqualified from serving as the President of this country.
Pac 10 Alumnus | 11:34 p.m. Jan. 4, 2008
Mitt Romney is the ONLY candidate with the brains to get this country back on track... the results of one state filled with religious bigots does not make an election.

Mitt Romney is the PERFECT candidate.
REVELETION from above | 12:52 a.m. Jan. 5, 2008
MITT IS WONT BE PRESIDENT
Anonymous | 1:37 p.m. Jan. 7, 2008
Romney appears more dishonest than Bush.
Must run in the party.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama thanks supporters following his solid victory in the Iowa caucuses. He captured 38 percent of the vote.

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