Ah, but what is this? Paul took over one of the districts that had been going for Romney previously.
I don’t think so. Win or lose this is history. Besides there hasn’t been an update from Polk in ages.
On the Democrat side:
A woman piped in from Cedar Rapids: “How do you respond to people who say you haven’t done enough?”
“That’s why we need four more years,” Mr. Obama said.
CNN goes live to Ron Paul headquarters where the correspondent is interviewing a corporal in the Marines. When he starts talking about how dangerous for the U.S. to “nitpick” wars, and begins mentioning Iran, CNN inexplicably loses the feed.
Blergh:
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
PERCENT |
DELEGATES* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
12,231 |
24.1% |
— |
|
|
|
12,124 |
23.9 |
— |
|
|
|
11,117 |
21.9 |
— |
|
|
|
6,701 |
13.2 |
— |
|
|
|
5,106 |
10.1 |
— |
|
Rick Santorum
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Newt Gingrich
Rick PerryStil, it was more funner than Eurovision!
Keep in mind that we have no idea how honest those results actually are.
And the fact that Diebold voting machines are usually rigged.
Cute.
Bad audio, but here’s a posting:
Alright. We’ll see the campaign’s official statement 
Although Ron Paul has fallen slightly behind Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney in the vote-counting, he still has a chance of winning - in part because some of his strongest areas, college towns, have been slow to report results.
Story County, where Iowa State University is located, has had none of its 43 precincts report. And only 22 of 57 precincts have reported in Johnson County, home to the University of Iowa. (Mr. Paul has 36 percent of the votes there so far.)
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/results/live/2012-01-03#sha=dba155054
60% reporting
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
PERCENT |
DELEGATES* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
16,916 |
25.0% |
— |
|
|
|
15,688 |
23.2 |
— |
|
|
|
14,459 |
21.4 |
— |
|
|
|
8,887 |
13.2 |
— |
|
|
|
7,164 |
10.6 |
— |
|
79% reporting
|
CANDIDATE |
VOTES |
PERCENT |
DELEGATES* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
24,626 |
24.9% |
— |
|
|
|
24,134 |
24.4 |
— |
|
|
|
21,002 |
21.2 |
— |
|
|
|
13,046 |
13.2 |
— |
|
|
|
10,065 |
10.2 |
— |
|
Bah. For some reason I feel like all hope is lost in the world 
Wow. 88% reporting and the vote difference between Santorum and Romney is 13 votes total
3rd place is not a good finish. RP should terminate his campaign now.
All this hype for nothing
3rd place is not a good finish. RP should terminate his campaign now.
Sigh. Can we please ban the troll?
And your insistence on empiricism must really come into doubt when, you know, McCain won 4th place in 2008 and then became the candidate… But that’s fine, ignore the data when it’s convenient of you and then use government to steal from us. Completely cool.
And if you think 3rd place is bad, do tell me - what rank were you in your graduating class? Better be 1st or 2nd or I’m recommending to cut along the vein, not across.