I’m going to update this post as the night goes on.
News just said that Huckabee was in the lead based on entrance polls with Romney right behind him. No mention of who was in 3rd so I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it’s Paul. I think they would have mentioned anybody else. Yeah, I’m a tin-foil hat nutter sometimes.
9:02pm Eastern Huckabee’s got this thing wrapped up. Only 15% of precints reporting but he’s sitting pretty good with 35% of the vote. Romney is at 24% and then it gets interesting:
- Thompson: 14%
- McCain: 12%
- Ron Paul (not even worth an invite to the next debate!): 11%
9:14pm:WTF? Giuliani just popped up. Previously he was at 3%. Now:
- Thompson: 13%
- McCain: 12%
- Giuliani: 11%
- Ron Paul: 10%
40% of precints reporting. Now I’m worried.
9:37pm:WTF explained — Des Moines must have just posted their results when Giuliani surged up. He’s back down at 4% again with 65% of precints reporting. The 3rd place competition right now:
- Thompson: 14%
- McCain: 13%
- Ron Paul: 11%
10:44pm: Okay, Huckabee is giving a speech with Chuck Norris right behind him. The Youtube commercial was silly. This is just plain surreal.
12:20am: Okay, 93% of precints reporting on the Republican side. Paul is still at 10% and in 5th place. It’s done.
C’mon … you knew Paul was a long shot at best
Yep, and given that Fred is my #2 pick this isn’t all that bad of a night.
Paul was only one delegate behind McCain and Thompson (2 vs. 3)
National media is still hyping Guiliani (4%), at the same time saying that Paul doesn’t have a chance (10%). That is simply more proof of the media backed PsyOps. It’s ironic there has hardly been a mention of Wyoming, who just happens to be holding their caucus today.
Well, Guiliani wrote off Iowa a while ago and didn’t campaign there. It makes sense that he hit 4% in Iowa. Hell, Bill Clinton got 3% of the vote there in 1992 and still came away with the nomination.