Something something.... "running closely behind"...

Why the hell did Paul not participate? He dominates straw polls thanks to his strangely devoted following of Paultards who love to take over these things. I wonder if GOP leadership is getting scared about Romney being hammered on all sides for being on all sides and bribed him out of it.

I just googled santorum...just doing my part to keep him on top

If I had to vote for a republican I'd choose romney, gingrich, or paul 1000 times each before choosing santorum.

encyclopediaplushuman: If I had to vote for a republican I'd choose romney, gingrich, or paul 1000 times each before choosing santorum.

I'm going to vote for a Republican next month, and I'm probably voting for Santorum.

GAT_00: Why the hell did Paul not participate? He dominates straw polls thanks to his strangely devoted following of Paultards who love to take over these things. I wonder if GOP leadership is getting scared about Romney being hammered on all sides for being on all sides and bribed him out of it.

At this point, Ron Paul is passively supporting Romney, and will throw his delegates to Romney at the convention, in exchange for Rand getting the VP nod, in order to give the Romney ticket some traction with the Tea Party.

They're basically trying to re-run 2008, in hopes that it comes out different this time.

GAT_00: Why the hell did Paul not participate? He dominates straw polls thanks to his strangely devoted following of Paultards who love to take over these things. I wonder if GOP leadership is getting scared about Romney being hammered on all sides for being on all sides and bribed him out of it.

Maddow interviewed a guy from Paul's campaign last night. Thanks to the strange rules for assigning delegates at the precinct, county, and then state levels, he's basically claiming that Paul has the majority of delegates right now.

/subby

DeltaPunch: he's basically claiming that Paul has the majority of delegates right now.

Yeah, I saw that one. Hilarious.

FloydA: in exchange for Rand getting the VP nod

Oh God please no. Tard Jr. might be even worse than Palin.

GAT_00:
FloydA: in exchange for Rand getting the VP nod

Oh God please no. Tard Jr. might be even worse than Palin.

That's the only angle I can see him working that actually makes any sense. He's the only one still running who isn't taking pot shots at Raw money. Can you think of a better explanation?

And when you say "worse than Palin," remember to ask "worse for who?" Raw money has already alienated most of the GOP base, the only people he has left to alienate are the moderates and independents.

Raw money basically has to choose a derper for his running mate if he wants to try to hold the Reagan era "anti-tax" and "social issues" coalition together. I guess Scott Walker will be looking for a job soon, but I would be willing to bet that Paul is already doing some behind the scenes negotiating to get Rand on the short list.

TheMadChaosopher: GAT_00: Why the hell did Paul not participate? He dominates straw polls thanks to his strangely devoted following of Paultards who love to take over these things. I wonder if GOP leadership is getting scared about Romney being hammered on all sides for being on all sides and bribed him out of it.

Paul has been blacklisted from CPAC because he keeps winning, and "conservatives" hate Ron Paul because his supporters "rig the polls" by showing up to vote for him and donating record-breaking amounts of money to him.

He does rig the polls.

Dafatone: Can anyone explain what it means that Romney won the "nonbinding Maine caucus straw poll"?

So the caucus is the usual pile of mystery, but they also had a vote just cause, and Romney won it?

Loosely speaking, people gather in rooms to vote, and these votes are reported by the media. The voters then select precinct delegates, who vote for county delegates, who then vote for the final delegates in a state convention. Non of the delegates along this chain are bound to a candidate.

So, a lot of active Ron Paul supporters at the precinct level could end up getting him a larger share of the final delegates than reported initially from the popular vote.

Jim_Callahan: It's down to who will actually cause Obama to outline and clarify his positions to win the debates at this point, and Romney's the closest they're offering.

I can't wait until the debate health care.

bugontherug: FloydA:

They're basically trying to re-run 2008, in hopes that it comes out different this time.

Interesting theory. But a Romney/Paul ticket will not fly with evangelicals. It just won't.

Exactly. The Norquist ("no taxes on rich people, profits uber alles") faction never liked the evangelical ("no abortions, no brown people, Jesus uber alles") faction (and vice versa). The GOP now thinks that it has the evengelicals and can do whatever they want because "the Jesus Campers will never vote for a Democrat," in the same way that the Democrats thought that they had the environmentalists because the "tree huggers will never vote for a Republican."

The thing is, the old coalitions are falling apart. A lot of the Jesus heads really want their local roads to be paved and their grannies to have dialysis. They are realizing that the moneybags GOPers aren't going to provide that, and in fact plan to take away what little help that granny is getting.

The "no-taxes" mantra is not strong enough to keep the Jesus fans allied with the old money Republicans. We're really looking at exactly the sort of splintering of the GOP that Goldwater warned them about.

And I'm not at all upset about that, TBH.

GAT_00: encyclopediaplushuman: If I had to vote for a republican I'd choose romney, gingrich, or paul 1000 times each before choosing santorum.

I'm going to vote for a Republican next month, and I'm probably voting for Santorum.

just bring a moist towlette for afterwards

Sick to death of Santorum headlines, but finishing in number two is probably the best one I've ever seen.

Amos Quito:

If we did a word analysis of your fark posts, would the word Zionist appear towards the top of the frequency chart?

Sup with that?

keithgabryelski: Amos Quito:

If we did a word analysis of your fark posts, would the word Zionist appear towards the top of the frequency chart?

Sup with that?

He doesn't like Zionists?

I've discovered in recent days that there are actually people out there who don't know just how anti-gay Santorum is. I made a sarcastic comment about Santorum on somebody's facebook post and had to actually cite sources showing that Santorum thinks Lawrence v. Texas is unconstitutional, and that yes, that means he thinks states should be allowed to criminalize homosexuality. And it was a Santorum supporter who wouldn't believe me on it. How is it possible that people are supporting this guy, google problem and all, and don't know this?